EditorialChilian mayu or mayo tree, Edwardsia chilensis (Sophora macrocarpa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Watts after an illustration by Miss Drake from Sydenham Edwards' "The Botanical Register," London, Ridgway, 1835. Sarah Anne Drake (1803-1857)...
EditorialKouka or kujin, Sophora flavescens. Root used in Chinese medicine as ku shen. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialKouka or kujin, Sophora flavescens. Root used in Chinese medicine as ku shen. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.
EditorialWinged-podded sophora or kowhai, Sophora tetraptera, native to New Zealand. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," St. George's Crescent, London, 1791.
EditorialKouka or kujin, Sophora flavescens. Root used in Chinese medicine as ku shen. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.