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Myrtales Collection

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Eucalyptus crebra, narrow leaved ironbark tree

Eucalyptus crebra, narrow leaved ironbark tree
Finished 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

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Metrosideros excelsa, Christmas tree

Metrosideros excelsa, Christmas tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Eucalyptus pruinosa, silver-leaved box

Eucalyptus pruinosa, silver-leaved box
Plate 56 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Oenothera grandiflora, evening primrose

Oenothera grandiflora, evening primrose
Unnumbered drawing (Tab IV) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Oenothera parviflora L. & Oenothera biennis L

Oenothera parviflora L. & Oenothera biennis L
Northern evening-primrose and common evening-primrose by John Miller, first published in Figures of the most beautiful, useful

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Rhexia speciosa

Rhexia speciosa
Plate 4 from Voyage aux Regions Equinoniales (1806) Pt V1, Botanique, Sect 2, by Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Lawsonia inermis, henna plant

Lawsonia inermis, henna plant
Illustration number 86 from the Feilding Collection held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Pollen sketch by Francis Bauer

Pollen sketch by Francis Bauer
Francis Bauers pollen watercolour sketch from the Natural History Museums Botany Library. Page 63, showing Centaurea, Clarkia, Achilia, Bignonia and other pollen

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Psidium pyriferum, red guava

Psidium pyriferum, red guava
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove

Caryophyllus aromaticus, clove
Plate 64 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Psidium, guava

Psidium, guava
Plate 929 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Metrosideros linearis

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

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Eucalyptus obliqua, Australian oak

Eucalyptus obliqua, Australian oak holotype specimen

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Trapa natans, var. bispinosa

Trapa natans, var. bispinosa
Image of trapa natans var. bispinosa in Plants of the Coast of Coromandel by W. Roxburgh

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Godetia vinosa

Godetia vinosa
Plate 8 from Ladies Flower Garden Annuals (1843) by Jane Wells Loudon. Also shows Anothera and Godetia varieties

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Cacoucia coccinea

Cacoucia coccinea
Plate 32 from Flora Brasiliensis, Vol. 14, Part 2 (1867) by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Leptospermum fabricia, tea-tree

Leptospermum fabricia, tea-tree
Finished 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

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Melaleuca viridiflora, weeping tea tree

Melaleuca viridiflora, weeping tea tree
Finished 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

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Rhexia grandiflora

Rhexia grandiflora
Plate 11 from Voyage aux Regions Equinoniales (1806) Pt V1, Botanique, Sect 2, by Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Eucalyptus globulus, Tasmanian bluegum

Eucalyptus globulus, Tasmanian bluegum
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Eucalyptus Globulus Labillardicre

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Metrosideros collina, metrosideros springfire

Metrosideros collina, metrosideros springfire
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Metrosideros spectabilis

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Rhizophora sp. mangrove tree

Rhizophora sp. mangrove tree
Illustration from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Leptospermum ericoides, kanuka honey

Leptospermum ericoides, kanuka honey
Finished 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

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Leptospermum scoparium, tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium, tea tree
Finished 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

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Terminalia glabrata

Terminalia glabrata
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Fuchsias sp. Princess of Wales

Fuchsias sp. Princess of Wales
Plate 16 from The Illustrated Bouquet (1857-64) by Edward Geroge Henderson. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Fuchsia gracilis, hardy fuchsia

Fuchsia gracilis, hardy fuchsia
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Eucalyptus lehmanni, bushy yate

Eucalyptus lehmanni, bushy yate
Plate 55 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed

Epilobium angustifolium, fireweed
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Oenothera erythrosepala, evening primrose

Oenothera erythrosepala, evening primrose
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Thiloa glaucocarpa and Thiloa gracilis

Thiloa glaucocarpa and Thiloa gracilis
Plate 27 from Flora Brasiliensis, Vol. 14, Part 2 (1867) by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Combretum leprosum

Combretum leprosum
Plate 29 from Flora Brasiliensis, Vol. 14, Part 2 (1867) by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868)

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Some of the sweets beloved of the native

Some of the sweets beloved of the native
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Background imageMyrtales Collection: John Lettsoms Natural History of the Tea Tree

John Lettsoms Natural History of the Tea Tree
Coloured front piece of John Lettsoms Natural History of the Tea Tree. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Melastoma malabathrica, black-strawberry tree

Melastoma malabathrica, black-strawberry tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Eucalyptus urnigera, eucalyptus

Eucalyptus urnigera, eucalyptus
Plate from The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Erebus and Terror. Part III: Flora Tasmaniae. by J. D. Hooker, 1860

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Epacris longiflora, fuschia heath

Epacris longiflora, fuschia heath
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Rhodomytris torneutosa, gooseberry

Rhodomytris torneutosa, gooseberry
Plate 56 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Punica granatuns, pomegranate

Punica granatuns, pomegranate
Plate 36 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Syzygium malaccense, malay apple

Syzygium malaccense, malay apple
Plate 38 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Osbeckia chinensis

Osbeckia chinensis
Plate 57 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Callistemon linearifolius, bottlebrush

Callistemon linearifolius, bottlebrush
Drawing 436 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Lasiandra macrantha

Lasiandra macrantha
Plate 4 from the Fitch Collection of the Lasiandra macrantha, a shrub native to South America from the family Melastomataceae

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Melastoma melabathricum, pink glory bush

Melastoma melabathricum, pink glory bush
Plate 1148 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Buchenavia oxycarpa

Buchenavia oxycarpa
Plate 25 from C. Martius Flora Brasiliensis, Vol.14, p.2

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Punica granatum, pomegranate

Punica granatum, pomegranate
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Eucalyptus globulus, Tasmanian blue gum

Eucalyptus globulus, Tasmanian blue gum
A photograph of the details from one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a Eucalyptus globulus, Tasmanian blue gum

Background imageMyrtales Collection: Leptospermum scoparium, New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium, New Zealand tea tree
Painting by George Forster



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