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Canthium Lam. = (Plectronia Gaertn. f.)
Ceylon boxwood = Canthium didymum

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.2 x 42.7 cm

A plant (Canthium rheedii) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

The bark of Kandelia candel is used for tanning

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.1 x 41.1 cm

Kandel or Mangrove plant (Kandelia candel (L.) Druce): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.

viii, 1016 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Order out of chaos : Linnaean plant names and their types / Charlie Jarvis.

Sheets of pressed plants from the Lewis and Clark Expedition preserved in the herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia are described and illustrated. Includes both taxonomic discussions and digital images of plants.

Special publication (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia)

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia special publication

The Lewis & Clark herbarium : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (PH-LC), digital imagery study set / Earle E. Spamer and Richard M. McCourt.

A decoction of Cittwodi bark is used as a fish poison and a decoction of the leaves is used to induce abortions

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.3 x 41.4 cm

Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.0 x 42.7 cm

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A plant (Canthium rheedii) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Kandel or Mangrove plant (Kandelia candel (L.) Druce): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Order out of chaos : Linnaean plant names and their types / Charlie Jarvis.

The Lewis & Clark herbarium : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (PH-LC), digital imagery study set / Earle E. Spamer and Richard M. McCourt.

Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Tetracera laevis Vahl: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and cross-section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

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A plant (Canthium rheedii) related to Ceylon boxwood: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and sectioned fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

Kandel or Mangrove plant (Kandelia candel (L.) Druce): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower and sectioned fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Order out of chaos : Linnaean plant names and their types / Charlie Jarvis.

The Lewis & Clark herbarium : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (PH-LC), digital imagery study set / Earle E. Spamer and Richard M. McCourt.

Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Tetracera laevis Vahl: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and cross-section of fruit with seed. Coloured line engraving.

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