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Acacia nilotica, prickly acacia treeFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Indigofera tinctora, indigoIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Arachide hypogee, peanutPlate 267 from Flore pittoresque et medicale (1827) Vol. 4 by Michel Etienne Descourtilz (1775-1835)
Trifolium pratensis, cloverIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Medicago sativa, alfalfaIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Acacia dealbata, mimosa or silver wattleIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Moreton Bay chestnut seed podCastanospermum australe, Moreton Bay chestnut seed pod collected in Queensland, Australia in 1909 Date: 1909
Wild Sports of South Africa, William HarrisTitle page to William Harriss collection of drawings from 1839. Date: 1839
Mucuna with insects in different life stagesHand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726
Trifolium montanum, mountain cloverIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lens esculenta, lentilIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Physostigma venenosum, calabar beanIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
The Furze Platt Hand AxeThe Furze Platt hand axe from the Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) about 400, 000 years ago. Found in Britain in 1919 the hand axe weighs 2.8 kilos and is 30.6 cm long
Pithecellobium circinaleWatercolour by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822) Date: 1822
Mimosa leucacanthaIllustration 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
Senna italica, Italian sennaIllustration of Italian senna from the John Fleming Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Cassia fistula, canafitulaThe purging cassia or pudding pipe tree, is native to warmer regions of the world. The drug senna is prepared from its pods. The matrix in which its seeds are embedded also has laxative properties
Mucuna gigantea, sea bean
Trifolium sp. & Meliotus sp. cloverIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotusPlate 45 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Vandasia retusaFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Lotus corniculatus, birds foot trefoilIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Dolichos soja, soybeanIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Glycyrrhiza echinata, liquoriceIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Trifolium sp. cloverIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Glycyrrhiza glabra, liquoriceIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Lotus nelumbo, lotusPlate 47 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Onobrychis sativa, sainfoin seedIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Caesalpinia sp
Sesbania coccineaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Aeschinomene speciosa
Haematoxylum campechianum, bloodwood treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Vigna adenantha, wild peaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Phaseolus amoenus
Canavalia rosea, beach beanFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Glycine rosea
Wisteria sp
Ceratonia siliqua, carob
Dalbergia latifolia, Indian rosewood
Acacia verek, acaciaIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Acacia-like podPart of Acacia-like pod, 14 cm long, from the Eocene of the Paris Basin
Plate 240 from Reichenbachs Synopsis Avium
Bauhinia divaricata L. bulls hoofSketch 15 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Butea frondosa, flame of the forestOne of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Butea frondosa, flame of the forest
Cytisus scoparius L. Scotch broomSketch 30 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Erythrina spA native Erythrina sp. flowering in a shade coffee farm located in the crater of Volcan Chinameca, El Salvador
Bryobia praetiosa, clover mite modelA large scale model of the clover mite (Bryobia praetiosa), a common mite found in grassland, native to Britain. Held within the Natural History Museum, London
Nelumbo sp. lotusIllustration of lotus (Nelumba sp.) by Sydney Parkinson
Lagopus mutus, rock ptarmiganPlate 196 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Entada sp. sea beansSea beans or drift seeds from vines and trees along tropical coasts and rainforests which drift along with ocean currents and wash up on beaches
Bryobia praetiosa, clover miteScanning electron microscope image of a clover mite (x 70K), they have front legs which are nearly twice as long as the hind legs