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A talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) with two people and other plants at its base. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.Date: 4 June 1807Reference: 20997i- Pictures
Talipot palms (Corypha umbraculifera) growing beside and on other plants with two people in foreground. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.Date: 4 June 1807Reference: 20998i- Pictures
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Murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru). Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
Goodall, Edward A.Date: Sept. 1846Reference: 21754i- Pictures
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Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.Date: 20 June 1807Reference: 25551i- Pictures
Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer): fruiting stem, nut and flowers. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 20 May 1799Reference: 25371i- Pictures
A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) on the African plains, sheltering 3 people. Wood engraving, c. 1873.
Date: [1873-1876]Reference: 20966i- Pictures
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A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20935i- Pictures
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Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) with swollen trunk. Lithograph after R. McCormick, c. 1884.
McCormick, Robert.Date: [1884]Reference: 18607i- Books
The fibrous plants of India : fitted for cordage, clothing, and paper. With an account of the cultivation and preparation of flax, hemp, and their substitutes / by J. Forbes Royle.
Royle, J. Forbes (John Forbes), 1798-1858.Date: 1855- Pictures
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Sarawak: a girl picking leaves for use as fibres. Photograph.
Reference: 30558i- Pictures
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Triumfetta semitrilobata Jacq.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18112i- Pictures
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Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce: inflorescence with separate leaf with part of rootstock and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17725i- Pictures
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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.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 17953i- Pictures
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Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.
Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, Hermann von, 1826-1882.Date: 1854 to 1858Reference: 21747i- Pictures
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Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.
Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, Hermann von, 1826-1882.Date: 1854 to 1858Reference: 21744i- Pictures
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Harick (Forsskaolea tenacissima L.): flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17624i- Pictures
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Melochia pyramidata L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17555i- Pictures
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A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20934i- Books
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Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) : a practical treatise on the culture of hemp for seed and fiber, with a sketch of the history and nature of the hemp plant / by S. S.Boyce.
Boyce, Sidney Smith.Date: 1900- Pictures
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Towns, cotton plant, bird and rock formations of Persia, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20212i- Pictures
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Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: 1 August 1788Reference: 20137i- Pictures
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Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: 1811Reference: 20052i- Pictures
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Bromelia karatas L.: longitudinal section of flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17594i- Pictures
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Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17592i- Pictures
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Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.Date: 4 June 1807Reference: 20994i