Eurosid Collection (page 19)

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

Cytisus scoparius, English broom
Monochrome drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1902. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Feuilles Nervation from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles
Plate 34 from Le Regne Vegetal plantes agricoles, Vol 3. 1. Amaryllis vittata, 2. Blackea trinervia, 3. Melastoma tomentosum, 4. Hetre (Beech), 5. Ginkgo, 6. Figuier (Fig), 7. Capucine (Nasturtium)

Prunus avium, large whiteheart cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Grosse Guigne blanche

Prunus avium, heart cherry flower
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Fleur de Guignier

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

Dendroica dominica, yellow-throated warbler
Plate 62, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Annual and biannual plants

Turdus sp. thrush chicks
Plate 121 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Pyrus sp. pear

Prunus sp. (4) yellow clingstone peach (5) madeleine peach
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Alberge jaune, Madeleine blan

Cibus apella, brown sajou
Drawing 37 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the panel over doorway in the South East gallery, first floor of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875

Golynos Oak

Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl, G. gallus bankiva, red j
Plate 69, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V� -Gattungen, (1831-1833)

Prunus serotina, large wild black cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Grosse Merise noir

Copal

Mespilus sp. large black medlar
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg. Entitled Grosse Neffle domestique cultive ou noire

Dillenia alata, golden guinea tree
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Quercus bract in baltic amber
A bract from the male flower of an oak tree in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Prunus gondouinii, duke cherry
Illustration from Pomona Franconica (1776-1801) by Johann Mayer of Wurzburg

Glycine max, soybean
Illustration of the soybean plant, part of the John Fleming Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Baltic amber

Momordica charantia, balsam pear or African cucumber
Drawing 31 (Ewan 14) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pancheria rubrivensis
Specimen of (Pancheria rubrivensis) collected on 30.09.1914 in New Caledonia by R.H. Compton

Melastoma melabathricum, pink glory bush
Plate 1148 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Carpinus betulus L. hornbeam
Sketch 36 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Piscidia piscipula, Jamaican dogwood
Specimen from the Sir Hans Sloane Jamaican Botanical Collection, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Viola sp
Plate 62 from Flowers by John Edwards, 1795. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bryonia grandis, ivy gourd
Plate 1156 from the Fleming Collection of Indian Drawings, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Buchenavia oxycarpa
Plate 25 from C. Martius Flora Brasiliensis, Vol.14, p.2

Rosa x damascena, damask rose
Folio 20 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Limonier ordinaire, Limone ordinario
Tab. 84 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820, by Antoine Risso (1777-1845)

Alyogyne hakeafolia (Giord) Alefeld, hibiscus
Collected by Robert Brown in Goose Island Bay, off Cape Arid, Western Australia, May 1803, during the voyage of HMS Investigator, captained by Matthew Flinders

Quercus sp. crouch oak
Also known as Addlestone Oak or Queens Oak. In the 14th century Wycliffe preached under this oak. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have feasted under it. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Quercus sp. oak
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Laportea interrupta (L. ) Chew, woodnettle
A specimen from the Paul Hermann collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 3 Page 1)

Ricinus communis, castor bean
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Amicua melon
An illustration of a melon from Plate LXXII in a volume published by George Brookshaw. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Locust Tree, Tenerife 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Sorbus aucuparia, rowan tree
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Betula pendula, silver birch
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Euphorbia mammillaris, corn cob euphorbia
Illustration from Prludia Botanica (1703) by Caspar Commelin, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Rubus sp. raspberry
Illustration of raspberries by George Brookshaw, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bryonia alba, white briony
Plate 15 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut tree
Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Prunus sp. almond tree

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