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Rock balsam plant (Clusia rosea): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

A plant, possibly an Hypericum species: flowering stem. Watercolour.

St. John's wort or klamath weed (Hypericum perforatum L.): flowering stem with separate root, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Five British wild flowers, all types of St. John's wort (Hypericum species). Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Marsh St. John's wort (Hypericum eloides): flowering stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

St. John's wort (Hypericum olympicum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

A mangosteen plant (Garcinia mangostana): fruiting branch and halved fruit. Photograph.

Tropical fruits, including guava, custard apple, lemon, pompelmous and plantain bananas. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

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Marsh St. John's wort (Hypericum eloides): flowering stems. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

St. John's wort or tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum L.): flowering and fruiting stems, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Rock balsam plant (Clusia rosea): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

St. John's wort or klamath weed (Hypericum perforatum L.): flowering stem with separate root, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

St. John's wort (Hypericum olympicum): entire flowering plant with separate floral segments and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.