Artist Collection (page 15)

164. View over 0chos Rios, Jamaica
The beginning of a river flowing out of the limestone caves, beneath masses of bananas and Colocasia Antiquorum, Schott. and finding its way down through the terraces of Allspice

163. Study of Gulf Weed
Sargassum vulgar, Agardh, is a seaweed that accumulates in enormous quantities in the warm Gulf Stream of the Atlantic

162. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a variety of Guava

160. Foliage and Fruit of Arnatto and Foliage and J lowers of
These are both dye plants indigenous in tropical America. Arnatto, Bixa Orellana, Linn. is used for dyeing silks an orange-yellow and colouring cheese

159. Group of small Palms, Rio Janeiro, Brazil
A species of Bactris, of which genus it is estimated that there are at least one hundred distinct species, all natives of tropical America

158. Flowers of a Shrubby Convolvulus, Jamaica

Date Palm and Hut, near Craigton, Jamaica, 1882
Marianne North painting no 157. Alpinia nutans, Roscoe, in the foreground.This showy plant is represented natural size in 123

156. Inflorescence and ripe Nuts of the Cocoanut Palm
The inflorescence of the Cocoanut (Cocos nucifera, Linn.) is a branched spadix bearing innumerable flowers, only a few of which are female and fertile, the rest containing only stamens

155. Foliage and Fruit of the Loquat, or Japanese Medlar, Bra
Eriobotrya japonica, Lindl. is a native of Japan, cultivated in Brazil and elsewhere. The flowers are represented in 128

154. The Calaveras Grove of the Big Tree, or Wellingtonia, in th
The Big or Mammoth Tree, Sequoia gigantea, Decaisne (syn. Wellingtonia gigantea, Lindl.), is here associated with the Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana, Dougl.)

153. Foliage, flowers, and fruit of the Coffee, Jamaica
This is a small tree or shrub, native of the mountains of eastern tropical Africa, now cultivated and naturalised in the lower mountainous regions of many other tropical countries

152. The Bilimbi or Blimbing, Jamaica
Averrhoa Bilimbi, L. is a small tree, native of the Malayan Islands, cultivated for its fruit, which makes good tarts; a cooling drink is also prepared from it

151. Flowers of a Brazilian Coral Tree and Vegetable Mercury
Erythrina sp. and Brunjelsia Hopoeana, Benth. (syn. F rqniscea loeana, Hook.). The latter is used medicinally, hence the popular name

148. Valley of Bamboos, near Bath, Jamaica
The arboreous grasses called Bamboos form a very prominent feature in the vegetation of most tropical countries, and more especially of tropical Asia, where the true Bamboos (i.e)

147. Cultivated Flowers; painted in Jamaica
Below on the left is a white-flowered Gardenia, and the showy scarlet Passiflora quadriglandulos, Rodsch. (syn. Tacsaonia sanquinea, DC.); above, Datura sanguinea, L. and Broughtonia sasnguinea, R

146. The Garden of Kings House, Spanish Town, Jamaica
A tree of Spathodea campanulata, Beauv. &c. An inflorescence of the Spathodea, which is a native of west tropical Africa, is represented natural size in 165

145. Study of Banana and Trumpet Tree, Jamaica
Consult the descriptions of 120 and 823

144. Bermuda Mount, Jamaica
A Calabash Tree (Crescentia Cujete, L.) covered with Epiphytes, in the foreground, see 111

142. Ground Orchid, Carqueja and Giant Snail, Brazil
Epistephium sclerophyllum, Lindl. Baccharis trimera, DC. and a Bulimus. The Carqueja, or Carqueja amargosa, is a curious member of the Compositae having wing like expansions on the stem in lieu of

141. Organ Peaks, seen over the morning mists from Theresopolis

140. Tree Frogs, found amongst dead leaves, Brazil
A species of Hyla

139. A Brazilian Epiphyto or Air Plant
This most gorgeous plant (Billbergia zebrina, Lindl.) is a member of the Brormeliaceae, a family that includes the Pine Apple, and that was originally restricted to America

