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484. Life on the coast of Praslin, SeychellesA view from among the crabs on the rocks. The vegetation on the shore consists of cocoanut, Casuarina equisetifolia, Forst
483. Emiles Palm House, Praslin, SeychellesThis sylvan dwelling is constructed of the Cocoanut and Stevensonia Palms, rigged with the leaves of the Coco de Mer, of which the small hut is entirely made
482. Two trailing-plants with Lizard and Moth from Ile Aride, SeAmong generally dispersed tropical plants the red and black-seeded Abruts precatorius, Linn. is one of the commonest; excluding such as are actually weeds of cultivation
481. Moon reflected in a turtle pool, SeychellesA view of St. Annes Island from the artists window at Mahe with an unbroken reflection of the moon in the turtle pool below, and a cocoanut palm in the foreground
479. Waterfall in the Gorge of the Coco de Mer, PraslinOn the left a female, and on the right a male specimen of the Coco de Mer Palm, each bearing its inflorescence. See 475
478. Wild Pine Apples, and Stevensonia and other Palms, PraslinSlevensoniagrandifolia, Duncan, is, or was, common in all the islands, though not found elsewhere. It is a grand Palm growing from forty to fifty feet high, but Verschatfeltia splendida, Wendl
477. Female Coco de Mer bearing Fruit covered with small Green LStudy of perfect and imperfect nuts much reduced from the natural size
474. Coco de Mer Gorge in Praslin, with distant view of Mahe SilThe Coco de Mer or Double Cocoanut (Lodoicea sechellarum, Labill.) is peculiar to the Seychelles, and only abundant in Praslin; but long previous to the discovery of the group, in 1743
473. Screw-Pines on the hills of Mahe, SeychellesThis is probably the endemic Pandanus Hornei, Balf. f. or there may be more than one species. P. Hornei branches freely and grows to a height of sixty feet, but in striking contrast to P
470. Screw-Pines, Palms, Tree-Ferns, and Cinnamon Trees on the hCyathea sechellarum, Mett. is the only tree-fern found on these islands. It is common, and in favourable situations, the trunk reaches a height of forty to fifty feet
469. Veloutier Blanc and pair of Martins, SeychellesScaevola 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
468. Seychelles Pitcher Plant and Bilimb MarronThe first (Nepenthes Pervillei, Blume) inhabits only the mountain region of Mahe; while the second, though likewise peculiar to the islands
461. Round Island and Ile Aride from Long Island, SeychellesIn the foreground from left to right, Filao( Casuarina equisetifolia, Forst.), Screw-Pine ( Pandanus sp.) and Cashew-nut (Anacardium occidentale)
459. Wormia and Flagellaria in the SeychellesWormia ferruginea, Baill. is an endemic species of a small genus represented in Madagascar, and ranging from India through the Archipelago to North Australia
457. Wild Chestnut and Climbing Plant of South AfricaCalodendron capense, Thunb. the Wild Chestnut, is one of the finest as well as one of the showiest of South African trees
456. Haemanthus and other South African FlowersIn 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
455. Red Water-LilyThis is the Indian Nymphaea Lotus, Linn. See also 818
452. Flowers of Tulbagh, South AfricaQuaking Grass (Briza maxima, Linn.), a crimson Babiana blue Lapeyrousia corymbosa, Ker, small yellow Rochea on the right, pale yellow Homeria collina, orange Ornithogalum
451. Coming out of a. Cape Beauty. 451. Coming out of a. Cape BeautyThis young Ostrich turned its head from side to side to listen to voices while still half-enclosed in the shell
450. Looking over an expanse of Leucadendron towards Ceres and MThe taller plants with dark coloured cones in the forks of the branches are the females, and the other the males of Leucadendron platyspermum, R. Br. In front the two sexes are represented life-size
449. South African Flowers in a wooden Kaffir BowlAbove, on the right, white flowers and prickly fruit of Gomphocarpus fruticosus, -Ait. then the red flowers and fruits of " Anteliza" (Antholyza aethiopica, Linn.), and the fleshcoloured
447. Four South African PlantsScarlet Cyrtanthus angustifolius, Ait. variegated aroid (Richardia albo-macu-lata, Hook.), a yellow and purple Moraea, and Spekboom (Portulacaria afra, Jacq.) behind, see 414
445. Scene in Dr. Atherstones Garden, GrahamstownThe small, flat-topped house is almost wholly concealed by creepers, a window only being discernible. Here the owner has assembled plants from all quarters of the globe
443. South African Flowers, and Snake - headed Cater pillarsBehind Beqonia natalensis, Hook. and a small fern (Pellaea hastata, Link.) with a blue-flowered Disa on the right, probably D. venusta. Bolus, and Streptocarpus Rexii, Lindl. in front
442. View with Aloes and Euphorbias near GrahamstownPainted at a Christmas picnic
