File:Mimosa myrtifolia (Sowerby).jpg

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This is an image of a print of a hand coloured engraving by James Sowerby (1757-1822), based on drawing nominally by John White but probably by the convict artist Thomas Watling. It appeared as Tab. XV in James Edward Smith's 1793 A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland. The plant depicted was then known as Mimosa myrtifolia, but is now known as Acacia myrtifolia.

The accompanying text explains the figure thus:

1. A flower in front. 2. The same seen behind, magnified. 3. A stamen. 4. Germen, natural size and magnified. 5. Pod open, natural size. 6. A seed.
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Source Originally from A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland. This digital image was obtained from the digital collection of the National Library of Victoria here.
Author James Sowerby
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