Commelinid Collection (page 4)

Coconut palms, Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Plantation. Ovalau Island, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Distant tower seen over palm trees. Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Amomum zingiber Linn. ginger
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Palm
Plate 23 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Zingiber sylvestre & Z. angustifolium, ginger
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Curcuma sp. turmeric
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Curcuma sp. turmeric from Asia

Phragmites oeningensis
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Carex arenaria, sand sedge
Illustration from Agnes Ibbetsons sketchbook of grasses, c.1809 -1822. Volume 3. No. 35. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Plantation scene, Levuka, Ovalau Island, Fiji
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Alpinia zerumbet, shell ginger
Plate 1037 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Guzmania lingulata, scarlet star

Borassus flabellifer, wine palm
Plate 882 from the John Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cymbopogon iwarancusa, oilgrass
Plate 624 from the John Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, sedge warbler
Plate 125 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Miliaria calandra, corn bunting
Plate 154 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Tritonia crocata, corn lily
Illustration no.8 by Sydney Parkinson, 1767. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Egretta thula, snowy egret
Plate 242 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Dedroica palmarum, palm warbler
Plate 145 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

Papaver rhoeas L, corn poppy. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium. Seed from Poland, plant collected in 1952

Geophaps plumifera, spinifex pigeon
Plate 69, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Vol. 5 (1840-1848)

Cistothorus platensis, sedge wren
Plate 175 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

Dendroica palmarum, palm warbler
Plate 163 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

Charmosyna palmarum, palm lorikeet
Ff. 48. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Psittacus palamarum and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Sabal lamanonis Brongniart
A fossil palm frond from Aix en Provence, France. It is recorded as Upper Eocene, about 45 and 55 million years ago. This specimen is 32 cm long. The specimen number is V16880

Quiscalus quiscula, common grackle
Plate 7 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh

Bromelia anticantha
Watercolour by Margaret Ursula Mee, c. 1958. Mees name will be forever associated with her interest in conserving the Amazon rainforests

Wallichia caryotoides, wallich palm
Plate 8 from the Roxburgh Collection, c. 1791-1794. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Caryota urens, fishtail palm
Plate 10 from the Roxburgh Collection, c. 1791-1794 depicting fishtail palm leaves. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Capillipedium parviflorum, weed
Watercolour 238 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, c. 1850s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Melocanna baccifera, berry bamboo
Plate 1050 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Panicum frumentaceum, barnyard grass
Plate 1047 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cyperus sp. sedge
Plate 621 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Corypha taliera, tara palm
Illustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Oryzomys ratticeps, rice rat
From Brazil and Paraguay. Specimen held at The Natural History Museum, London

Lonchura striata, white-rumped munia
Plate 31, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Kempferi ovatifolia, colouring turmeric
Plate 4 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Calamus viminalis, rattan fruit
Plate 5 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Curcuma augustifolia, malabar arrowroot
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Areca catechu, betel nut
Plate 46 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held iat the Natural History Museum, London

Cocos nucifera, coconut tree
Plate 69 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Elaphe guttata, corn snake
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Corn Snake

Palm Cockatoo

Juvenile Sedge Warbler
Illustration of a Juvenile Sedge Warbler by Henrik Gronvold (1858-1940)

Tropical Fruits
Plate 51 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Fruits de Serre Temperee et Serre Chaude

Gladiolus sp. corn flag
Plate 159 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

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