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A species of the family Bignoniaceae: twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Cittwodi, Hawar or Manchingi (Dolichandrone falcata Seem.): branch with flower and pods, and separate sectioned pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

A fruiting tree branch and enlarged single pod. Watercolour.

A flowering plant (Bignonia capensis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

Five flowering plants, all species of the genus Bignonia. Coloured lithograph.

Padri (Stereospermum colais (Dillwyn) Mabb.): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flower, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Seven plants, including two orchids and a lily: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Three plants, including a calabash-tree (Crescentia cujete) with starfish and sea urchins in an exotic tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

A plant (Bignonia buccinatoria): flowering stem. Colour halftone, c. 1886, after H. Moon.

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A flowering plant (Bignonia capensis). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.

A plant (Bignonia buccinatoria): flowering stem. Colour halftone, c. 1886, after H. Moon.

A fruiting tree branch and enlarged single pod. Watercolour.

Canary Islanders circling a fountain tree (Spathodea campanulata) and filling their urns with the water it secretes. Wood-engraving, ca. 1748.

Seven plants, including two orchids and a lily: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.