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  • Plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) growing by a waterfall with two women resting beneath them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.Kidd, c.1840, after himself.
  • Calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria): fruiting plant growing under a palm. Engraving.
  • Breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis) in tropical landscape. Coloured aquatint by W. Daniell, c. 1809, after himself.
  • Screwpine plants (Pandanus muricatus) on a lakeside. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Melon (Cucumis melo L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate whole and sectioned mature fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A tropical orchid (Aganisia cyanea): flowering plant on a branch. Chromolithograph, c. 1885, after P. de Pannemaeker.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Dwarf palms in a Madagascarn rainforest. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • A tropical plant (Memecylon edule): flowering branch. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1815.
  • Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): fruiting stem with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • 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.
  • Indians on a coffee plantation washing in a lake and gathering together on the bank. Coloured lithograph by V. Adam, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.
  • Leaf and flowers of skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidum), a type of mollusc (Doris argo) and a dragon lizard (Draco volans). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1803, after J. Ihle.
  • A tropical plant (Aechmea mertensii): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • A plant (Odontadenia speciosa): flowers and leaf. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • A fruiting breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis). Photograph.
  • Clove plant (Syzygium aromaticum): stem with flower buds. Watercolour, c.1833.
  • A species of the genus Lepisanthes: fruiting and flowering branch with separate numbered flowers and section of fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Rosewood tree (a species of Dalbergia): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flowers, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Mangrove plant (Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit on ground. Coloured line engraving.
  • Scutia myrtina Kurz.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flower, fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.
  • A butterfly orchid (Oncidium barkerii): flowering plant. Coloured lithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1869, after J. Vandamme.
  • African people brewing pombe beside a pile of sorghum grain. Wood engraving by J. B. Zwecker.
  • Pomegranate (Punica granatum): flowering stem, fruit and seeds. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus): flowering stem with separate flower. Watercolour.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.