Marianne North Gallery

487. Flowers of a bush and Pitcher Plant, Mahe

The Pitcher plant is shown growing in a tangled mass on the huge granite boulder below; and beyond is the harbour of Mahe. We have not been able to identify the shrub with anything known to grow in the island, and it is probably an undescribed Rubiac

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Bush, Flowers, Island, Landscape, Leaves, Mahe, Marianne North, Painting, Pitcher, Plant, Rubiacea

469. Veloutier Blanc and pair of Martins, Seychelles

Scaevola Koenigii, Vahl, the Veloutier Blanc of the Seychelles is a common littoral shrub in the tropics of the Old World and Polynesia, including many of the very remote islands. It belongs to the family Goodenoviaceae, which, with few exceptions, i

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Art, Artist, Birds, Flowers, Leaves, Marianne North, Martins, Painting, Seychelles, Veloutier Blanc

456. Haemanthus and other South African Flowers

In front a dwarf species of Erythrina and Eucomnispunctata, Alt. var., with Haemanth its magnificus, Herb., var. superbus, Baker, and above on the right, the purple brown Tulbaghia alliacea, Linn., which has a strong odour like that of garlic, though t

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Brown, Flowers, Haemanthus, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Purple, Red, South Africa