Methodus plantarum nova : brevitatis & perspicuitatis causa synoptice in tabulis exhibita, cum notis generum tum summorum tum subalternorum characteristicis, observationibus nonnullis de seminibus plantarum & indice copioso
Methodus plantarum nova is a 1682 London botany treatise by John Ray, presenting plant classification in synoptic tables for students and naturalists. The four engravings show seed and embryo forms, a split bilobed seed with a radicle, and a coiled spiral embryo, drawn in fine parallel hatching on a warm paper ground that suits designers seeking early scientific line illustration.
