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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
418. The Glory of Table Mountain, Cape of Good HopeThis showy ground orchid (Dis grandiflora, Linn.) grows along the streams on the top of Table Mountain, and was formerly believed to be restricted to this region
417. Beauties of the Swamps at Tulbagh, South AfricaWatsonia roses, Ker, one of the handsomest of the Iris family; Kniphofta abides, Moench. and Richardia hastata, Hook. a near ally of the species commonly cultivated in this country
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
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
412. Lachenalias and Butterflies, South AfricaLachenalia orchioides, Ait. and L. pallida, Ait. here represented are among the less showy sisters of the brilliantly coloured L. tricolour, Thunb. and others in cultivation from the same country
411. A View on the Kowie River, South AfricaZamia, and Strelitzia on the right, and tree Euphorbias on the distant hills
410. Krippelboom, with False Bay in the distance: South AfricaThe family, Proteaceae, of which the Krippelboom (Leucospermum conocarpum, R. Br.) is a member, is almost as largely represented in South Africa as it is in Australia, but by different genera
409. Old Dutch Vase and South African FlowersThis painting done at Groot Post gives some idea of the astonishing wealth in variety exhibited by the bulbous plants of South Africa
408. A Mountaineer from the Hills near GrahamstownThis handsome robust Composita (Oldenburgia arbuscula, DC.) inhabits the sterile, stony region chiefly occupied by plants having succulent stems or leaves. (See 403.)
407. The Wool-Flower of South Africa and some othersLanaria plumosa, Ait. is the name of the densely woolly plant having small white flowers and grass-like leaves. Other conspicuous flowers in this painting are the orange Leonotis nepetaefolia, R. Br
406. Touch-me-not and Sugar-Birds at Tulbagh, South AfricaIn front the purple flowers and pale green leaves of Melianthus major, Linn. or Touch-me-not (Dutch : Truytje roer my niet-literally Gertie, touch-me-not)
403. Vegetation on the Hills near GrahamstownA slender-stemmed arboreous Euphorbia, Crassula coccinea, Linn. the gouty Erythrina caffra, Thunb. Elephants Foot (Testudinaria elephantipes, Lindl.), and bushes of Oldenburgia arbuscula, 1)0
400. Social Birds and Social Herbs at Malmesbury, South AfricaHere is the familiar Richardia aethiopica, Kuth, of our windows and conservatories, growing gregariously in its native swamps, associated with the almost cosmopolitan bullrush (Typha latifolia)
398. The Hottentot Fig and other Succulents from the KarrooMesembryanthemun edule, , Linn. is the name of one of the plants which yield the fruit called, " Hottentot Fig, " represented hanging down on the left in this painting, with white, yellow
397. A tree of the sea-shore, St. Johns River, KaifrariaHibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. (syn. Paritium tiliaceum, Juss.) is one of the commonest of littoral trees in tropical and subtropical countries
395. Buphane toxicaria and other Flowers of GrahamstownBuphane toxicaria, Herb. is the large bulb bearing a single large head of innumerable small red flowers with projecting stamens
394. Star of Bethlehem from AlgiersThis is probably one of the varieties of Ornithogalum narbonense, Linn. in cultivation under the name 0. grandiflorum
391. Clivia and Grapnel Plant, South AfricaThe grapnel plant (Harpagophytumn procumbens, DC.) produces one of the most singular seed-vessels known. Its long claw-like appendages terminate in sharp recurved prickles
390. Vegetation on the St. Johns River, KaffrariaThe trees on the right, bearing white flowers, are the White Pear, see 375
388. Various species of Hibiscus, with Tecoma and Barleria, NataThe central plant with yellowish white flowers is Hibiscus cannabinus, Linn. with H. surattensis, Linn. above on the left, and H. calycinus, Willd. below it, and one small pale yellow flower of H
384. Kaffir Plumtrees overhanging St. Johns River, KaffrarObserve the cord-like climbers attached to the trees, and the tufts of Agapanthus umbellatus on the bank. For flowers and fruit of this tree see 382
383. A Remnant of the Past near Verulam, NatalThis trio of grand old Aloes (Aloe Baines ii, Dyer) was about forty feet high at the time the painting was done, and the only ones in that neighbourhood
