First Fleet artwork collection

Flowering plant, with detail of the flower head at natural size, against a plain background. The whole plant is depicted on the bottom half of the sheet, including the roots and five tall, slender brown-green stems with branching flower heads at the top. A detail of the inflorescence is depicted above this. The flowers have five narrow petals which are pink with dark pink spots and a darker purple labellum with a hairy longitudinal stripe. The centre of the flower has a yellow anther. The drawing is annotated in brown ink.

• The drawing is inscribed in blue pencil at upper right with the number "387", which refers to the pre-1984 numbering system for the Watling Collection.
• The drawing is annotated in brown ink at upper left, alongside a detail of the flower, "Natural size" and at bottom "Grows to a height of three feet, sometimes".
• The drawing is unsigned and undated.
• The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
• By permission of the trustees of the Natural History Museum (London)
• Two sets of transparencies held in the Natural History Museum (London) Zoology Library and Picture Library: Picture Library reference number 12452
• James Lee of Kensington : purchased ; 1902
• Data sheet available