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Boraginaceae Collection

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Cordia sebestena, geiger tree

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

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Symphytum officinale, common comfrey

Symphytum officinale, common comfrey
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Echium pininana, tower of jewels

Echium pininana, tower of jewels
The flower spikes of this plant can grow up to 3 metres and has hundreds of purple blue flowers in summer

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Echinospermum squarrosum, stick-seed

Echinospermum squarrosum, stick-seed
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Echium plantagineum, salvation Jane

Echium plantagineum, salvation Jane
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Cordia subcordata, kou tree

Cordia subcordata, kou tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cordia sebestena

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Columba leucocephala, white-crowned pigeon

Columba leucocephala, white-crowned pigeon
Plate 177 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

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Borago officinalis, borage

Borago officinalis, borage
Folio 59 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Impatiens wallerana, busy lizzie

Impatiens wallerana, busy lizzie
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 214

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Tournefortia paniculata

Tournefortia paniculata
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Tournefortia scandens

Background imageBoraginaceae Collection: Casuarius casuarius, southern cassowary

Casuarius casuarius, southern cassowary
A mounted specimen of the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) on display in the Natural History Museum at Tring. Photographed by Harry Taylor


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