Piptanthus nepalensis. Native to Burma, Bhutan, China, India, sent from Nepal by Dr. Nathaniel Wallich. Nepaul baptisia, Baptisia nepalensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by William Jackson Hooker from his Exotic Flora, William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823-27.

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