Cape chestnut, (Calodendrum capense), 1778. Tree branch with blossom and a small sketch showing the country estate on the Cape of Good Hope where the draftsman collected the specimen. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 225.

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