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  • Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
  • A mallow plant (Abutilon sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.
  • Screwpine plants (Pandanus species) of Madagascar, sheltering a tent. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • East Indian Screw Tree (Helictores isora L.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate dehisced fruit and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
  • Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.
  • Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
  • Murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru). Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
  • A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Harick (Forsskaolea tenacissima L.): flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Sarawak: a girl picking leaves for use as fibres. Photograph.
  • Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.
  • A plant (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and pods and separate pod and seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cotton tree (Gossypium herbaceum): flower, fruits and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Male liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): flowering stem and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
  • A plant (Corchorus sp.) related to jute: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.
  • Screwpine plants (Pandanus muricatus) on a lakeside. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • A plant (Corchorus sp.) related to jute: entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): fruiting stem with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Ambroma augusta (L.) L.f.: flowering stem with separate fruit, sections of flower and fruit and uncoloured leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Towns, cotton plant, bird and rock formations of Persia, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
  • Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): fruiting stem and fruit segments. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743.
  • Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce: inflorescence with separate leaf with part of rootstock and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.