NHD53/26

Illustration of an unidentified white flower plant

Original inscriptions: -龍 (front lower right in ink; first character unintelligible); Tow-Teung-Leung (reverse lower right in pencil)

Further inscriptions: W. Ch. (front lower left in ink)

One sinuous green glaborous twig branches out laterally with three biternate compound leaves; each leafy twig is constituted by green long, biserrate leaves, with opposite golden veins. At the top of the branch, several tendrils curls, two of which present an umbellate inflorescence, highly sketched, with small globular buds. A further tendril departs from the node of a leaf, and presents three round fruits, one much smaller than the other two. Two are green, and one is yellow-green; all show a tripartite globural structure. Lower left: dissected view of the flower members, including eight stamens, with grey filaments and yellow anthers; two styles; four small round white petals, and the green pedicel with four oblong greenish sepals. Further to the right: sketched view of possibly some round dark brown flower buds or seeds or fruits, shown attached to the pedicle with pale pink sepals/ bracts. Behind, three white slices, in elliptical arrangement. One of these is shown vertically dissected showing globular white attachment on top. Further to the right: three slices of possibly the internal fruit, showing a pale brown, striate skin and a white flesh.

Any further details: Pencil underdrawings visible.