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The useful plants of west tropical Africa / H. M. Burkill.

Date

1985-

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Date

[1847]

Reference

23824i

Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa): flowering stem and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

Date

[1863-1880]

Reference

24384i

Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Date

[1776]

Reference

18104i

Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

Reference

21912i

Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

Date

1771

Reference

24553i

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Date

[1885]

Reference

16409i

Woody nightshade or bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

Reference

22084i

A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.

Date

[1854-63]

Reference

26335i

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Reference

22152i

Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

Date

[1824]

Reference

20466i

Celosia trigyna L.: two sections of the flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Date

[1776]

Reference

17979i

Indian Copal (Vateria indica L.): branch with flowers, leaves and fruit and dissected fruit showing seed. Coloured line engraving.

Date

[1683]

Reference

15872i

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

Date

1 August 1788

Reference

20137i

Cochineal cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) with insects that feed on it, including th cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

Date

27 November 1801

Reference

25390i

Sloe or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.): flowering stem with separate fruit and segments of flower and fruit, also a description of the plant and its uses. Coloured line engraving by C.H.Hemerich, c.1759, after T.Sheldrake.

Date

[1759]

Reference

18236i

A cycad plant (Zamia species) with three large fruit. Photograph.

Reference

28162i

Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Date

[1774]

Reference

16859i

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.

Date

1903

Reference

21115i

Workers preparing cakes from manioc root in the tropics, with decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Date

[1777-78]

Reference

26349i

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.

Date

[1776]

Reference

17953i

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.

Reference

18634i

Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

Date

[1867-1875]

Reference

20942i

Rosewood tree (a species of Dalbergia): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flowers, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Date

[1686]

Reference

16117i

St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Reference

17299i