Watercolour of seven varieties of seeds, numbered 1-7. LC: '1. Cone du Cypres / 2. Tribule aquatique / 3. Sablier ou noix bura, avec sa semence dont l'explosion violente ressemble a un coup de fusil hura crepitans /4. Noix des Indes dite en Hollandais acoueysche note, un noix suffit pour la Nouriture d'un Jour, dit ou, d'un Esclave / 5. [blank] / 6. fruit de guanabe, voyer Plantae Selectae Nuremberg fol. sive tab 49 [J.C. Trew, 'Plantae Selectae' (1750 -), plate 49] / 7. Gland du Liege'. 1. Cypress cone. The current botanical name is Cupressus sempervirens. / 2. The current botanical name for Tribue aquatique is Tribulus terrestris, the English vernacular name is puncture vine. / 3. 'Hour glass or nut bura' with explosive seed dispersal, 'like a gunshot'. Hura crepitans is the current botanical name, the English verncular name is Sandbox tree. /4. Walnut nut from the [Dutch?] Indies, used as food for slaves [?] / 5. [blank] / 6. Guanabus fruit. The current botanical name is Annona muricata, guanabana or guanabus is the local vernacular name, the English verncular name is soursop, as seen in 'Plantae Selectae' published by J. C. Trew, (1750-) tab. 49 / 7. Acorn
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watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper