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A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.

Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Sappanwood tree (Caesalpinia sappan): flowering branch, pod and thorns. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

Glory pea (Clianthus puniceus): flowering stem, pod and seed. Coloured etching by S. Watts, c. 1835, after Miss Drake.

Purging cassia or Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula): flowers, leaf, pod and seeds. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

A plant (Trigonella species): flowering and fruiting stems with seed. Watercolour.

Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.

A fruiting tree branch and enlarged single pod. Watercolour.

White lupin (Lupinus albus): entire flowering plant with pod. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

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Two plants, one possibly in the Leguminosae family. Watercolour.

Two plants, a leguminous species with pods (left) and a flowering iris (right) Watercolour.

Vetchling (Lathyrus species): flowering and fruiting stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Broom (Genista sibirica): flowering stem with pod and seed. Coloured engraving, c. 1792, after F. J. Schultz.

A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.