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  • Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
  • Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • Above, a ladybird, a sprig of a coffee tree, five coluber snakes and a brown indian dove; below, tendrils of the jalap tree, seaweed of the genus corallina, a crow and a fish. Engraving by Heath.
  • A plant, possibly Cobaea scandens: flowering stems with labels describing colour of various parts. Watercolour.
  • Various leaf forms and flower parts. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.
  • Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia): stem with coloured autumn leaves. Watercolour.
  • A climbing plant, possibly in the Cucurbitaceae family: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.
  • A vine with fruit and a second unidentified plant with flowers. Watercolour.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora species): twining stem with flowers and fruit. Pen drawing.
  • A pea plant (Pisum species): twining stem. Pencil drawing.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora species): flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Miller, 1791.
  • Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and common vetch (Lathyrus pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • Large fruited granadilla (Passiflora macrocarpa): flowering stem, flower and outline of fruit. Coloured etching.
  • Five British wild flowers, three Corydalis species, and two similar fumitory species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.
  • Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Coloured engraving.
  • Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.
  • Bryonia Dioica (White Bryony)
  • Jin gua'er (a kind of pumpkin), Chinese woodcut
  • Chinese/Japanese Pulse Image chart: Rope Untying pulse
  • Scene from Sir Walter Scott's "Anne of Geierstein": Hermione takes refuge in the chemical laboratory of Sir Herman, an Austrian alchemist. Oil painting.
  • Scene from Sir Walter Scott's "Anne of Geierstein": Hermione takes refuge in the chemical laboratory of Sir Herman, an Austrian alchemist. Oil painting.