Monocotyledon Collection (#4)

Tulipa gesneriana, garden tulip
Plate 1135 from Curtiss Botanical Magazine (1808). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Arum auritum
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

Fossil Wood
Fossilised palm from the North African desert that supposedly carries a curse

Magnolia conspicua, lily-flowered magnolia
Plate 1621 from Curtiss Botanical Magazine (1814). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lilium trigris, tiger lily pollen
Lilium tigris pollen grains, page 38 from Drawings by Francis Bauer depicting epidermis, hairs, pollen grains and Moustrosities

Wachendorfia

A collection of eggs from western Asia

Nymphaea rubra, red indian water lily see 40246
Plate 1160 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1790. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Spiranthus speciosa, orchid
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstart nest and eggs
Plate 54 from James Boltons third edition of Harmonia Ruralis: or an essay towards a natural history of British Song Birds, Vol.2, (1845)

Iris susiana, mourning iris
Illustration from Flore des serres XI page 23, held in the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Poaceae: The Grass tribe, grasses used by humans
Plate 175 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Ptychosperma elegans, solitare palm
Plate 223 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Bulbous plants
Plate 22 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Plantes bulbeuses

Hyacinthoides nonscripta, bluebell
Bluebells (Hyacinthoides nonscripta) growing in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. May 2003

Dragon Tree, Tenerife 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Trimeresurus albolabris, bamboo pit viper
Photograph of a bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) wrapped around a tree branch

Conostylis aculeata
From a manuscript by Robert Brown. Folio 64/222

Hyacinthus sp. Eastern hyacinths
Folio 25 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sprekelia formosissima, jacobean lily

Iris kochii, German iris
Plate XXXVI from The Genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lilium bulbiferum, large orange lily
Folio 13 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Musa x paradisiaca L. banana
A drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 299)

Iris reichenbachii, small bearded alpine iris
Watercolour by Frank Howard Round, 1922. Inscribed: Reichenbachii seed 1914, near Kromitza, N.W. Athos, Macedonia, Greece

Denrobium crumenatum, orchid
Watercolour on vellum by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Limodorum altum, squashed orchid pollina
Unfinished Drawings, Monocotyledons 1, Orchidaceae 1, No 71 by Franz Andreas Bauer

Phormium tenax
Illustration of Phormium tenax by George Forster

Zea mais, maize
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Scirpus lacustris, true bulrush
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Dactylis glomerata, cocksfoot
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Elaeis guineensis, African oil palm
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cordyline fruticosa, ti plant
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Dracaena terminalis

Corypha cerifera, Brazilian wax palm
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Dracaena warocquei, cordyline
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Liparis revoluta
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum laevigatum

Musa coccinea, scarlet banana
Plate 913 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Allium ampeloprasum, broadleaf wild leek
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

Aloe Afr: Caulescens Fol Glaucis
Aloe Afr: Caulescens fol glaucis caulen amplectentibus dorso spinoso. Page 329 from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula

Poa pratensis, smooth meadow-grass
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Lotium perenne, perennial rye grass
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

Holcus landatus, Yorkshire fog
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Canna indica, Indian shot
Plate 919 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Coix lachryma, pit pit grass
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

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