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Voyage aux Régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent, fait dans les années 1709 à 1804: Monographie des melastomacées: No. 15

Alexander, Freiherr von Humboldt

Cleveland Museum of Art

A botanical illustration of a plant with a brown stem. The plant has green and yellow leaves. The leaves are oval-shaped and pointed. Some leaves have yellow-green stripes. The plant has several branches. There are flowers on the plant; one flower is purple with a yellow center, and there are purple buds. There are four grayscale detailed drawings of plant parts at the bottom. The background is beige. The text at the bottom reads "RHEXIA lepidiota". The number "PL. 45" is in the upper right corner.

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