Spinosa Collection

Black leech, horse leech, etc
Common black leech, Hirudo verbana, var. nigra. 1, horse leech, Haemopis sanguisuga 2, Nile leech, Limnatis nilotica 3, medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. 4

Curly palm, Howea belmoreana. Vulnerable. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Fossils of extinct lamp shells. Kirkidium knightii 1, Araxilevis intermedius 2, Uncites grifoides 3. Pentamerus knightii, Productus martini, Uncite grifoide

False fiddleleaf, Hydrolea spinosa. Idrolea spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Trochetia triflora, Trochezia di tre fiori. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Extinct shells: Hamites cylindricus 1, horn coral, Amplexus coralloides 2, and Scaphites aequalis 3. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle

Crown crab and Indian egera crab
Crown crab, Hymenosoma orbiculare 1, and Indian egera crab, Phalangipus indicus 2. Imenosomo orbicolare, Egeria dell India

Panama tree or camoruco, Sterculia apetala. Sterculia chicha, Sterculia chica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

European spider crab, Maja squinado. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Sloe or blackthorn tree, Prunus spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Spiny restharrow, Ononis spinosa subsp. hircina (Rest harrow, Ononis arvensis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Caper tree, mulberry and raspberry
Caper tree, Capparis spinosa, mulberry, Morus alba, and raspberry, Rubus idaeus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt

Blackthorn tree with brown and black hairstreak butterflies
Blackthorn or sloe plum tree, Prunus spinosa, with brown hairstreak, Thecla betulae 6, 7, 8, 9, black hairstreak, Satyrium pruni 10, 11, 12, and Rhagades pruni moth 14, 15, 16, 17

Herbs and vegetables, plantes condimentaires et fruits legumieres. Corn, Zea mais, cucumber, Cucumis sativus, pepper, Capsicum annuum, tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, caper, Capparis spinosa

Caper bush or Flinders rose, Capparis spinosa, Caprier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Gorgonia soft coral seafans: Eunicella verrucosa 1, Swiftia species 2, Euplexaura parviclados 3, Primnoella chilensis 4, Convexella murrayi 5, Parastenella spinosa 6, Junceella juncea 7

Fucoideae seaweeds and algae
Fucoideae seaweeds: bullwhip kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana 1, Cutleria multifida 2, Cystoseira spinosa 3, Agarum clathrus 4, Scaberia agardhii 5, peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 6

Great jacamar, Jacamerops aureus, and northern jacana, Jacana spinosa. Handcoloured steel engraving drawn and engraved by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d

Exotic beetles including vulnerable rosalia alpina
Longhorn beetles: Sternotomis mirabilis 1, Prosopocera bipunctata 2, Polyrhaphis spinosa 3, citrus long-horned beetle, Anoplophora chinensis 4, and vulnerable rosalia longicorn, Rosalia alpina 5

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, with sphinx moth
L Epine violette. Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, with sphinx moth. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Caper bush, Capparis spinosa
La Caprier. Caper bush, Capparis spinosa, with sphinx moth. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Spiny broom, Calicotome spinosa (Spiny calycotome, Calycotome spinosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Caper bush or caper shrub, Capparis spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1795

Cardamon and caper plants
Cardamon, Elettaria cardamomum 1, and caper bush, Capparis spinosa 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Thomassine Spinola, Genoan beauty and admirer of King Louis XII. She died in 1505 of heartbreak when she heard a false rumor of the kings death

Spiny restharrow, Ononis spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Curtis British Entomology Plate 81
Lepidoptera: Lobophora polycommata = Trichopteryx polycommata (Barred Tooth-striped) [Plant: Prunus spinosa (Black Thorn)] Date: 1824-39

Illustration, Hadenidae -- Ophiusidae -- Brephidae -- Mormo Maura, Catephia Alchymista, Catocala Fraxini, Catocala Nupta, Catocala Sponsa, Catocala Electa, Catocala Paranympha, Brephos Parthenias

Illustration, Hadenidae -- Xylinidae -- Valeria Oleagina, Chariptera Culta, Hadena Didyma, Hadena Strigilis, Dipterygia Pinastri, Euplexia Lucipara, Habryntis Scita, Habryntis Meticulosa

Illustration, Lasiocampidae -- Lasiocampa Quercus, Lasiocampa Rubi, Eriogaster Rimicola, Eriogaster Lanestris, Crateronyx Dumeti

Illustration, Lycaenidae -- Hesperiidae -- Lycaena Virgaureae, Lycaena Phlaeas, Thecla Rubi, Thecla Pruni, Zephyrus Betulae, Zephyrus Quercus, Spilothyrus Alcaea, Hesperia Alveus, Hesperia Malvae

Illustration, Lycaenidae -- Polyommatus Euphemus, Polyommatus Cyllarus, Polyommatus Minima, Polyommatus Argiolus, Polyommatus Damon, Polyommatus Corydon, Polyommatus Bellargus, Polyommatus Icarus

Frontispiece, Papilionidae -- Papilio Podalirius, Papilio Alexanor, Papilio Machaon, Thais Hypermnestra, Thais Rumina, Doritis Apollinus

Extinct fossil brachipods.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Capparis spinosa, caper
Duchess of Beauforts Hortus Siccus, specimen 133: 67 (Sloane Herbarium)

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