135. A piece of Sugar Cane
Consult the description of 45

134. Group of Epiphytal Orchids and Bromeliads, Brazil
Species of Tillandsia, Oncidiurm divaricatum, Lindl. &c

133. Distant View of Newcastle, Jamaica
Native Huts, Date Palms, &c. and a Mango in flower in front, on the left

131. Tree Fern and Whish-whish in the Punch Bowl Valley, Jamai 131. Tree Fern and Whish-whish in the Punch Bowl Valley
The Fern is Cyathea Serra, Willd. and the flower Ipomoea purpurea, Linn

129. An Old Cotton Tree at the Ford, Morants Bay, Jamaica
Eriodendron anfractuosum, DC. Consult the description of 176

126. View from the Artists House in Jamaica, with Double Rainbo
Rose-Apple, and Bananas in the foreground

122. Peak of Casa Branca, with its Iron Rocks and Tree Lilies, B
The peak is 5000 feet high; and various arboreous species of Vellozia, or " Tree Lilies, " are characteristic of this sterile mountainous region

121. A Bank of Quaresma and Trumpet Trees, Brazil
Quaresma is a name given to a Melastomacea-Pleroma granulosum. For further particulars of the Trumpet Tree, see 823

120. Bananas and Orange Trees, a Palm and a Bush of Noche Buena
As mentioned under 816 the Banana is one of the most striking types of tropical vegetation; and it is also one of the most important

117. Scene in Dr. Lunds Garden at Lagoa Santa, Brazil
The large trunk in front covered with a Cactus (Cereus sp.), a large aroid (Philodendron sp.), and Orchids. On the left a Palm (Acrocomia sp)

116. The Bog-walk, Jamaica, with Bread Fruit, Banana, Cocoanut

113. Road near Bath, Jamaica, with Cabbage Palms, Bread Fruit, C
Some account of the Cocoa and Bread Fruit trees will be found in the descriptions of 532 and 536 respectively. The palm is probably a species of Euterpe

112. Foliage, flowers, and fruit of the Granadilla, Jamaica
The fruit of several species and varieties of Passion Flower is edible; this is Passiflora macrocarpa, Mast. Seeds and pulp-in fact all the inside is eaten

111. Jamaica Orchids growing on a branch of the Calabash tree
The most interesting of these orchids is the one hanging from the top, Dendrophylax funalis, Benth. (syn. Aeranthes funalis, Rchb. f)

109. Foliage and Double Flowers of the Sandal-wood Bramble
This elegant Bramble, Rubus rosaefolius, Smith, is commonly cultivated in warm countries, and widely spread in a wild state. Leaves sweet-scented, see 490

108. Foliage and Flowers of a Brazilian Climbing Shrub and Hummi
There are three or four species varieties of Bougainvillea, to which genus the climber belongs, all of them endemic in Brazil, though one or two are now commonly cultivated in warm countries

107. Foliage, Flowers, and Seed Vessels of Cotton, and Fruit of
Cotton was cultivated and cotton fabrics were made as far back as records go in the Old World; and when America was discovered cotton was in general use there

105. Buriti Palms with old Araucaria trees on the distant
The Buriti (Mauritia uinifera, Mart.) is one of the most gigantic of palms, and its rich, red and yellow fruit, " like quilted cannon balls

104. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of the Soursop, Brazil
Anona muricata, L. is a native of the West Indies, where, as well as in continental America and other countries, it is cultivated for its excellent fruit

103. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of Poma de Lupa, . Brazil
A species of Solanum, which genus numbers at least 700 species, 160 of them inhabiting Brazil

100. Flowers of another Kind of Coral Tree

99. Flowers of a Twiner, Brazil
These flowers (Mucuna sp. ?) are sweet and of a waxy consistency, and were found growing at the mouth of the Cave of Curvelho, where Dr.Lund found the teeth of a " nut-eating man."

98. Flowers of a Coral Tree and King of the Flycatchers Brazil
Erythrina sp. and Muscivora Swainsoni

95. View of the Old Gold Works from the verandah at Morro Velho
North American Magnolia grandiftora, L. and pet animals in the foreground

93. Brazilian Orchids and other Epiphytes
The Orchids in flower are Cattleya intermedia, Grah. and Oncidium concolor, Hook. the latter below

91. Papaw Trees at Gongo, Brazil
The Papaw (carica Papaya, L.) is a tropical American tree now commonly cultivated in warm countries. Its stem is usually unbranched and grows about twenty feet high, bearing a crown of foliage

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