Dicot Collection (page 4)

Cordia sebestena, geiger tree
Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 164 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Tilia alba
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Citrus medica, lime
Illustrations of various lime varieties (Citrus medica), Pati Limoo; Hakagi Limoo; Gora Limoo; Chaen-gori Limoo; Kumural Limoo; Nature of Runjhore; Tablha Limoo

Regulus regulus, goldcrest nest and eggs
Plate 66 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Tea estate, Sri Lanka
Australian coral tree in a tea estate in Agrapatana, Sri Lanka. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Crocus sativus, saffron
Plate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Indigofera tinctora, indigo
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Perdix perdix, grey partridge
Plate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Psittacula cyanocephala, plum-headed parakeet
Plate 6, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Potato, Solanum tuberosum
From Icones Plantarum medicinalium secundum systema Linni digestarum, 1788-1812 by Joseph Jacob Von Plenck

Rhynchoglossum obliquum
Engraving by Franz Bauer from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Plantae javanicae raroriores (1838)

Toxostoma rufum, brown thrasher
Plate 116 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Corvus brachyrhynchos, American crow
Plate 156 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ficus glomerata, doomar or gular
Plate 532 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Viola tricolor, heartsease
Folio 62 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Capsicum frutesceus, common chilli
Illustration by by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Butterfly studies
A plate from a field note book of Rose Monteiro depicting butterfly studies

Cirtus paradisi, grapefruit
Tab 66 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec

Primula vulgaris, common primrose
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. By William Kilburn (1745-1818)

Acer campestre L. field or Engliah maple
Sketch 1 from a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus sp. nectarine (Vermash Nectarine)
Plate 29 from Pomona Londinensis (1818) by William Hooker. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Corynocarpus laevigatus, karaka tree
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Rosa indica (chinensis), China rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Rosier Bengale the hymenee

Prunus cerasus, sour cherry tree
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) with some stems supporting clusters of Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland

Close-up of flower heads before opening (redring milkweed, white-flowered milkweed, Asclepias variegata) Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA

Alcedo athhis, common kingfisher
Watercolour by Charles F. Tunnicliffe (c. 1973)

Banksia speciosa, showy banksia
Plate 140 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Juglands nigra, black walnut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Agapanthus, lily of the Nile

Lambertia formosa, mountain devil
Engraving by Daniel Mackenzie from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, made in 1796, from herbarium material sent to Lambert by Henry de Ponthieu from the West Indies

Alnus glutinosa (W. ) DCXXXI, alder
An illustration of an alder tree, fruit and foliage from the Natural History Museum Botany Library Plate Collection

Gentiana sp. purple gentian
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Geranium phaeum, mourning widow geranium
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1909. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fumaria officinalis, fumitory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Papaya tree
Etching taken from Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois by Jean Baptiste Du Tertre. Shows two Adam and Eve type figures and papaya tree

Carpinus betulus, hornbeam
Sketch 244 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sorbier des olseleurs
Plate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870

Mancenillier tree
Plate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Correa alba, white correa
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Tribulus cistoides, Jamaican feverplant
Finished watercolour by unknown artist from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Primula sinensis
Plate 660 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Quercus, oak
Plate 21 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. Originally issued in 1771

Brassica sp
Plate 11 from Le regne vegetal (1870): the plant kingdom, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Vanda caerulea, Himalayan orchid
Illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant was thought to be extinct in 1996

Rhexia speciosa
Plate 4 from Voyage aux Regions Equinoniales (1806) Pt V1, Botanique, Sect 2, by Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland

Arachide hypogee, peanut
Plate 267 from Flore pittoresque et medicale (1827) Vol. 4 by Michel Etienne Descourtilz (1775-1835)

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

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