Gum cistus (Cistus ladanifer L.) and bastard indigo (Amorpha fruticosa L.): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.

  • Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.
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[1730]
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20533i
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Gum cistus (Cistus ladanifer L.) and bastard indigo (Amorpha fruticosa L.): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Gum cistus is a source of the resin ladanum used medicinally and in perfumery and bastard indigo is used as bedding by N. American indians

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[London], [1730]

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 37 x 25.5 cm

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Cistus ladanifera latifolia flore albo. broad leav'd gum cistus - Barba jovis americana pseudoacaciæ foliis flosculis purpureis minimis: bastard indigo vulgo. J. Van Huysum del. H. Fletcher sculpt.

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Wellcome Collection 20533i

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