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Sabal palmetto, cabbage palmettoWatercolour by William Young, 1767. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Vanilla planifolia, vanillaIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Engraved by John Nugent Fitch
Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6
Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)
Sorghum bicolor, sorghumIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Phleum pratense, Timothy grassIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Cymbopogon citratus, lemon grassPlate 998 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Colocasia esculenta, taroPlate 4 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
Nymphaea rubra, Indian red water lilyIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London. Painted by Sydenham Teast Edwards and engraved by Francis Sansom
Zingiber officinale, ginger
Megalomys luciae, saint lucia giant rice rat (holotype). Catalogue number NHM 1853.12.16.2
Strelitzia regina, bird of paradisePlate 2 from Original Drawings for Hortus Kewensis by William Aiton (1731-1793). Painting by James Sowerby 1787. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Areca catechu L. betel nut palmIllustration of the betel nut palm tree with a study of the betel nut. Artist unknown. Plate held in the Botany Library plate collection, the Natural History Museum, London
Oryza sativa, riceIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Nymphaea coerulea, blue Egyptian water lilyIllustration from The Temple of Flora (1812) by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837)
Ananas spPlate 929 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Allium sativum, garlicIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Beauregard Admiral and B met De Breeboort, tulipsPage 129 (130) from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula
Galeandra baueri, orchidIllustration from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-43) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Doryanthes excelsa, gymea lilyColoured engraving by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae (1816). Made from field sketches
Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis, cape blue waterlilyDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1907. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 133
Calamus rotang, rattan palm
Dieffenbachia seguine, dumb-caneWatercolour no.13 by Ralph Stennett, 1807. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nymphaea odorata var. minorPlate 45. Watercolour on paper, 1901 by Mrs Hosea B. Morse (Annie Josephine Wexford) (1853-1940). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1901
Zephyranthes atamasco, amaryllisWatercolour on paper, c.1770-1796 by Mary Moser (1744-1819). Held in the Library and Archives
Tritonia crocatia, flame freesia, M. LawranceWatercolour on vellum, 1794 by Mary Lawrance (fl.1790-1830) Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1794
Serapias cordigera by Hilda Margaret GodferyWatercolour on paper, 1908 by Hilda Margaret Godfery (1871-1930). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1908
Rose, primula, Narcissus, FritillariaInk & wash on paper, c. 1820 by Lucy Hardcastle (1771-c.1835). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1820
Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradise flowerWatercolour on card, 1880-1913 by Emily J. Balston (nee Whitehead) (1848-1914). Held in the Library and Archives
Lantana camara by Adeline Frances Mary DuppaPlate 33 from a bound volume drawings of flowers from Italy and Madeira, and of fungi from Ringwood, Hants. drawn between 1870-85
Tulip and small tortoiseshellGuache 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 schismaticaA member of the Triuridaceae, a family of saprophytes. Found only in the Lacandon rainforest in southeast Mexico
Purple-throated hummingbirds, femaleIn a fascinating example of sexual dimorphism and plant-animal relationships: the female hummingbird with a smaller body and long
Crocodylus palnotis, MuggersWatercolour by Olivia Tonge; c. 1912 Date: circa 1912
OrchidWatercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840
Hippeastrum, Dutch amaryllisIllustration by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840), held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
A scene in a toddy palm plantationA drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 307)
Sketch of Orchis maculata by Robert BrownSketch of an Orchidaceous suspensor, 27th July 1831, by Robert Brown, the eminent Scottish botanist
Arum grandiflorumIllustration 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, lilyIllustration 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 Cypripedium reginae / spectabile by Robert BrownA sketch by Robert Brown, the eminent botanist
Dracontium percusum
Iris odoratissima, tall bearded irisIllustration 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 Tradescantia by Robert Brown (part two)A sketch by Robert Brown, the eminent botanist. For part one please see 55633
Renanthera coccineaPlate 21 from H.F. Hances `Wild Flowers of Hong Kong