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

    • Burkill, H. M.
    Date
    1985-
    • Books
  • Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

    • Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
    Date
    [1847]
    Reference
    23824i
    • Pictures
  • Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa): flowering stem and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.

    • Gower, Charlotte.
    Date
    [1863-1880]
    Reference
    24384i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1776]
    Reference
    18104i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Marsh marigold or kingcups (Caltha palustris): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    21912i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Kwei plant (Osmanthus fragrans): flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured etching by J. Miller, c. 1771.

    • Miller, John, 1715-1790?
    Date
    1771
    Reference
    24553i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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.

    • Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.
    Date
    [1885]
    Reference
    16409i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Woody nightshade or bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara): flowering and fruiting stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    22084i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.

    • Verschaffelt, Ambroise.
    Date
    [1854-63]
    Reference
    26335i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

    Reference
    22152i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

    • Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840.
    Date
    [1824]
    Reference
    20466i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Celosia trigyna L.: two sections of the flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
    Date
    [1776]
    Reference
    17979i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Indian Copal (Vateria indica L.): branch with flowers, leaves and fruit and dissected fruit showing seed. Coloured line engraving.

    • Reede tot Drakestein, Hendrik van, 1637?-1691
    Date
    [1683]
    Reference
    15872i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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 1788
    Reference
    20137i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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.

    • Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.
    Date
    27 November 1801
    Reference
    25390i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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.

    • Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.
    Date
    [1759]
    Reference
    18236i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A cycad plant (Zamia species) with three large fruit. Photograph.

    Reference
    28162i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Date
    [1774]
    Reference
    16859i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.

    Date
    1903
    Reference
    21115i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Workers preparing cakes from manioc root in the tropics, with decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

    • Middleton, Charles Theodore.
    Date
    [1777-78]
    Reference
    26349i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • 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
    • Online
  • 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.

    • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
    Reference
    18634i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

    • Whymper, Charles, 1853-
    Date
    [1867-1875]
    Reference
    20942i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Rosewood tree (a species of Dalbergia): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flowers, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

    • Reede tot Drakestein, Hendrik van, 1637?-1691.
    Date
    [1686]
    Reference
    16117i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    • Bouchard, Magdalena.
    Reference
    17299i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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