Rosid Collection (page 9)

Acer pseudoplatanus, sycamore
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Cassia nodosa, pink cassia
Plate 138 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Euphorbia canariensis, Canary Island spurge
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Asphalatus Acacia altera Mauk
Copy of De Materia Medica made by the Greek physician Dioscorides. Used as standard medical work up to Middle Ages. Copy made in 1460 and owned by Sir Joseph Banks

Rosa gallica, apothecaries rose
Copy of De Materia Medica, made by the Greek physician Dioscorides. Used as standard medical work up to Middle Ages. Copy made in 1460 and owned by Sir Joseph Banks

Passiflora edulis, passion fruit
Illustration by Jacobus van Huysum, c. 1730s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Haplophyllum patavinum, ruta patavina

Mucuna pruriens, velvet bean

Acer trilobatum, sycamore or maple leaf
Fossilised leaf dating from the Miocene period, collected in Oeningen, Baden, Germany. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Rosa sp. rose
Folio 30 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gopypium beligiosum, nankin cotton
Plate 9 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Eriobotrya japonica, loquatt tree
Plate 21 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Bombax pentandrum, silk cotton
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Hibiscus angulosus, wild hibiscus

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

Prunus persica, peach
Plate 18 from Pomona Franconica, Vol 2 (1779) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Prugnon blanc musque

Prunus sp. (14) small early violet peach (15) large early v
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Petite viole

Prunus sp. Dutch cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Cerise de Hollande ou Coularde

Prunus sp. bunched cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Cerise a Bouquet

Prunus sp. small blackheart cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Petite Guigne noir

Prunus sp. round fruited cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Fleur de Cerisier a fruit rond

Fuegians going to trade with Patagonians in Zapallos

Borneo amber
Piece of Borneo amber originating from the Middle Miocene about 15 million years old. Donated by John Noad

Alyogyne hakeifolia

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

Prunus sp. (22) teindou peach (23) belle de vitry peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Teindou, Belle de Vitry

Ceanothus sp. Californian lilac
Drawing 49/1 made in 1904 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Angiosperm flower in amber
A flower trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. This specimen dates from the Lower Miocene period about 20 million years old

Prunus sp. small early red cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Petite cerise rouge precoce

Quercus mediterranea, fossil leaf

Prunus avium, whiteheart cherry flower
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Du fleur du Bigarreautier

Malum aurantium vulgare, orange
Page 286 from Flora Exotica 1720, by Johanne Godfredo Simula

Annuals and biannual plants

Cercis siliquastrum, Judas tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Prunus sp. wonder peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled L Admirable

Hypericum sp. St. Johnswort
Drawing 26/1 made in 1904 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. PLate 175

Prunus sp. small early whiteheart cherry

Brachychiton paradoxus, red-flowered kurrajong
Plate 13 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Prunus persica, dwarf peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Naine

Prunus sp. blood-red peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Sanguinole

Hymenaea courbaril, jatoba tree
Foliage of this legume tree from Dominica, Central America. Botany specimen 4322 sheet 2

Pawpaw Apple Manuscript
William Bartrams manuscript from Book 1 Est. Florida Plants containing a description of the pawpaw apple (Anona) which he collected during his expedition to the southern colonies

Azadirachta indica, neem
A mid nineteenth century illustration of neem (Azadirachta indica), held in the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Pyrus sp. pear

Golynos Oak

Copal

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