Lamiales Collection (page 2)

Parsonsia heterophylla, jasmine
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Wisteria sp

Chicorium intybus, chicory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Brazoria truncata
Illustration by Asa Gray (1810 - 1888)

Hebe parviflora, koromiko
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Veronica floribunda

Digitalis lanata, foxglove
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Campanula medium, Canterbury bells
Plate 63 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Macrophylla, Barbata, Punctata, Alpina and Sarmatica

Premna serratifolia L. aloalo
Collected by Robert Brown on Goods Island, Torres Strait, Northern Australia, 2nd November 1802. During the voyage of HMS Investigator, Captained by Matthew Flinders

Olea europea, olive
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Olea europea, olive

Lavandula santolinaefolia, lavender
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Campanula sp. bellflower
An illustration of Campanula, artist unknown. Original artwork from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Rosmarinus rigidus, rosemary
Illustration from Icones ad Floram Europae (1867) by Alexis Jordan. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Petunia hybrida, petunia
Close-up of a cultivated petunia flower

Harpagophytum procumbens, grapple plant
African grapple plant seed. For seed dispersal, the seeds have grappling hooks which hook onto animals and get transported elsewhere untill they eventually fall off

Digitalis viridiflora, foxglove
Engraving by Ferdinand Bauer based on his own watercolour now in the Royal Horticultural Society, published in Digitalium monographia (1821) by John Lindley

Syringa pubescens turez. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium

Syringa vulgaris, lilac. Dried specimen taken from the museum herbarium

Digitalis purpurea, common foxglove. Dried specimen from the museum herbarium. Presented by Colonel R Meinertzhagen, 1950

Sialia sialis, eastern bluebird

Fraxinus excelsior, weeping ash pollen
Scanning electron microscope picture (x 1500) of ash pollen grains from above, with three furrowed apertures (trizonocolporate)

Verbascam ferrugineum & Tropidacris collaris
Rusty mullein, with South American grasshopper. Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehret, 1747. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, page 187

Proboscides louisianica (Miller), unicorn plant
Drawing by J.S. Miller [pl. 286]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, page 145

Campsis radicans L. seemann
Drawing by Richard Lancake [pl. 65]. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 7

Fraxinus excelsior, ash tree

Iris cf. germanica, bearded iris
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Perilla frutescens, beef steak plant
Plate from Thesaurus Zeylanicus (1737) by J. Burman, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Digitalis purpurea, foxglove
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Folio 57 from A Collection of Flowers by John Edwards
Folio 57 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Klugia notoniana, balsamina
Plate 13 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Purple thunbergia, purple thunbergia
Plate 26 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Rana maxima, bull frog
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Scrophulariaceae
Plate 111 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Collinsonia canadensis, horse weed
A hand written description of horse weed from Flora Nov Eboracensis, part of the the Banks Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Ceanothus sp. Californian lilac
Drawing 49/1 made in 1904 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Olea fragrans, sweet olive
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Digitalis mariana, foxglove
From the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Limonium recurvum, sea lavendar
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Mimulus cardinalis, crimson monkeyflower
Drawing 115 made in 1903 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Syringa sp. Scotch lilac
Folio 75 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Jasminum polyanthum, jasmine
Folio 68 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Syringa persica, Persian lilac
Folio 53 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Leonotis leonurus, Lions tail
A specimen of Lions tail (Leonotis leonurus) from George Cliffords herbarium

Calceolaria fothergillii, William Aiton, 1789
Calceolaria fothergillii taken from Hortus Kewensis or A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew by William Aiton gardner of his majesty

Archilocus colubris, ruby-throated hummingbird
Plate 47 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Himalayan species of Jasmin
A type specimen is the material used to make the first scientific description of a species. From the botanical collection at the Natural Histroy Museum, London

Clinopodium vulgare, wild basil
Pen and ink illustration by Jane Colden, 1740-50 s. Original artwork held at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris maxima, iris
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Olivier, olive tree
Plate 30 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles Vol 30

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