Celosia cernua Roxb

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Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In Flora Indica, Roxburgh notes that this species is a native of tops of the Rajmuhal hills, where Mr. W. Roxburgh first found it in great abundance wild amongst fragments of rich iron ore, and from thence sent the seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta
Copyright © RBG KEW
Media ID 654468
Date: 3rd December 2007
Author: Unknown
Filename: ROX00001697.jpg
Image Size: 3552 x 4613 Pixels
Filesize is 8.19MB
Version 2 is 4.09MB
Associated Categories: Botanical Art
Associated Categories: William Roxburgh
Keywords: 19th century, amaranthaceae, botanical art, east india company, india, pink, william roxburgh collection