Line engraving by Daniel MacKenzie, after
Sydney Parkinson (1769).

Plate 598

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Banks Florilegium, Part 28, Plate 598

Sesbania coccinea (Leguminosae)

Line engraving by Daniel MacKenzie, after Sydney Parkinson (1769).

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Otaheite, Society Islands (13 April-1 June and 4 June-13 July 1769)

One of the handsomest of all Parkinson's illustrations, this shrub is found on
many of the islands of south-eastern Polynesia, growing in the lowland areas
behind the beaches.

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