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The image shows a branch of a plant with several long leaves and a group of large pink blossoms. The Latin name is given as Nerium Oleander (see Nerium oleander).

The image shows a branch of a plant with long green leaves and several large white flowers. The Latin name is given as Nerium Oleander (see Nerium oleander).

The image shows a small snake on an area of grass and a moth flying above. No Latin names are given. Bottom of page: a quotation from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden," beginning, "Now on the grass, with glossy folds reveal'd."

The image shows a beetle on a plant with several orange chilis growing among flowers, leaves, and one prominent, decaying leaf. The Latin name is given as Capsicum, for the chili, and Curculic Imperialis, for the beetle (see Entimus imperialis). Bottom of page: a quotation from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden," beginning, "See, from his glassy horns, and pearly eyes."

The image shows a squid without surrounding illustration.

The imag shows a branch with two leaves and two large fruits, one of which is open to reveal the orange interior of the fruit. No Latin name is given (see possibly Artocarpus lacucha).

A drawing of a monkey, holding two fruits, in a tree with sparse foliage. Forbes lists the Latin name as Cercopithecus viridis (see Chlorocebus sabaeus)

The image shows a green snake in front of a few clumps of grass. No Latin name is given.

The image shows a thin green snake wrapped around a tree branch, from which is hanging a custard apple. The Latin name for the snake is not given (possibly Oxybelis fulgidus); the Latin name for the tree is given as Anona Maxima (possibly Annona cherimola).

The image depicts a small bird on a branch with several leaves and brown fruits. The Latin name for the bird is not given (see possibly Alcedo atthis), nor is that of the fruit.