Eurosid Collection (page 8)

Swietenia chloroxylon, mahogany
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Mahagony foliage

Dolichos soja, soybean
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Brassica alba, white mustard
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lophira alata, ekki
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopan
Large Series plate 56, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Gentiana sp

Gallus gallus, red junglefowl
Large Series plate 39, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Corchorus hirtus, jute
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ficus carica, fig
Plate from Pomona Italiana Vol 1 (1817) by Count Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Fico Regina

Psittacula sp. parakeet
Plate 47, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Solanum sp

Carduelis chloris, European greenfinch

Artocarpus incisa, breadfruit tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Billardiera scandens, apple-berry
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cocoa nucifera L. coco palm
Coconut and coco palm illustrations from Koehlers Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen, 1887-1888, held in the Natural History Museums Botany Library

Amygdalis communis, common almond
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Rhus artrum
Illustration by George Forster of Rhus artrum

The Pear
The upper pear shown here is the Saint German, on the left is the Comar and on the right is the Brown Beurree, said to be the most delicious of Pears. Plate 51 from Brookshaw, G. (1817)

Ficus carica, common fig
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ficus tinctoria, dye fig
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Guilielma speciosa C. Martius, peach palm
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Acer sacharenum, rock maple tree
Illustration of rock maple tree leaves from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Buteo buteo, Eurasian buzzard
Plate 6 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Quercus robur, oak tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Eucalyptus globulus, Tasmanian bluegum
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Eucalyptus Globulus Labillardicre

Castanea sativa, sweet chestnut tree
Plate from Pomona Italiana Vol 2, 1839 by Giorgio Galisio. Illustration entitled Castagna Marona

Ruige ahornboom, acer
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Abelmoschus esculentus, ladys fingers
Plate 166 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ducula pacifica, Pacific imperial pigeon
Ff. 139. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Columba globicera and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Helleborus kochii, false rose
Watercolour drawing by Claude Aubriet (1665-1742). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Glycyrrhiza echinata, liquorice
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Betula odorata, birch
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Leaves and catkins of birch tree

Trifolium sp. clover
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Swietenia sp. mahogony tree
Plate 81 from Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas, Vol 2, 1743 by Mark Catesby

Pavonia papilionacea
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Hibiscus papilionaceus

Ricinus communis, caster oil tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Castor oil tree in flower

Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquorice
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa, gourd
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cucurbita multiflora

Lotus nelumbo, lotus
Plate 47 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Rhamnus purshiana, cascara buckthorn
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mallotus sp
Plate 808 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Euplectes orix, southern red bishop
Ff. 152. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Loxia orix and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Bixa orellana, lipstick tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Onobrychis sativa, sainfoin seed
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Metrosideros collina, metrosideros springfire
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Metrosideros spectabilis

Caesalpinia sp

Sesbania coccinea
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Aeschinomene speciosa

Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Garcinia mangostana, Mangosteen
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Spiraea sp
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

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