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Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
Webber, John, 1751-1793.Date: 1 August 1788Reference: 20137i
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Ambroma augusta (L.) L.f.: flowering stem with separate fruit, sections of flower and fruit and uncoloured leaf. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 17953i
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Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
Whymper, Charles, 1853-1941.Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20942i
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Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.
F. J. E.Reference: 22139i
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Talipot palms (Corypha umbraculifera) growing beside and on other plants with two people in foreground. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.Date: 4 June 1807Reference: 20998i
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East Indian Screw Tree (Helictores isora L.): branch with flowers and fruit, separate dehisced fruit and sectioned fruit with seeds. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16202i
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Female liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): fruiting stem with tendrils and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: 1 November 1798Reference: 18604i
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Identification of vegetable fibres / Dorothy Catling, John Grayson.
Catling, Dorothy.Date: 1998
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Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20307i
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A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) on the African plains, sheltering 3 people. Wood engraving, c. 1873.
Date: [1873-1876]Reference: 20966i
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Triumfetta semitrilobata Jacq.: flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18112i
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A forest of doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) in French Sudan, with a travelling group of men and horses. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20934i
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Screwpine plants (Pandanus muricatus) on a lakeside. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20941i
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Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.
Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672.Date: [1682]Reference: 20315i
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1776]Reference: 18103i
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Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera): four sections of the fruit and nut. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 15 June 1807Reference: 25387i
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Palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer): fruiting stem, nut and flowers. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 20 May 1799Reference: 25371i
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Bromelia karatas L.: longitudinal section of flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17594i
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A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) in Nubia sheltering three people. Wood engraving by Faguet, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20935i
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Enset or abyssinian banana (Ensete): young plant with seed and floral segments. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20921i
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Towns, cotton plant, bird and rock formations of Persia, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, c.1704.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20212i
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Murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru Mart.) in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.
Goodall, Edward A.Date: Sept. 1846Reference: 21754i
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Harick (Forsskaolea tenacissima L.): flowering stem with separate flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17624i
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Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit.
Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, Hermann von, 1826-1882.Date: 1854 to 1858Reference: 21747i
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Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) with many spreading aerial roots. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.Date: 4 June 1807Reference: 20994i