Caryophyllales Collection

Dianthus barbatus, sweet william
Folio 40 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Humboldt and his party collecting plant
Specimens at the foot of Mount Chimborazo. Detail from Plate 25 Voyage aux Regions Equinoxiales by Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)

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

Violet Cron
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Plantae selectae cereus, night blooming cactus
Sketch 31 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. Picture shows close up of flower

Replicas of the Koh-I-Noor diamond
Replicas of the Kor-i-noor diamond created from cubic zirconia by John Nels Hatleberg

Mesembryanthemum calamiforme L. Var
Plate 4 from a bound volume of drawings (mostly on vellum) illustrating the genus Mesembryanthemum. Watercolour on vellum, 1776-1778 by Ann Lee (1753-1790)

Lychnis coronata
Watercolour on paper, 1777 by Getrude Metz (1746-1793). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1777

Mesembryanthemum
Watercolour on paper, late 17th C. by Alida Withoos (c.1660-1715). Held in the Library and Archives

Dianthus sp. Carnations
Hand-coloured engraving, Robert Thorntons Temple of Flora, 1799-1807 Date: 1807

Sea knotgrass, Polygonum maritimum
Plate 203, illustration of Sea knotgrass from Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae, vol 24 (1905) by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793-1879). Date: 1905

Claytonia virginica, Spring Beauty
This is one of Claytons specimens, of the species that Gronovius named Claytonia in his honour in 1739. Linnaeus subsequently adopted this generic name and, in 1753

Coquimbo, Chile
Illustration (p.366) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Echinocactus denudatus. Plate taken from Plantarum Rariorum, by H.F. Link and F.Otto

Rheum nobile, Sikkim rhubarb
Specimen of Sikkim rhubarb (Rheum nobile) collected by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff and N M Elliot in Tibet in 1947

Beta vulgaris, common beet
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly

Cereus napoleonis, strawberry-pear
Plate 12 from Endlichers paradisus vindobonesis (1844-1860) by Anton Hartinger. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lychnis chalcedonica, Maltese cross
Plate 26 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Coronata, Fulgens, Agrostemma Saponaria and Gypsophylla

Polygonum bistorta, meadow bistort
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Cereus sp. cactus
Plate 31 from Plantae Selectae (1754) by Christoph Jakob Trew, (1750-1775). Painting by Georg Dionysius Ehret

Guaiacum officinale, lignum vitae
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Tetragonia trigyna, spinach
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Nepenthes mirabilis, common swamp pitcher plant
Plate 785 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hylocereus triangularis, pitahaya fruit
Plate 510 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

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

Beta vulgaris, spinach beet
Illustration from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1784) by Johann Zorn. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cereus hexagonus, lady of the night cactus
Unsigned artwork from mid to late 1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Mammillaria elephantidens, elephants tooth
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Echinocactus coptonogonus, cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Echinocacte hexaedrophorus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Mammillaria dolichocentra, cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Echinocactus horizonthalonius, devils head cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Echinocactus concinnus, sun cup
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lychnis coronaria, prick nose
Watercolour 19 by Arthur Harry Church, 12 July 1905. Plate 171

Harrisia sp. night-blooming cereus
Unsigned artwork from c. 1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Melocactus caroli-linnaei, melocactus
Illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is thought to have been made by Simon Taylor (1742-1796)

Dionaea muscipula, venus flytrap
A carnivorous plant which traps insects when they walk over specialist trigger hairs. The leaves snap closed and stay closed until the insect has been digested

Echinocactus erinaceus, cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Echinocactus myriostigma, bishops cap cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cereus perrotetianus, lady of the night cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Mammillaria erecta, cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nephenthes sp. pitcher plant
A carnivorous plant attracting insects with sweet nectar on the top of the pitcher. The surface is slippery and the insects fall in. Unable to climb out, the prey is digested by enzymes

Echinocactus monvillii, cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Parodia sellowii, cactus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Echinocactus sellowianus

Echinocactus sellowianus
Illustration from Iconographie Des Cactees (1841-1847) by Charles Antoine Lemaire. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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