Dicotyledon Collection (page 22)

Goethea strictiflora, goethea
Drawing 22 by Arthur Harry Church, 19 July 1908. Plate 191

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

Rhizophora mangrove forest
The gnarled roots of the mangrove forest, Kampong Kapok, Muara, Brunei. Photographed by Dr Gaden Robinson

Ipomoea purpurea, morning glory
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 26 September 1903

Passiflora quadrangularis, water lemon
Illustration by James Sowerby, c. 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lagopus mutus, rock ptarmigan
Plate 196 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Paeonia officinalis, common peony
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nigella damascena, love-in-a-mist
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Meconopsis napaulensis, blue poppy

Capsicum sp. pepper
A basket of peppers showing the huge variety in size, shape and colour of Capsicum

Nigella orientalis, yellow fennel flower
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 062

Rhus stellariaefolia, rhus
A fossilized leaf from the flowering plant Rhus (Rhus stellariaefolia) approximately 11cm long. This specimen was discovered in Colorado, U.S.A and dates back to the Late Eocene

Carduelis carduelis, European goldfinch
Plate 155 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Sarracenia purpurea ssp venos, purple 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

Castanea, chestnut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the NHM, 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

Le Merle palmiste, blackbird in cabbage tree
Plate 70 from Vieillots Histoire naturelle de oiseaux d Amerique Central Volume 12. The Natural History of Birds from Central America

Reseda lutea, yellow mignonette
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 156

Chelidonium glaucum, celandine
Illustration from the Botany Library held at the Natural History Museum, London

Anemone sp. anemone
Illustration from Full Directions for the Young Artist (1817) by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Franklandia fucifolia
Proof etching by I. Pye based on Ferdinand Bauers drawing prepared for A voyage to Terra Australis (1814) by Matthew Flinders

Hypericum perforatum, St. Johnswort
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 176

Primula officinalis, cowslip
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus armeniaca, apricot tree
Illustration from Full Instructions for the Young Artist (1817) by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrope garnet
A cut stone and collection of crystals of pink pyrope garnet (magnesium aluminum silicate). Specimens from the Natural History Museum, London

Food chains
Illustration from Nature at Work 1978, NHM. Food chains in an oak woodland and on the seashore

Emberiza citrinella, yellowhammer
Plate 178 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Gypsum crystals - A desert rose
Gypsum is comprised of (hydrated calcium sulphate). It forms from the evaporation of highly saline waters producing this ornate arrangement of crystals

Dictamnus fraxinella, gas plant
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aglais urticae and Polygonia c-album, butterflies

Entada sp. sea beans
Sea beans or drift seeds from vines and trees along tropical coasts and rainforests which drift along with ocean currents and wash up on beaches

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

Reseda odorata, garden mignonette
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1906. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 160

Nymphaea capensis, cape blue water lily
Unsigned artwork from early 1800s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Parus palustris, marsh tit
Plate 180 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Delphinium formosum, hardy larkspur
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Passiflora kermesina, passionflower
Watercolour 312 from the Saharunpore Gardens Collection, c. 1850. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Artocarpus altilis, breadfruit
Unfinished watercolour sketch by Sydney Parkinson, made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771

Sorbus aucuparia, rowan
Rowan tree with ripe fruit growing in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden. Photo taken in July 2001

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

Paeonia officinalis, peony
Watercolour 5 by G. van Kouwenhoven from the Dutch Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Clematis integrifolia, solitary clematis
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 10 July 1909

Saxicola torquata, common stonechat
Plate 149 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

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

Darlingtonia californica, California pitcherplant
Drawingby Arthur Harry Church, 1909. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 134

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