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100. Flowers of another Kind of Coral Tree
99. Flowers of a Twiner, BrazilThese 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 BrazilErythrina sp. and Muscivora Swainsoni
93. Brazilian Orchids and other EpiphytesThe Orchids in flower are Cattleya intermedia, Grah. and Oncidium concolor, Hook. the latter below
89. Peaches and Humming Birds, BrazilThe peach is an introduced fruit in Brazil. It is here represented growing against a mat fence instead of a wall. Petasophora serrirostris is the name of the Humming Bird
84. Brazilian 0rchidsThe rosy-purple flowers are those of Cattleya Loddigesii, Lindl. which magnificent genus has its headquarters in Brazil; the other is Zygopetalulm intermedium, Lodd
82. Butterflies Road through Gongo Forest, Brazil
78. Brazilian OrchidsA species of Zygopetalum ( Z. brachypetalum, Lindl.), with the orange-scarlet Comparettia coccinea, Lindl. in front
76. Group of Wild Meadow Flowers, of Brazil. Golden Banana and EAmong the flowers are a species of white Clusica (?), a Pleroma and Thunbergia alata, Boj. yellow with dark centre
70. Palma de Santa Rita, and Atlas Moth, BrazilThe 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, BrazilThe Flannel Flower (Macrosiphonia longiflora, Muell.) is so called on account of the plant being densely clothed with woolly hairs
61. Organ Peak at Theresoplis and Bay of Rio below
55. Brazilian Wild FlowersVellozia verruculosa, Mart. (blue), Xyris sp. (yellow), a purple-flowered orchid (Bletia sp.), and a delicately-scented epiphyte (Clusia), to which the artist was attracted by its scent
54. Cabazina Pears, BrazilOne of the many varieties of Psidium Guayava, Raddi (syn. P.pyriforme, Linn.); a some-what bitter fruit having a peach-like skin
52. Twining Plant and Butterfly of BrazilThis beautiful twining plant is a species of Dipladenia, allied to D. crassinoda, and the butterfly is Morpho achillaena
51. Foliage and Flowers of a Madagascar PlantThis is Amomum magnificum, Benth, (syn. A1ipinia magnifier, Roscoe). For a long time it was supposed to be a native of Mauritius, where, however, it is only naturalised
38. A Tropical American Water PlantEichornia azurea, Kunthi. This was found growing in the Lake of Lagoa Santa, Brazil, where it was planted by Dr. Lunid, a Danish Naturalist
32. A tall Brazilian ClimberThis is Aristolochia braziliensis, Mart. & Zucc. var. and the strangely-formed, veined flowers have a very unpleasant smell
Sibiraea altaiensisROSACEAE, Sibiraea altaiensis, 1970998, Indo China, Yugoslavia
Quercus xalapensisFAGACEAE, Quercus xalapensis 19834534
Elingamita johnsoniiMYRSINACEAE, Elingamita johnsonii, 19983505
Wercklea flavovirensMALVACEAE, Wercklea flavovirens
Acer campestre seeds and leaves
Acer capillipesKyushu maple or red snakebark maple
Acer monspessulanumMontpelier maple
Acer opalusACERACEAE, Acer opalus, 196910327
Lactuca sativa, lettuce, 1791Lactuca sativa, lettuce, from Joseph Jacob Plenck, Icones Plantarum Medicinal, Vol. 4, 1791, Tab 594, t. 594
Thymus vulgaris, 1792Illustration of Thymus vulgaris, commonly known as thyme, from Icones Plantarum Medicinal by Joseph Jacob Plenck, 1932, volume 5, plate 489
Good King HenryChenopodium bonus Henricus, Good King Henry. REGNAULT Nicolas Francois (1746-c.1810) and Genevive de Nangis REGNAULT (b.1746)
Humulus lupulus, hopHumulus lupulus. Hop, hops. Cannabaceae family. Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome, Vol. 2, 1886. Tab.183 T.183
Spinacia oleracea, spinachSpinacia oleracea. Spinach. Amaranthaceae family. Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thome, Vol. 2, 1886. Tab. 198 T.198
Drying or withering tea leavesDrying out the tea leaves, known as withering. Approx. 80% of moisture needs to be removed from freshly picked leaves to preserve them and enhance the teas flavour
Packing tea in India for export to the west
Epimedium pinnatum leaves in frost, RBG Kew
771. Nest of the Coachmans Whip Bird, in a Bunya-Bunya, QueenslThe trees, Araucaria Bidwillii, Hook. were full of these hanging nests of the Psophodes crepitans, made of the freshest green moss, and ornamented with the feathers of the common red and blue parrots
744. West Australian PlantsCephalotus follicularis Labill. and various species of Sundew (Drosera) in the foreground, with Conostylis sp. (clustered yellow flowers), Bulbine sp
736. The Bottle Tree of QueenslandBeyond, a grass fire through which the artist and her companions had to gallop. The Bottle Tree (Sterculia rupestris, Benth.) received its name on account of its singularly swollen trunk
735. Australian Bears and Australian PearsThe Wooden Pear represented in this picture is one of the western species (Xylomelum occidentale, R. Br.), which differs from the common Eastern one (see 739) among other things in having wavy
727. View at Illawarra, New South WalesPalms.(Livistona australis, Mart.) in the foreground
716. Illawarra, New South WalesPaper-bark Tree.(Melaleuca Leucadendron, Linn.), and other species of the same genus; and a pink-tipped spray of Callistermon salignus, DC. Compare the latter with the gorgeous C. speciosus, 776
715. View in the Forest on Mount Wellington, TasmaniaThe large tree with dark foliage in the centre is a species of Beech-birch of the colonists (Nothofagus Cunninghamii); and the & light-green trees, one on each side
710. View over the Blue Mountains towards the Sea, New South WalFlowers, seed-vessels, and young shoots, of Syncarpia laurifolia, Tenore, a tree of the same beyond on the left, and a Kangaroo Rat in the foreground
702. Flowers and Fruit of the Palmyra, and the Palm seen throughIt is recorded that the parts of this Palm (Borassus flabelliformis. L.) are applied to such a number of purposes that a poem in the Tamil language although enumerating 801 uses
698. Two Swamp Plants of Java in FlowerThe snow-white flowers of the Costus speciosus, Sm. like those of most of its allies, are very fugitive, but the red bracts from which they spring are more durable. Cassia alata, Linn
694. Banyan Tree at Passu Gulah, near Diocia, JavaA prisoner was formerly chained to the stone table for many years and employed his time rolling the two big stones around
691. Statue of BuddhaFrom the Great Pyramid of Boro Bodo, Java. Poinsettia and Iris behind it
690. The Mosque of Bandong, JavaThe large trees are Pterocarpus indicus, Willd. commonly planted for shade in Java
689. Mat Houses, Bandong, JavaPalms and Datura arborea, L. in the left foreground
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