Watercolour of ten varieties of seeds and beans, numbered 1-10. LC: '1. [blank]; 2. Bonduc, pois de terre, pois nud, ou quil de chat, fruit legumineux de l'inde / 3. [blank] / 4. noix d'acajou / 5. noix des indes dite acoueysche note ouverte pour eu voir le fruit / 6i. noix muscade male, 6ii. noix musca femelle couverte de Macis, 6iii. noix muscade male pasee a la chaux vive / 7. Noix de Palme de Christ, dont une avec son Opercule / 8. fruit du guanabus, guanabe fructus nigricans squanatus, vid. lpantae select nurimb tab 49 alt forma / 9. Caffe de St Dominque / 10. [blank]. 1. [blank] / 2. Bonduc is a synonym for Guilandina bonduc. Translated as 'Earth peas, naked peas, cat, leguminous fruit of India [Indies?]'. Caesalpinia bonduc is used for medicinal purposes, the oil from the seeds is reported to have a strong disagreeable smell, which may account for a reference to a 'cat'. / 3. [blank] / 4. cashew nut / 5. nut from India / 6i. male nutmeg, 6ii. nutmeg covered mace, 6iii. nutmeg covered in 'quicklime'. Nutmeg was sold whole, dipped in lime to prevent them from sprouting. 7. nut 'Palm of Christ', shown with its outer shell. The current botanical name for the 'Palm of Christ', is Ricinus communis, the English vernacular name is castor bean or castor oil plant. 8. Guanabus fruit. The current botanical name is Annona muricata, guanabana or guanabus is the local vernacular name, the English verncular name is soursop 9. Coffee of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) / 10. [blank]
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watercolour painting (technique). watercolour (paint). laid paper