Eurosid Collection (page 16)

Reinwardtia trigyna, yellow flax
Plate 1143 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Erythrina corallodendron, coral bean tree
Plate 189 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Magnolia acuminata, cucumber tree
Illustration from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands (1731) by Mark Catesby, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Haplophyllum patavinum, ruta patavina

Passiflora laurifolia, water lemon
Illustration from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sibylla Merian, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Erythrina corallodendron, coral tree
Illustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Mucuna pruriens, velvet bean

Cactaceae, cacti a. Opuntia ficus-indica, b. Opuntia cochinili
Illustration of various prickly pear cacti. Plate 664 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Erythrina indica, Indian coral tree
Illlustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Momordica cochinchinensis, Chinese bitter melon
Illustration from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bombax heptaphyllum, silk-cotton tree
Illustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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

Tragopan temmincki, Temmincks tragopan
Plate from William Beebes A Monograph of the Pheasants, Vol.1 (1918). Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Dictamnus albus (fraxinella), gas plant
Folio 74 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pisum sativum, crown pea
Folio 73 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Rosa rubiginosa, sweet briar rose
Folio 49 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lathyrus latifolius, everlasting pea
Folio 42 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Citrus sinensis, orange tree
Folio 34 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library 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

Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl

Theobroma cacao, cocoa; Syzygium aromaticum, cloves; Myristi
Plate 1 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Entitled A group from Burlgaar. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Calamus viminalis, rattan fruit
Plate 5 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Viola patrinii and wild flowers
Kotagherry wild flowers with feeding butterflies. Plate 6 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Anacardium occidentale, cashew apple
Plate 7 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Illustration entitled cushoo apples, with nuts

Rhododendron arborcum, Indian rosebay

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

Desmodium and wild flowers
Kotagherry wild flowers with feeding butterflies. Plate 10 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Passiflora quadrangularis, granadilla
Plate 18 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous 1858, by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

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

Rhodomytris torneutosa, gooseberry
Plate 56 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

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

Rhododendron sp. pink rhododendron
Plate 39 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Averrhoa bilimbi, bilimbi
Plate 40 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Areca catechu, betel nut
Plate 46 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held iat the Natural History Museum, London

Kotagherry Wild Flowers & Strawberries
Plate 50 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Hibiscus angulosus, wild hibiscus

Melia azadirack, neem
Plate 52 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

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

Begonia peltata, lily pad begonia
Plate 55 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Annona cheremoya, custard apple
Plate 62 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Leucozona lucorum L. hoverfly
Adult female Hover fly (Diptera: family Syrphidae) feeding on clover flowers. Hoverflies resemble bees and wasps. Most adult hoverflies feed on nectar and pollen

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