382. The Kaffir Plum, painted in the Perie Bush, South AfricaFlowers and fruit of the tree (Harpephyllum caffrum, Bernh.) represented in 384. Panel 115
381. The Knobwood and Flowers of NatalOne of the most singular of South African trees is the Knobhout or Knobwood (Zanthoxylum capense, Harv.), the trunk of which is studded with massive pyramidal excrescences of the bark
379. Mouth of the St. Johns River, Kaifraria, and aboriginal
378. Amatungula in Flower and Fruit and Blue Ipomoea, South AfriPainted at the mouth of the Kowie River. Trees of the Amatungula (Carissca grandiftora) are shown in 363. The Ipomoea is I
377. Crinum Moorei and Honeysuckers, Bashi River, South AfricaThis beautiful Crinum was introduced into the Glasnevin Botanic Garden about twenty years ago, and is now not uncommon in cultivation, and is said to be hardy in the milder parts of the kingdom
375. Flowers of St. Johns in Pondo BasketBeginning on the right at the top, there is the dark blue Coleotrype natalensis, C. B. Clarke, a purplish red Balsam (Impatiens, sp)
373. The Gates of St. Johns River, Kaffraria. 373. The Gates of St. Johns River, KaffrariaBishop Galloways house in the foreground
372. Undercliff and its two Fairies, with Raintree, St. JohnThe botanical affinity of the Raintree has not been ascertained. It is a name given to various trees, notably members of the Leguminosae in different parts of the world in consequence of water
371. Group of Natal FlowersIn the top right hand corner Loranthus natalensis, Meissn. then clusters of the blue Pycnostachys reticulata, Benth. and the white and pink Dombeya Burgessiae, Gerard, the " Zulu Cherry
370. A Tree Euphorbia, NatalThis is E. grandidens, Haw. very much like E. abyssinica, Rausch, which Bruce figures so faithfully in his " Travels" that there is no mistaking its genus, though he stoutly maintained
366. A Cycad in fruit in Mr. Hills Garden, Verulam, NatalBehind on the left a plant of the same. This is Cycas circinalis, Linn. a species having a wide range in the tropics of the Old World, including many islands in Polynesia
363. Trees from the Artists Hut at St. Johns, South AfricaOn the right the Amatungula, (Carissa grandiflora, E. Mey.) or auntigoulah, as corrupted by the colonists; the best native fruit of the country
359. Looking seaward from the mouth of St. Johns River, KaffrarVarious Aloes and the banana-like Strelitzia augusta, Thunb. on the rocks in the foreground. Flowers of the Strelitzia in 369
357. Blue Lily and large Butterfly, NatalBehind are large tufts of the plant (Agapanthus umbellatus, L Herit.) as it grows in its native haunts. There is a variety with white flowers
355. Morning Glory, NatalThis is Ipomoea rubrocoerulea, Hook. a Mexican species now cultivated in many countries, and covering all the verandahs at Durban, at the time of the artists visit
354. White Convolvulus and Kaffirboom, painted at Durban, NatalThis massive Convolvulacea ( Ipomoea ventricosa, Choisy) is a native of the West Indies. Erythrina caffra Thunb. is the botanical name of the Kaffirboom. Panel 99
353. Cork Trees at Cintra, near LisbonA scene in Da Castros garden, where, according to tradition, the first orange tree in Europe was planted. The Cork-tree is a species of Oak (Quercus suber, Linn.) and the cork is the bark
352. Clivia miniata and Moths, NatalOn the left is a cluster of the ripe fleshy seed-vessels. This plant is better known in gardens as Imantophyllum miniature, Hook. For another fine species of this genus, see 391
350. Red and green Cyrtanthus, Crassula, and Orchids, South AfriOn the left Cyrtanthus obliquus, Ait. with yellow Polystachya pubescens, Reichb. f. and on the right the fleshy-leaved Crassula perfoliata, Linn
349. Male Inflorescence and Foliage of a Screw Pine, NatalSee 66 and 246
348. Fruit de Cythere and Sugar Birds and Nest, SeychellesThe Fruit de Cythere (Spondias dulcis, Forst.) is an introduced and cultivated plant in the Seychelles and Mauritius. Some part of western Polynesia, where it is now widely spread
347. Foliage and Flowers of a South African tree, beautiful butA common small tree or shrub, (Acokanthera venenata, G. Don) especially in the eastern subtropical parts of South Africa, and apparently extending northward into the tropics
346. Rhododendron Falconeri, from the Mountains of North IndiPainted from a plant growing out of doors in Mr. Douglas Heaths garden, under Leith Hill, Surrey. In its. home on the Himalaya Mountains, at elevations of 9000 to 13, 000 feet
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