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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)
460. Ipomoea and Vavangue with Mahe Harbour in the distanceVangueria edulis, Vahl, or Vavangue, is a native of Madagascar, and now cultivated (and naturalised) in many other warm countries for the sake of its edible fruit. Observe the wasps nest upon it
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
458. A Swamp Plant and Moorhen, SeychellesThis beautiful plant (Hymenocallis rotata, Herb.) is a native of the West Indies, and is now half wild at Mahe. The Moorhen is remarkable for its very large feet
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
454. Ostrich Farming at Groot Post, South AfricaOstriches are stripped of their feathers twice a year, the operation, it is asserted, causing the bird little pain. Certainly no permanent injury ensues for fresh crops of feathers are produced year
453. Yellow-wood Trees and Creepers in the Perie BushThe Yellow Wood, Podocarpus Thunbergii, Hook. is one of the largest and most valuable of South African timber-trees; see panel of it below
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
446. Water-loving Plants and Kingfisher, near GrahamstownFloating in the water is Limnanthemum Thunbergii, Griseb.. a member of the same family as the Gentians; in front two varieties of the tufted Eucomis punctata, Alt. with the rosy Disa racemosa, Linn
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
438. Wild Flowers of Ceres, South AfricaIn the centre the yellow " Tea Plant, " Rafnia amplexicaulis, Thunb. the leaves of which are commonly used either alone or with ordinary tea to make a beverage
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
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
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
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
722. Group of Nikau Palms, with a background of the Kawa Kawa, New ZealandThe Nikau Palm, Rhopalostylis sapida, Wendl. & Drude (syn. Areca sapida, Soland.) is the most southern member of the order
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