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NHM-WP19.04 Figure: 1855 "Rhacophorus n.s. Tree frog. Sarawak. Back & limbs dark green, beneath and inner toes yel. web black at base, yellow rayed at margin, legs not at all banded, glossy dark uniform green" Watercolour painting of Wallace's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) from Sarawak

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NHM-WP19.20a Figure: 1855 Watercolour painting of an orchid from Sadong, Sarawak, Borneo Image

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NHM-WP19.27 Figure: 1855 Watercolour painting of the head of a female rhinoceros hornbill from Sarawak. "Rhinoceros Hornbill of Borneo. ♀ ⅔ of natural size" Image

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WSPEC144 Periodical contribution: Pfeiffer, Louis. 1855. Weitere Beobachtungen über die Gattung Achatinella. Malakozoologische Blätter 1855: 112-175 Text PDF

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WSPEC199 Periodical contribution: Gray, John Edward. 1855. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum; part I: Testudinata (tortoises). London: British Museum PDF

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NHM-WP19.05a Figure: 1855 Pencil sketch of a tree

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NHM-WP19.05b Figure: 1855 Drawing of flower. "Crewen Dyak." "white flower with 2 bract, calyx valvate, 5 sepals. Corolla imbricate twisted stamens in five flat bundles opp petals - all fertile anthers of 3/4/5 female globes discharging pollen by pores. style purple stigma capitate - ovary 5 celled with central placenta, each 2 seeded- surrounded by elongate conical warts terminated in stillate hairs in Sterculiaceae". "leaves alternate, no stipules, 9 in long, thick leathery with strong et diag with a eulumarginal at the end. bark rather rough, stem cylindrical slightly butressed at base. Exudes a thick resinous turpentine sap - mix with Dammia for caulking"

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NHM-WP19.06a Figure: 1855 Pencil sketch of Tree, Borneo

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NHM-WP19.06b Figure: 1855 Drawing of Leaves. "Cugorowan Leaves hard dark green, alternate ovate acute exstipulate with parallel veins curving up at margin often cross vein between. Branch dicompound congent? like with line at ends. Gen 3 inc long, bark rough longitudially centred trunk cyclindical, slightly buttressed at base 150-200 ft".

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NHM-WP19.07a Figure: 1855 Drawing of Tree, "Sarawak Mar. 55/"

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NHM-WP19.08 Figure: 1855 Sketch of Tall Tree. "stem partially taller in proportion to the branching head".

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NHM-WP19.10a Figure: 1855 Drawing of Forest tree

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NHM-WP19.10b Figure: 1855 Pencil drawing of flowers. "Leaves ovate acute smooth without stipules. Crowded but whorled? at end of petals".

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NHM-WP19.11 Figure: 1855 Drawing of Palm tree

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NHM-WP19.14a Figure: 1855 Drawing of Tree with creepers. "Si Munjon"

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NHM-WP19.14b Figure: 1855 Drawing of Leaves on tree branch. "Helemedan? Dyak" "tree section when cut at 7 feet from the ground" "Leaves alternate ovate smooth thin without stipules, boughs much branched, leaves crowded. Bark thin rather smooth, whitish surface crumbling off, stem much furrowed and angular. Deeply butressed - 200-250 feet"

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NHM-WP19.15b Figure: 1855 Watercolour of a flower. "Anonaceae ?annona" "a fruit showing the atalked carpels - pale yellow" " An allied sp. flower pale buff, fruit pale green subacid" "Leaves alternate without stipules, ovate acute - no dots or marginal waves, curved veins. Flower deep orange - in twos 30 degrees near the stem. Some trees are and more crowded with flowers than shown on the other side. Colour most intense and brillant orange"

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NHM-WP19.18a Figure: 1855 Sketches of Gonystylus tree fruit "Bua ramin. (Dyak)" "base", "vertical section of seed with large fleshy red arillus", "This arillus is much eaten by the orang utan. Leaves alternate without stipules ovate entire acute, coriaceous with parallel curved veins & minute dots.", "? Euphorbiaceous"

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NHM-WP19.18b Figure: 1855 Drawing of Tree

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NHM-WP19.19a Figure: 1855 Sketch of Tree in "Si Munjon"