Butterflies Collection

50. Landscape at Morro Velho, Brazil
In the foreground is a colony of Butterflies (Helicon phyllis) going to roost on a single segment of a palm leaf, from which they will never move until the suns rays reach them in the morning

13. Two Climbing Plants of Chili and Butterflies
Hanging above Tacsonia pinnatistipula, Juss. (syn. T. chilensis, Miers); below the dull purple flowers and green fleshy edible fruit of Lardizabala biternata, Ruiz et Pav

489. A Native Orchid and Butterflies, Mahe, Seychelles
Angraecum eburneum, Thouars, is an Orchid of a genus characteristic of the Mascarene Islands and Tropical and South Africa. See 356

419. Not one Flower, but many in one, Van Staadens Kloof
As mentioned in the description of 410, there are numerous flowers in the separate inflorescences of the Proteaceae, surrounded by coloured leaves or bracts. This is Protea cynaroides, Linn

73. Yellow Bignonia and Swallow-tail Butterflies with a view of
Bignonia aequinoctialis, Linn. and Papilio thoas

Heliconius Charatonia Butterflies
Butterflies and Moths

The Breadfruit, painted at Singapore
Oil on board, no date. According to the Official Guide to the North Gallery, Fifth Edition, 1892, ; The Breadfruit, Artocarpus incisa, Linn

581. Flowers and Butterflies of Sarawak, Borneo
Mussaenda macrophylla, Wall. is the plant on which the Butterflies (Ornithoptera priamus) are painted, though they are from Amboina

544. Flowers and Fruit of the Carambola and Butterflies, Singapo
The Carambola (Averrhoa Carambola, L.) is a small evergreen tree, and, like its only congener, the Bilimbi (152), a native of some parts of tropical Asia; it is often cultivated for its fruit

532. The Breadfruit, painted at Singapore
The Breadfruit, Artocarpus incisa, Linn. is a tree of moderate size, a native of the South Sea Islands, where its fruit forms the chief food of the inhabitants

413. A South African Sundew and Associate
Drosera 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 Africa
Lachenalia 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

350. Red and green Cyrtanthus, Crassula, and Orchids, South Afri
On the left Cyrtanthus obliquus, Ait. with yellow Polystachya pubescens, Reichb. f. and on the right the fleshy-leaved Crassula perfoliata, Linn

346. Rhododendron Falconeri, from the Mountains of North Indi
Painted 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

332. Flowers of a Cassia, with Tree of the same in the distance
Cassia nodosa, Hamilt. a native of tropical Asia, is exceptional in the colour of its flowers, nearly all the numerous species having yellow ones. The butterflies are Papilio bathycles

324. An Orchid and Butterflies
This orchid, Phajus bicolor, Lindl. is a native of Ceylon, whence it was introduced into the hothouses of this country in 1843

242. Ceylon Pitcher Plant and Butterflies
Nepenthes distillatoria, Linn. and Papilio crino

82. Butterflies Road through Gongo Forest, Brazil

70. Palma de Santa Rita, and Atlas Moth, Brazil
The inflorescences of the Marica are so heavy that they fall to the ground on all sides; and the seeds germinate before they leave the pod, and send down their roots therefrom

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

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