Commelinid Collection (page 2)

Sketch of Tradescantia by Robert Brown (part two)
A sketch by Robert Brown, the eminent botanist. For part one please see 55633

Tahitian
Illustration (p.438) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Sketch of Tradescantia by Robert Brown
A sketch by Robert Brown, the eminent botanist

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1855.12.24.201

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

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

Wachendorfia

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)

Archilochus colubris, ruby-throated hummingbird
Drawing 58 (Ewan 20) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Probosciger aterrimus, palm cockatoo
Plate 42, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

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

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

Platalea leucorodia, Eurasian spoonbill
Plate 32 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Panurus biarmicus, bearded tit
Plate 30 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Pineapple with insects
Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian

Rhizomys vestitus, bamboo rat
Plate 46 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)

Fesuca pratensis, meadow fescue
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, areca palm
Fig 11. The Areca Palm, illustration probably from an edition of the Gardeners Chronicle. Artwork held in the Natural History Museums Botany Library

Phrymium sp
Plate 915 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Dendrocalamus strictus, giant bamboo
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cocus nucifera, coconut palm
Plate 985 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Oryza sativa, common rice
Illustration from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1788-1812) by Joseph Plenck, plate 178. Original artwork held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Plants used as food
Illustration of arrowroot, manioc or cassava, yam and sweet potato. Plate 9 from Vegetable Kingdom 1872, by William Rhind

Acrocephalus arundinaceus, great reed warbler
Plate 72 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Eleusine coracana, finger millet
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Emberiza schoeniclus, reed bunting
Plate 29 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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