Engraved botanical plate showing numbered fruit cross-sections, berries, spiral seeds and pea pods in black line on pale paper.

Botanical plate: fruits, seeds and flower parts in engraved illustration

An engraved plate of numbered botanical drawings arranged in a grid: cross-sections of fruits, berries, flower buds, seed pods and spiral or curled seed forms, each in fine hatched line on a pale ground. Several specimens are labelled with small letters and numbers for reference.

Artist: Carl Linnaeus
Date: 1806
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2320 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1806.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

19th century 1800s 1806 engraving botanical illustration natural history plate linnaeus berries classification seeds plant anatomy black and white