441. Green-flowered Ixia, and other Cape SingularitiesThe blue-green Ixia viridiftora, Lam. is the most noteworthy in this selection of flowers, painted at Ceres. There is, or was
440. Earth-nut and a Prickly Gourd, St. Johns, KaffrariaArachis hypogaea, Linn. the Earth-nut, is one of a few plants belonging to various families, which, after flowering, wriggle their seed-vessels into the earth, where the seed ripens
439. View on the Kowie River, with Trumpet Flower in frontPainted from Dr. Beckers Verandah, Port Alfred. Tecoma Mackenii, is the finest of the very few Bignoniaceae indigenous in South Africa. The bird perched thereon is Ploceus capensis
437. Giant Everlasting and Protea, on the Hills near Port ElizabHelipterum phlomoides, DC. is one of the most remarkable of the many kinds of " Everlasting" found in South Africa
436. Flowers of the Sandy Flats, near Cape TownA root-parasite, Hyobanche sanguinea, Linn. at the bottom, on the right, with white Freesia Leichtlinii, Klatt, dark purple and yellow, Sparaxis tricolor, Ker
434. The South African Doornboom, and Fingo Huts, 1882Oil on paper by Marianne North, 1882. Many of the Acacias are formidably armed with spines, but perhaps none more so than Acacia horrida, Willd. the Doornboom or Thorn Tree of South Africa
433. The Blue Plumbago in contrast, Van Staadens KloofBlue of the particular shade of Plumbago capensis, Thunb. is exceedingly rare in the vegetable kingdom. The white-flowered orchid here is Angraecum arcuatum, Lindl
432. Aloes and Plumbago near Grahamatown, South Africa
431. A South African SpecialtyLike so many other South African genera of plants, Stapelia presents an almost indefinite number of forms or species. In this genus the differences are in the shape of the leafless, succulent stems
429. Flowers of the Wagenboom and a Podalyria, and HoneysuckersWagenboom or Wagon-tree (Protea grandiflora, Thunb.), like many of the other so-called trees of South Africa, is of quite small dimensions; but its very hard wood is serviceable for making
428. Pendulous Sparaxis and Long-tailed Finch in Van Staadens KSouth Africa is the richest part of the world in Iridaceous plants, and the beautiful Dierarma pulcherrima, Baker (better known as Sparaxis puleherrima, Hook.), here represented
427. Antics of Ants among the FlowersWhen painting these Proteas (Protect mellifera, Thunb. and another species below, the artist was not a little surprised to see the florets rising and wriggling)
426. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of the South African Silver TreOn the right below is a head of female flowers, and above on the left a ripe cone, from which the dry plumed perianths are wafting away the seeds
425. View from the Steps of Table Mountain through a Wood of SilThe Silver Tree (Leucadendron (argenteum, R. Br.), characterises the vegetation of the slopes on the eastern side of Table Mountain, where alone it grows plentifully in a wild state
424. View of Table Mountain, looking from Groat Post
423. A Medley from Groot Post, South AfricaThe prominent orange-coloured plant is a leafless root-parasite (Hyobanche sp.) with Babiana rubro-coerulea, Ker, on the right; on the left rose and yellow Rornulea sp
422. south African Sundews and other FlowersAbove, a plant of the elegant and beautiful Monsonia speciosa, Linn. (Geraniaeae) with Babiana rubro-coerulea, Reichb. ? on the right, and Homeria miniata, Sweet, on the left
421. Tree Aloes and Mesembryanthemums above Van Staadens KlooAloe saponaria, Haw. is the stemless species, and the arboreous one is A. africana, Mill. or an allied species. Trailing on the ground is a species of Mesembryanthemurn; behind the Aloe
420. A South African Water-Plant in Flower and FruitThe " Water Uyentjes" (Aponogeton distachyum, Thunb.) is eaten as a salad at the Cape of Good Hope. As happens with many other water plants
416. An Old Friend and its Associates in South AfricaThe old friend is Pelargonium peltatum, Alt. one of the parents of the many beautiful varieties of ivy-leaved Pelargoniums now in cultivation, associated with the yellow Lissochilus speciosus, R. Br
415. Honeyflowers and Honeysuckers, South AfricaThe Sugar Bush (Protect mellifera, Thunb.) is one of a numerous genus of South African shrubs remarkable for their large showy flower-heads. See description of 410
414. Fat Plants of the Addo Bush, South AfricaFlowers of a Cotyledon with a tuft of the same, and Portulacaria afra, Jacq. (Spekboom or Elephants Food) on the right. Among the other flowers Haemanthus, a tall Aloe, and Schotia speciosa, Jacq
413. A South African Sundew and AssociateDrosera cistiflora, Linn. as this Sundew is named, as far surpasses our native species in the size and colour of the flowers as our cultivated Pelargoniums do their wild ancestors in South Africa
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