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Description	Ranalinque or Moon-Grass, a pencil and black ink drawing by J. R. R. Tolkien of one of his fictional plants in Middle-earth
Author or copyright owner	J. R. R. Tolkien
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Tolkien, Maker of Middle-earth, by Catherine McIlwaine, Bodleian Library Immediate source: own scan from named book
Date of publication	2018
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Plants in Middle-earth
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Show the visual style and creativity that Tolkien could apply to fictional plants in his artwork, integrated with his linguistic and calligraphic inventiveness, to help bring his fictional botany into existence.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	All Tolkien's drawings are in copyright.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This is the only example of Tolkien's drawings of plants in the article, and indeed the only one on Wikipedia. It is used only here and at very poor resolution.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The image is quite specialised and has already been published in the named book and displayed in the associated art exhibition, at much better resolution than here.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Plants in Middle-earth//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ranalinque_Moon-Grass_drawing_by_Tolkien.jpgtrue

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