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A climbing leguminous plant: leafy stem with pods. Watercolour.

Passion flower (Passiflora species): twining stem with flowers and fruit. Pen drawing.

Two climbing plants: leafy stems. Watercolour.

Grape vine with fruit and leaves. Pencil drawing.

A grape vine (Vitis species): fruiting stem with separate leaves and fruit. Watercolour.

Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Grape vine (Vitis vinifera L.) with black grapes. Coloured lithograph after J. Polydore.

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Two plants: leafy stems, one with bulb and flower. Watercolour.

Black bryony (Tamus communis): fruiting stem. Partially coloured pen drawing.

Common or field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

The movements and habits of climbing plants / by Charles Darwin.

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Dolichos pubescens: flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

Common or field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.

Two plants, a fruiting clematis with separate seeds and a plant with blue fruits. Watercolour.

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

The movements and habits of climbing plants / by Charles Darwin.