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  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.
  • Plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch with sectioned fruit. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli after D. Del Pino, 1822.
  • Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Brassica adpressa Bois: flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Grape vine with fruit and leaves. Pencil drawing.
  • Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
  • Bugloss or alkanet (Anchusa officinalis L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Watercress (Nasturtium officinale R.Br.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate calyx, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Capers (Caparis spinosa): flowering stem. Watercolour by J. E. F.
  • Hedge sison (Sison amomum L.): flowering stem with separate leaf, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Saltbush (Atriplex microsperma): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch with sectioned fruit. Coloured stipple engraving by T. Nasi, c. 1817, after D. Del Pino.
  • Grape vine (Vitis vinifera L.) with black grapes. Coloured lithograph after J. Polydore.
  • The Malcarle apple (Malus pumila cv.): two entire and two sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
  • Two strawberry plants (Fragaria cultivars): fruit and flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
  • A chilli pepper (Capsicum annum) and a separate leafy stem. Watercolour.
  • Tordylium apulum L.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate leaf and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Pendo tree (Jatropha urens L.): flowering stem and separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Fig (Ficus carica L.): fruit and leaves. Colour and coloured aquatint by G. Pera, c. 1825, after P. Tofani.
  • Peach (Prunus species): fruiting branch with halved fruit and seed. Colour stipple engraving by L. Giarrè, c. 1817, after D. del Pino.
  • Four seedheads of different grasses (Gramineae species): Cynosorus crocanus, buntee?, Paspalum kora and Panicum miliaceum or common millet. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
  • Carolina kidney bean plant (Phaeolus sp.) and virginian silk plant (Periploca sp.). Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A radish (Raphanus species): root and leaves. Watercolour.
  • A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.