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Background imageMarianne North Collection: 67. Flannel Flower of Casa Branca and Butterflies, Brazil

67. Flannel Flower of Casa Branca and Butterflies, Brazil
The Flannel Flower (Macrosiphonia longiflora, Muell.) is so called on account of the plant being densely clothed with woolly hairs

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 65. Foliage and flowers of a climbing plant with royal palms

65. Foliage and flowers of a climbing plant with royal palms and Sugarloaf Mountain in the background, Brazil, 1880
This handsome climbing shrub (Roupellia grata, Wall.) is a native of Sierra Leone, and its flowers are very sweet scented. It is occasionally cultivated in this country

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 64. Foliage and fruit of mammae apple, or South American Apricot, 1880

64. Foliage and fruit of mammae apple, or South American Apricot, 1880
A tropical American tree (Mammea americana, L.) of the Guttiferae, cultivated for its fruit, the outer rind of which is bitter; but the flesh is sweet and aromatic, and is made into preserves

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 62. Foliage, Flowers, and fruit of False Tomato, painted in Braz

62. Foliage, Flowers, and fruit of False Tomato, painted in Braz
This plant, Cyphomnandra betacea, Sendt. (syn. Solanum betaceum, Cav.), is a native of Western and Central America, and is cultivated in some countries for its fruit

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 61. Organ Peak at Theresoplis and Bay of Rio below

61. Organ Peak at Theresoplis and Bay of Rio below

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 56. View under the Ferns at Gongo, Brazil

56. View under the Ferns at Gongo, Brazil
In front a Slave Woman who brought the artists provisions over eight miles of forest road

Background imageMarianne North Collection: Marianne North

Marianne North
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Background imageMarianne North Collection: 56. View under the Ferns at Gongo, Brazil

56. View under the Ferns at Gongo, Brazil
In front a Slave Woman who brought the artists provisions over eight miles of forest road

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 55. Brazilian Wild Flowers

55. Brazilian Wild Flowers
Vellozia verruculosa, Mart. (blue), Xyris sp. (yellow), a purple-flowered orchid (Bletia sp.), and a delicately-scented epiphyte (Clusia), to which the artist was attracted by its scent

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 54. Cabazina Pears, Brazil

54. Cabazina Pears, Brazil
One of the many varieties of Psidium Guayava, Raddi (syn. P.pyriforme, Linn.); a some-what bitter fruit having a peach-like skin

Background imageMarianne North Collection: 2. Common Tobacco

2. Common Tobacco
A plant belonging to the same-family as the Potato. Several other kinds of tobacco are culti-vated, but this kind (Nicotiana Tabacum)

Background imageMarianne North Collection: Pandanus; oil on canvas

Pandanus; oil on canvas
Inscribed in paint on verso of canvas, PANDANUS commen [sic] in the DELTA of the ZAMBESI, 1858. In Livingstones Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi




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