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  • A plant (Hyoscyamus aureus): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
  • 'Aunt Lucy' (Ellisia nyctelea (L.) L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments and a detailed description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A plant (Galega cinerea) related to goat's rue: flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by J.J. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Banana plant (Musa species): flowering and fruiting plant with stolons and separate floral segments and sectioned fruit, also a description of the plant's growth, anatomical labels and a scale bar. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1742, after himself.
  • Hortus Cliffortianus plantas exhibens quas in hortis tam vivis quam siccis, Hartecampi in Hollandia / coluit ... Georgius Clifford ... reductis varietatibus ad species, speciebus ad genera, generibus ad classes, adjectis locis plantarum natalibus differentiisque specierum. Cum tabulis aeneis. Auctore Carolo Linnaeo.
  • Cedar (Cedrus sp.): tree with separate segments of cones and leaves. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D.Ehret.
  • A plant (Sophora tinctoria) related to the pagoda tree: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Papaya, pawpaw or melon tree (Carica papaya L.): flowering and fruiting tree with flowers and fruit lying on the ground beneath. Etching by G. D. Ehret, 1742, after himself.
  • A fungus (Agaricus species): fungus with fruiting-bodies growing on wood. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1744, after himself.
  • A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by G. D. Ehret, c.1737, after himself.
  • Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): fruiting stem and fruit segments. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743.
  • Bunchflower (Melanthium virginicum L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Huru (Hura crepitans L.) and bull bay (Magnolia grandiflora L.): detailed flower and fruit segments with description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): 57 segments of flowers and fruits at different stages of maturity with detailed description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A plant (Lycium aethiopicum): flowering stem and floral segments. Watercolour by G. D. Ehret, 1736.
  • Indigo plant (Indigofera tinctoria L.): flowering stem with separate flower and fruit segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Cedar (Cedrus sp.): branch with cones and inflorescences. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Lycium sp.: two flowering stems of different species of Lycium with their floral segments, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Plantain banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.): nine sections of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): leaf, sectioned stem, leaf stalk and whole plant. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • Hortus Cliffortianus plantas exhibens quas in hortis tam vivis quam siccis, Hartecampi in Hollandia / coluit ... Georgius Clifford ... reductis varietatibus ad species, speciebus ad genera, generibus ad classes, adjectis locis plantarum natalibus differentiisque specierum. Cum tabulis aeneis. Auctore Carolo Linnaeo.
  • A plant (Laurus sp.) related to laurel: flowering, fruiting and leafy stems with detailed segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • A fruiting stem of Colutea orientalis, a flowering Lunaria fruticosa, a flowering Jacobæa ægyptiaca and a fruiting stem of Astragalus orientalis. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • A fruiting Abutilon species, a fruiting pepper plant (Capsicum sp.) and a flowering Sisyrinchium orientale. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
  • Itea virginica L.: flowering stem with separate, labelled floral segments. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.