Plantain Collection

Banana tree, Musa paradisiaca (Musa vittata). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

A selection of common British Moths Date: circa 1920s

Downy rattlesnake plantain orchid, Goodyera pubescens. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Siebolds hosta, Hosta sieboldiana (Siebolds funkia, Funkia sieboldiana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley

Africa. The perfect Banana (Musa paradisiaca)
History of Africa. 19th century. The perfect Banana (Musa paradisiaca). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Greater plantain, Plantago major. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

White-crowned robin-chat, Cossypha albicapilla (Lesser white-crowned rock thrush, Petrocincla albicapilla). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John

Head of the western plantain-eater, Crinifer piscator (Variegated plantain eater, crested plantain eater, Chizoeris variegata)

Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera ruficollis. (Rufous-necked falcon, Falco ruficollis.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Cape bunting, Emberiza capensis (Yellow-bellied bunting, Fringillaria capensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of

Lanceleaf plantain lily, Hosta lancifolia (Lance-leaved funkia, Funkia lancifolia). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Frederick W

Plantain tree and banana tree, Musa paradisiaca. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against

Greater water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alisma plantago). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Floating water plantain, Luronium natans (Alisma natans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Holosteon or white plantain, Plantago albicans, and meadow flax, Linum pratense. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Northern water plantain, Alisma triviale and starfruit, Damasonium alisma. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Plantain, Plantago major, and ribwort plantain, Plantago lanceolata. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis, and red plantain, Plantago major rubrifolia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Lobster-claw plant, Heliconia wagneriana (Heliconia aureo-striata). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Scarlet banana or red-flowering banana, Musa coccinea. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Banana leaf, Musa paradisiaca (Musa vittata). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Queen Purea of Tahiti surrendering to Tobias
Fictional depiction of Queen Purea (Oberea) offering a plantain leaf in surrender to sailors of the Dolphin, 1767. (Captain Samuel Wallis was too ill with scurvy to leave the ship so Tobias Furneaux)

Plantain shore-weed, Littorella uniflora (Littorella lacustris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Great water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alisma plantago). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Robins plantain, Erigeron pulchellus (Plantain-leaved erigeron, Erigeron bellidifolium). Robins plantain, Erigeron pulchellus (Plantain-leaved erigeron, Erigeron bellidifolium)

Blond plantain or desert Indianwheat, Plantago ovata (Plantago ispaghula). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Violet Plantain Eaters - by Sir H H Johnston
Violet Plantain Eaters - African Birds - by Sir H H Johnston

Curtis British Entomology Plate 652
Hymenoptera: Trypoxylon clavicerum [Plant: Plantago media (Hoary Plantain)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 107
Coleoptera: Dianous coerulescens (Rough Dianous) [Plant: Littorella lacustris (male; Plantain Shore-weed)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 36
Lepidoptera: Lithosia muscerda = Pelosia muscerda (Dotted Footman) [Plant: Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alisma plantago, Great Water Plantain)] Date: 1824-39

PALMS AND PLANTAINS
An assortment of monocotyledonous plants : palms and plantain, with a couple of giraffes drinking in the foreground

Plant roots: fibrous root of groundsel Senecio vulgaris and plantain Plantago major.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards for William Curtiss Lectures

Journey of Otto von Kotzebue exploring the Pacific Ocean (1815-1818). Indigenous inhabitants of Easter Island. Illustration by Louis Choris in Voyage dans le Pacifique. Plate XI

Plants / Plantago Major
Greater, or Rat-Tail Plantain

Illustration, Arctiidae -- Callimorpha Dominula, Callimorpha Hera, Pleretes Matronula, Nemeophila Russula, Nemeophila Plantaginis, Arctia Caja, Arctia Villica, Arctia Purpurea, Arctia Hebe

Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Plantain-leaved crowfoot with white flowers and yellow eye, Ranunculus amplexicaulis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtiss

Plantago hirsuta
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

Plantago alpina, plantain
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Plantain Walk - Bookkeeper - Watchman and Hut - man with casks of water / greattoe in stirrup. Date between 1808 and 1816

Palms and Plantains
An assortment of monocotyledonous plants : palms and plantain, with a couple of giraffes drinking in the foreground

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