Images Dated 2011

474. Coco de Mer Gorge in Praslin, with distant view of Mahe Sil

The Coco de Mer or Double Cocoanut (Lodoicea sechellarum, Labill.) is peculiar to the Seychelles, and only abundant in Praslin; but long previous to the discovery of the group, in 1743, its enormous nuts were found floating in distant parts of the se

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Art, Artist, Coco De Mer Gorge, Double Cocoanut, Landscape, Leaves, Mahe, Marianne North, Painting, Praslin

253. Wild Flowers of Kumaon, India

On the left a robust species of Habenaria-H. intermedia, D. Don, with the purple Strobilanthes Wallichii, Nees, above ; the large lilac flower is Roscoecs alpine, Royle, and the plant over it, having small white flowers, Argostemma verticillatum, Wal

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Art, Artist, Flower, India, Leaves, Lilac, Marianne North, Orchid, Painting, Purple, White

47. Flowers of Datura and Humming Birds, Brazil

Datura arborea, Linn., is a native of tropical America, and is commonly cultivated in other countries, as it grows like a rank weed. It is better known in English greenhouses under the name Brugmansia arborea, Pers. See 132, 227, and 689 The leaves a

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Art, Artist, Brazil, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Water, Weed