Hipposideridae Gallery

Various forms of plant seeds, wood engravings, published in 1897

Various forms of plant seeds: 1) Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa); 2) Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus); 3) Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) with cross section (a); 4) Princesstree (Paulownia tomentosa); 5) Arabian coffee (Coffea arabica) with backside (a), frontside (b), and cross section (c); 6) Castor bean (Ricinus communis); 7) Johnny Jump up (Viola tricolor) with cross section (a); 8) Indian berry (Anamirta cocculus, or Anamirta paniculata) with cross section (a); 9) Green cardamom (Elettaria Cardamomum) with cross section (a); 10) Werauhia viridiflora (or Vriesea viridiflora); 11) Bulrush (Typha); 12) Burmannia longifolia; 13) Stanhopea oculata; 14) Hairy wood-rush (Luzula pilosa); 15) European dodder (Cuscuta europaea) with capsula (15a), cross section, seed of Flax dodder (Cuscuta epilinum, c), cross section (d, e), embryo (f); 16) Corn-cockle (Agrostemma githago) with cross section (a); 17) Blue waxweed (Cuphea viscosissima) with two cells of seed epidermis with tortuous threads, 17a) when wetting emerging thread; 18) Canadian moonseed (Menispermum canadense); 19) Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), frontside (a), backside (b); 20) Calabar bean (Physostigma venenosum); 21) Pangium edule; 22) Fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium, or Epilobium angustifolium); 23) Myristica fragrans (or Myristica moschata). Wood engravings, published in 1897

Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra

Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, and trident leaf-nosed bat, Asellia tridens. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Dien, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Freshly ground Arabica coffee drips from a domestic coffee machine to make an espresso

Freshly ground Arabica coffee drips from a domestic coffee machine to make an espresso, Northwich, Britain May 1, 2017. Picture taken May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff - RC1CA21E2600