NHD14 Volume III. 18.5 by 13 inches. 112 ff. in water-colour. 1794 watermark. Folio 32, a copy of a drawing belonging to Captain Hardwicke; f.39, 'T ...
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NHD14 Volume III. 18.5 by 13 inches. 112 ff. in water-colour. 1794 watermark. Folio 32, a copy of a drawing belonging to Captain Hardwicke; f.39, 'The young shoots used as food by the Hindoos'; f.64, 'Water dock grows in abundance near Calcutta'; f.93, 'Flowered in 1798 at Calcutta'; f.100, ...
Indian Sarsaparilla Family Apocynaceae/Asclepiadaceae, ‘Hemidesmus indicus’ (L.) W. T. Aiton Original inscriptions: ‘Periploca indica L. Asclepias pseudosarsa R.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Plant of the family Asclepiadaceae, Oxystelma esculentum
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Plant of the family Asclepiadaceae, ‘Oxystelma esculentum’ Original inscriptions: ‘Periploca esculenta Konig. Pl. Cor. 11’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Bowstring-hemp, Giant Milkweed Family Apocynaceae/Asclepiadaceae, ‘Calotropis gigantea’ (L.) W. T. Aiton Original inscriptions: ‘Asclepias gigantea rosca’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Plant of the family Apocynaceae/Asclepiadaceae, Asclepias tinctoria Roxb.
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Plant of the family Apocynaceae/Asclepiadaceae, ‘Asclepias tinctoria’ Roxb. (‘Marsdenia sp’.) Original inscriptions: ‘Asclepias tinctoria’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pen and Ink and Watercolour Size: Note: