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A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowering and leafy stems with thick, fleshy roots. Watercolour.

Ginger lily (Hedychium maximum): flowering stem. Coloured pencil drawing.

Five types of ginger lily (Hedychium species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Tumeric (Curcuma longa L.): rhizome with flowering stem and separate leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.

Cardamom plant (Elettaria cardamomum): rootstock sprouting leafy and flowering stems, and separate flower. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Zerumbet Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm.): flowering stem with rhizome and separate leaf, inflorescence and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.

A plant (Elettaria speciosa Blume): flowering shoots with leaf and sections of flower, fruit, and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe): rootstock with flowering stem and separate leaf and floral sections. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

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Ginger lily (Hedychium maximum): flowering stem. Coloured pencil drawing.

A plant, possibly a Roscoea species: flowers, leaves and roots. Watercolour.

Five types of ginger lily (Hedychium species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Zerumbet Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Sm.): flowering stem with rhizome and separate leaf, inflorescence and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe): rootstock with flowering stem and separate leaf and floral sections. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.