Black Pepper Family Piperaceae, ‘Piper nigrum’ Original inscriptions: ‘Piper nigrum L.’ ‘c. Hermaph.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 32 x 47 cm Note:
Indian Valerian Family Valerianaceae, ‘Valeriana jatamansi’ Jones, ‘Nardostachys jatamansi’ (Jones) DC Original inscriptions: ‘Valeriana Jatamansi. Indian Spikenard’ [more inscriptions cut off] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 32 x 47 cm Note: Page cropped at bottom
Bengal Dayflower Family Commelinaceae, ‘Commelina bengalensis’ L. Original inscriptions: ‘Commelina Bengalensis. Kanshira Beng.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 32 x 47 cm Note:
Nakedstem Dayflower Family Commelinaceae, ‘Murdannia nudiflora’ (L.) Brenan Original inscriptions: ‘Commelina nudiflora’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 32 x 47 cm Note:
Rice Flatsedge Family Cyperaceae, ‘Cyperus iria’ L. Original inscriptions: ‘Cyperus Iria. Iria Hort. M. XII. p.105 + 56’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 32 x 47 cm Note:
Nutsedge, Nutgrass Family Cyperaceae, ‘Cyperus rotundus’ L. Original Inscriptions: ‘Cyperus rotundus’ Further Inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size 32 x 47 cm Note:
Slender Sedge Family Cyperaceae, ‘Cyperus distans’ L. f. Original Inscriptions: ‘Cyperus Distans. R / Cyperus Elatus Koenig.’ Further Inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size 32 x 47 cm Note:
Wild sugarcane Family Poaceae, ‘Saccharum spontaneum’ L. Original Inscriptions: ‘A spiked raceme magnified.’ [The next sentence is incomplete because the page has been cropped at right] ‘Sacchorum Spontaneum, mistaken by Sir W. Jones’ ----- ‘the Sacchorum sara’-------’see Asiatic. Soc. Vol’---...
Penreed grass Family Poaceae, ‘Saccharum fuscum’ Roxb. (‘Sclerostachya fusca’ (Roxb.) A. Camus) Original Inscriptions: ‘Saccharum Fuscum R. / K’hari, Bengal. / NB: Of the culms of this grass the Hindus make their pens.’ Further Inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size 32 x 47 cm No...