Drooping sheoak, Allocasuarina verticillata, a nitrogen-fixing tree native to Australia. Casuarina quadrivalvis, Casuarina a quatre valves. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by David, drawn and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.
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4542 x 6594 px | 38.5 x 55.8 cm | 15.1 x 22 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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