Angiospermae Collection (#25)

Telekia speciosa, telekia
Plate 44 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Spindalis zena, stripe-headed tanager
Plate 42, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Lonicera sp. honeysuckle
Plate 99 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Asparagus officinalis, asparagus
From the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Gardenia sp
Drawing number 153 from Flora Nov-Eboraensis (1724-1766) by Jane Colden. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Stanhopea insignis, orchid
Watercolour 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

Watercolour 67 from the Watling Collection
Watercolour 67 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Four varieties of strawberry
Plate 2 from Pomona Britannica (1812) by George Brookshaw.. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Eucalyptus lehmanni, bushy yate
Plate 55 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Solanum hystrix, Afghan thistle
Plate 107 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Selenicereus hamatus, Queen of the night
Plate 9 from the Fitch Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant is native to Mexico

Thysanotus patersonii, twining fringe-lily
Plate 212 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Passerina ciris, painted bunting
Plate 44, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Pteroglossus inscriptus humboldti, lettered aracari
Plate 22, hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter from John Goulds A Monograph of the Ramphastid, or family of Toucans, 2nd edition, (1854)

Citrus limon, lemon
Tab 70 from Histoire Naturelle des Orangers (1818-1820) by Antoine Risso (1777-1845). Illustration entitled Limonier Sauvage

Bronphtoria sarpuinea
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

Aquilegia vulgaris, European columbine
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Platte 023

Rose with butterfly and dragonfly
Plate 13 (mounted plates) from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological drawings from Canton, China

Drawing 434 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Narcissus tazetta, tazetta
Plate 57 from Collection of water-colour drawings of Flowers after Nature by Gerrit van Spaendonck (1746-1822)

Gyrostemon ramulosus, sandhill corkbark
Plate 123 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Theobroma cacao, cacao tree
A specimen from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. The seeds of this plant - cocoa, are the source of chocolate

Sanguisorba officinalis, official burnet
Drawing 58/10 made in 1905 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Clemmys guttata, spotted turtle

Artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit

Amianthium muscaetoxicum, fly poison
Drawing 38 (Ewan 7) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Canna flaccida, swamp canna
Drawing 48 (Ewan 26) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ananas sp. pineapple
Plate 166 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Althaea officinalis, marsh mallow plant

Folio 19 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards

Corylus avellana, hazel
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 16 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 16 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Datura stramonium, jimsonweed
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Zea mays, maize
This large cultivated grass called maize or sweet corn is an important cereal. Grain is ground for flour as well as forming a table vegetable, the husks are used as fuel & the leaves for cattle fodder

Aegopodium podagraria, goutweed
Aegopodium podagraria L. a member of the Apiaceae family, cited by Linnaeus under his description of that name in Species Plantarum (1753), also the designated type specimen for that name

Folio 17 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 17 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris germanica (left) and Iris pallida (right), bearded iris
Illustration by Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, from the Dutch Collection, late 1600s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Magnolia auriculata, big-leaf magnolia
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Camellia japonica, camellia
Sketch 169 by Georg Ehret Dionysius (1708-1770). Original artwork held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Garcinia indica, kokam tree
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Geospiza scandens, common actus finch
A specimen of a common cactus finch (Geospiza scandens) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Tea fields, Sri Lanka

Bauhinia divaricata L. bulls hoof
Sketch 15 (66 Drawings Volume). 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

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

Iris subbiflora, bearded iris
Watercolour by Frank Howard Round dated 1922. Inscribed Iris subbiflora Sfax Tunisia. Dr Trabat 1920. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Calotropis procera, rubber bush
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Cephalotus follicularis Labill, pitcher plant
Collected by Robert Brown at King George Sound, Western Australia, Dec 1801-Jan 1802, during the voyage of HMS Investigator, captained by Matthew Flinders

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