<p>This is an image of a print of a hand coloured engraving by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Sowerby" title="James Sowerby">James Sowerby</a> (1757-1822), based on a drawing nominally by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_White&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="John White (page does not exist)">John White</a> but probably by the convict artist <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Watling&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Watling (page does not exist)">Thomas Watling</a>. It appeared as Tab. III in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Smith" title="James Edward Smith">James Edward Smith</a>'s 1793 <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/A_Specimen_of_the_Botany_of_New_Holland" class="mw-redirect" title="A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland">A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland</a></i>. The plant depicted is <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ceratopetalum_gummiferum&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ceratopetalum gummiferum (page does not exist)">Ceratopetalum gummiferum</a></i>.
</p><p>The accompanying text explains the figure thus:
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<ol><li>A bunch of young flowers, of their natural size.</li>
<li>The more advanced calyx laid open, with its petals and stamina in the proper situations.</li>
<li>A petal and stamen separate.</li>
<li>The same magnified.</li>
<li>Back of the filament and anthera.</li>
<li>Germen in a young state.</li>
<li>Its coriaceous covering.</li>
<li>Stigma.</li>
<li>Germen somewhat farther advanced, cut across to shew the cells.</li></ol>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Sowerby" title="James Sowerby">James Sowerby</a>
1793
Originally from <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/A_Specimen_of_the_Botany_of_New_Holland" class="mw-redirect" title="A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland">A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland</a></i>. This digital image was obtained from the digital collection of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Library_of_Victoria&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="National Library of Victoria (page does not exist)">National Library of Victoria</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/platebk/0/0/0/doc/pb000172.shtml">here</a>.