South Africa Collection (page 3)

Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme L. (Scimitar-leaved Fig-Marigold)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5539, 1st October 1865. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Erica fastigiata, L. (Walkers Heath)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, plate 2084, 2nd August 1819. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope and, according to J

Pharnaceum incanum, L. ( Hoary Pharnaceum )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1883, 1st February 1817. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Helichrysum splendens, Sims (Shining Helichrysum)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1773, 1st November 1815. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope

Echium fruticosum, Jacq. (Œ. ) minor ( Lesser shrubby Viper s-Bu
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1772, 1st November 1815. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope

Lachenalia quadricolor (Œ. ) lutea ( Spotted-leaved Yellow Lache
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1704, 1st February 1815. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope

Albuca viridiflora, Jacq. ( Grass-green Albuca )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1656, 1st June 1814. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope

Erica togata ( Large-Cupped Heath )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine published as plate 1626, 1st May 1814. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope

Haemanthus rotundifolius, Ker Gawl. ( Round-leaved Bloodflower )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1618, 1st February 1814. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Lachnaea purpurea, Andrews ( Purple-flowered Lachnaea )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1594, 1st November 1813. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species was introduced to England by George Hibbert, Esq

Tritonia capensis Ker Gawl. (Œ. ) minor Ker Gawl. ( Lesser Trump
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1531, 1st February 1813. Mr Griffin received some bulbs in the spring of 1812 from the Cape of Good Hope

Watsonia marginata var. minor, 1813
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1530, 1st February 1813. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Galaxia ovata Thunb. (Œ. ) purpurea Ker Gawl. ( Purple-flowered
riginal illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1516, 1st December 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Septas globiflora ( Globe-Flowered Septas )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1472, 1st June 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Raised from seed by Knight at the Exotic Nursery, Chelsea

Scilla brevifolia ( Rootsheathed Cape Squill )
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, plate 1468, 1st June 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Discovered on the Cape of Good Hope

Aloe albicans, Haw
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1452, 1st March 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper

Aloe depressa, Haw. (Short-leaved perfoliate Aloe)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1332, 1st November 1810. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, blooms in the summer

Aloe rhodacantha, DC. (Red-spined Glaucous Aloe)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1278, 1st April, 1810. Watercolour and pencil on paper. A native of the Cape of Good Hope

Bryophyllum proliferum, Bowie ex Hook
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 5147, 1st November 1859. Watercolour and pencil on paper. From the Cape of Good Hope

Gamolepis euriopoides, DC
Published illustration, plate 6249 from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1876. Hand-coloured lithograph. This species was raised at Kew from seed sent by Mr Tuck of the Grahamstown botanic garden in 1868

Mesembryanthemum truncatellum, Haw
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6077, 1st January 1874. Watercolour and pencil on paper. From a plant sent to Kew which flowered in October 1873

Mesembryanthemum introrsum, Haworth
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6057, 1st September 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper. This species is a native of South Africa

Crassula profusa, Hook. f
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6044, 1st July 1873. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Drawn from seeds received and cultivated at Kew in 1871

423. A Medley from Groot Post, South Africa
The prominent orange-coloured plant is a leafless root-parasite (Hyobanche sp.) with Babiana rubro-coerulea, Ker, on the right; on the left rose and yellow Rornulea sp

416. An Old Friend and its Associates in South Africa
The old friend is Pelargonium peltatum, Alt. one of the parents of the many beautiful varieties of ivy-leaved Pelargoniums now in cultivation, associated with the yellow Lissochilus speciosus, R. Br

414. Fat Plants of the Addo Bush, South Africa
Flowers of a Cotyledon with a tuft of the same, and Portulacaria afra, Jacq. (Spekboom or Elephants Food) on the right. Among the other flowers Haemanthus, a tall Aloe, and Schotia speciosa, Jacq

399. Brunsvigia multiflora, near Queenstown, South Africa
This Amaryllid is remarkable for its large bulb and inflorescence, the latter appearing each season after the leaves have decayed and disappeared

387. Aloe and Passionflower, South Africa
The Aloe flowers in this painting belong to the trunkless species in 386; and the Passionflower (Passiflora edulis, Sims.) is a plant of American origin cultivated and colonised in South Africa

Aloe spiralis L
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1455, 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Native of Africa; cultivated by Sherrard, at Eltham, and by Miller

Anthericum pugioniforme Jacq. (Round-rooted Anthericum)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 1454, 1st April 1812. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Masson in 1793

Dietes huttonii
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as plate 6174, 1st July 1875. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Plant collected fom the eastern province of the Cape of good Hope

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