Flowering Plant Collection (page 9)

Sticky Tailflower watercolour, Ferdinand Bauer
Anthocercis viscosa, Sticky Tailflower. Watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826)

Pseudocolocynthis pomiformis by Basil Besler
Pseudocolocynthis pomiformis from Hortus Eystettensis by Basil Besler

Chrysanthemum, CT scan image
CT Scan image of a Chrysanthemum

Tulip and small tortoiseshell
Guache on vellum, c.late 17th century by Maria Sibella Merian (1647-1717). From the collection of Insect paintings by Dutch Artists 17th-19th Century. Held in the Library and Archives

Lacandonia schismatica
A member of the Triuridaceae, a family of saprophytes. Found only in the Lacandon rainforest in southeast Mexico

Purple-throated hummingbirds, female
In a fascinating example of sexual dimorphism and plant-animal relationships: the female hummingbird with a smaller body and long

Rhododendron fulgens
Hand-coloured lithograph by Walter hood Fitch, 1849-1851, based on sketch by Joseph Hooker Date: 1849

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

Hibiscus mutabilis, Cotton rose
Bodycolour by Johann Christoph Dietzsch, c. 1750 Date: circa 1750

Pithecellobium circinale
Watercolour by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822) Date: 1822

Tropaeolum peregrinum, Canary creeper
Watercolour by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822) Date: 1822

Crocodylus palnotis, Muggers
Watercolour by Olivia Tonge; c. 1912 Date: circa 1912

Soymida febrifuga, Rohan bark
Watercolour by William Roxburgh, Indian Collection, c.1800s Date: 1800

Markhamia stipulata
Watercolour from the Nathaniel Wallich Collection, c.1830 Date: 1830

Allophylus racemosus
Watercolour by William Roxburgh, Indian Collection, c.1805 Date: 1805

Orchid
Watercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840

Carica papaya, Papaya
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726

Cola sp. Kola nut
Watercolour by Dorothy Talbot, c. 1911 Date: circa 1911

Polygala amara (rev. amarella), dwarf milkwort
Illustration of Polygala amara from Flora Monacensis (1811) by Franz von Paula Schrank (1747-1835). Date: 1811

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

Downy Woundwort, Stachys germanica
Plate 83/11, illustration of Downy Woundwort from Deutschlands Flora (1841) by Jacob Sturm (1771-1848). Date: 1841

Fossil Holothurian or sea cucumber
Staurocystis quadrifasciata, 6.5 cm long, from the Silurian, Wenlock Limestone of Dudley in Worcestershire, England

Anacardium occidentale, Cashew
Watercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840

Hippeastrum, Dutch amaryllis
Illustration by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840), held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Archimedes swallovanus, bryozoan
Fossil bryozoan dating from the Carboniferous rocks, Mississippian, Golconda Fm. Marigold, Illinois, U.S.A

Nothofagus betuloides
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Betula antarctica

Pimelea prostrata, strathmore weed
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Pimalea laevigata

Crystal apple - cystoid echinoderm
NHM E10. Echinosphaerites aurantium (Gyllenhall). Ordovicain, Popouka, St Petersburg, Russia

A scene in a toddy palm plantation
A drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 307)

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

Botanical engravings
Engraving from Natural History of Jamaica Tab 166 by Sir Hans Sloane. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Apis mellifera, European honey bee
Photograph of a European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the wildlife garden. A typical small hive contains about 20, 000 bees which are divided into three types; Queen, Drones, and Workers

Metrosideros linearis
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sketch of Orchis maculata by Robert Brown
Sketch of an Orchidaceous suspensor, 27th July 1831, by Robert Brown, the eminent Scottish botanist

Ficus scabra
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Prunus sp. (6) early purple peach (7) large peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Pourpree hative, Grosse Mignorie. Imacon Color Scanner

Arum grandiflorum
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Veltheimia glauca, lily
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Morelia spilota variegata, carpet python
Plate 2, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid&, xb5;, or family of Trogons, (1838)

Diamond flower brooch
Victorian diamond-encrusted flower with a sapphire at its centre

Ipomoea quamoclit, Cardinal creeper
Specimen of Cardinal creeper (Ipomoea quamoclit) from George Cliffords herbarium

Sketch of Cypripedium reginae / spectabile by Robert Brown
A sketch by Robert Brown, the eminent botanist

Dracontium percusum

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