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Attalea funifera C. Martius ex Sprengel, bahia piassaba palmIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Adansonia, baobab treeIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Senecio rufiglandulosusFinished 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
Seaforth elegans & Lodoicea sechallarum, palm treesSeaforth elegans (above) and Lodoicea sechellarum (below). Tab 109 from Genera et Species Palmarum, Plates Vol III by Carl von Martius
Ricinus communis, castor bean plantIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Louis D Or and Aurora, tulips
Oriolus sp. oriolePlate 66, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57). Annotated Oriolus melanocephalus
Pistacia lentiscus, evergreen pistache
Strychnos toxifera, strychnos vineIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London
Ficus carica, fig treeIllustration from Pomona Italiana Vol 1 (1817) by Count Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Erythroxylum coca, coca
Aerangis spPlate 853 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Brazoria truncataIllustration by Asa Gray (1810 - 1888)
Psychopsis papilioOncidium papilio, watercolour on card by A.H. Church (1865-1937), species now known as Psychopsis papilio. Drawing number 632
Hylocereus triangularis, pitahaya fruitPlate 510 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Hebe parviflora, koromikoFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Veronica floribunda
Chrysanthemum x morifolium, chrysanthemumPlate 590 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Poinsettia pulcherrima, Christmas flowerIllustration of Poinsettia pulcherrima, Christmas flower held in the Botany library at the Natural History Museum, London
Erythroxylon coca, cocaPlate 40 from Medicinal Plants by Robert Bentley & Henry Trimen, Vol 1 1880. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Solanum repandumIllustration of Solanum repandum by George Forster
Digitalis lanata, foxgloveIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Stewartia malacodendron L. silky camelliaSketch 29 (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
Begonia sp
Paeonia moutan cvPlate 8 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Morelle tomate, tomatoIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Ranunculus biternatus, antarctic buttercupFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Ranunculus flaccidus
Acer campestre, field mapleIllustration of field maple leaves from the Plate Collection of the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Cola acuminata, cola nutIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Persea gratissima, avocadoIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Oleander cvPlate 704 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Acacia verek, acaciaIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Hibiscus syriacus, rose of SharonPlate 160 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Volatinia jacarina, blue-black grassquitPlate 37 (1:37b) a watercolour by Sydney Parkinson from Sir Joseph Banks commission of natural history drawings from Captain James Cooks first voyage (Endeavour 1768-1771)
Passiflora aurantia, passionflowerNo. 349 from the Botanical Drawings by George Forster made during Cooks second voyage 1772-1775. Illustration annotated with the number 248
Tulipa gesneriana L. Didiers tulip
Iris aurea, irisFrom The genus Iris (1913) by William Rickatson Dykes (1877-1925). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Campanula medium, Canterbury bellsPlate 63 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Macrophylla, Barbata, Punctata, Alpina and Sarmatica
Loranthus sp. mistletoePlate 101 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)
Banksia serrata
Cycas media, nut palm
Angiosperm leaf in Baltic amberEudaphniphyllum leaf in preserved Baltic amber, dating from the Upper Eocene, about 35 million years old. Amber is fossilised tree resin
Flowers and leaves designDrawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881
Grevillea banksii, red silky oakPlate 132 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Orchid bee in copalOrchid bee in Colombian copal (a younger stage of amber). Probabaly less than 2 million years old. Donated by Miguel Caycedo
Liliaceae: lilyPlate 159 from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Acacia-like podPart of Acacia-like pod, 14 cm long, from the Eocene of the Paris Basin
Fuchsias sp. Princess of WalesPlate 16 from The Illustrated Bouquet (1857-64) by Edward Geroge Henderson. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Pinckneya bracteata, fever treeUnnumbered drawing from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London