Asclepias Collection

Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, showing seed and floss. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Meadow saxifrage, Saxifraga granulata. Sassifraga bianca. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Linn. Sp. Pl. 313. l Ouatte. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier Artificial

Candlenut, Crotn laccifer. Croton lacciferum Linn. Sp. 1426, Burm. 204. Halecus terrestris, Rumph. 3 p.199 T.127. Ricin en arbre aromatique

Elkhorn plant, Rhombophyllum dolabriforme (Hatchet-leaved fig marigold, Mesembryanthemum dolabriforme). Mesembryanthemum a feuilles en forme de langue

Lebanon cedar, Cedrus libani
Lebanon cedar Cedrus libani Pinus cedrus Linn. Cedre avec tous les details de sa fructification. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier

Whorled milkweed or whorl-leaved swallow-wort, Asclepias verticillata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Swallow-wort or Asclepias species
Tuberous-rooted swallow-wort, Asclepias tuberosa, water silk-weed, A. incarnata, and decumbent swallow-wort, A. decumbens

Long birthwort, Aristolochia longa, and swallow-wort, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Wild ginger, milkweed, and insects
European wild ginger, Asarum europaeum 1, Libelloides longicornis, Ascalaphus longicornis 2, milkweed, Asclepias syriaca 3, and hornet robberfly, Asilus crabroniformis 4

African asclepias, Stapelia gigantea?
L Asclepias d Affrique. African asclepias, Stapelia gigantea? Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Asclepias curassavica, Tropical milkweed - London, Natural History Museum, Botany Library, Bauer Unit, Unfinished Drawings of plants by Francis Bauer 2: No. 121

Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Seed vessel pericarpium of the milkweed Asclepias syriaca 1-2 and apple Malus domestica 3-4.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss

Asclepias volubilis
Illustration by George Forster of Asclepias volubilis

Ditassa banksii
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Asclepias suaveolens

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