Painting Collection (page 16)

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

92. Scotchman hugging a Creole, Brazil. 92. Scotchman hugging a Creole, Brazil
A Palm in the embrace of the roots of a Fig tree. The tree that is now strangling the palm was at first the nurse child of the latter, and its history is this

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

89. Peaches and Humming Birds, Brazil
The 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 0rchids
The 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 Orchids
A 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 E
Among the flowers are a species of white Clusica (?), a Pleroma and Thunbergia alata, Boj. yellow with dark centre

75. View from the Sierra of Petropolis, Brazil
The Bay of Rio, and its Islands, and Sugarloaf Mountain in the distanbe. This summit is 3000 feet above the sea, and is reached by a zigzag road of ten miles

74. The Iron Racks of Casa Branca, Brazil
They are 5000 feet above the level of the sea

71. Palm, Bamboos and India-rubber Trees in the, Botanic Garden

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

68. Tree Ferns and Climbing Bamboos in Gongo Forest, Brazil

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

61. Organ Peak at Theresoplis and Bay of Rio below

56. View under the Ferns at Gongo, Brazil
In front a Slave Woman who brought the artists provisions over eight miles of forest road

58. Study of the Travellers Tree of Madagascar in the Botanic G
This tree (Ravenala madagascariensis, Sonn.), is called the Travellers Friend, as its broad leaves collect the precipitated moisture which filters into its tightly-plaited sheaths;

55. Brazilian Wild Flowers
Vellozia 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

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