Images Dated 2011

712. A New Zealand Dracophyllum

This remarkable genus is spread over New Zealand, Australia (especially Western), and New Caledonia : and the present species (D. Traversii, Hook. f.) as well as most of the others, has all the appearance of an endogenous plant rather than an Epacrid

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Dracophyllum Australia, Epacridea, Leaves, Marianne North, New Zealand, Painting

603. Specimens of the Coquito Palm of Chile, in Camden. Park, Ne

The palms were planted by Sir W. Macarthur, and were fifty years old when painted. The Coquito Palm (Jubaea spectabilis, H. B. K.), which is the most southerly representative of the family in America, is remarkable for its stout trunk. In Chili a sweet syrup called Miel de Palma, or Palm-honey, is prepared from the sap, which is or was, much esteemed for domestic use as sugar

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596. Flowers and Fruit of Barringtonia, Borneo

Barringtonia speciosa, Forst., is a tree of the Myrtle order, common on the sea-shore of the Malayan, Mascarene, and Polynesian Islands. A kind of lamp oil is expressed from the seeds, and mixed with bait it is used to stupefy fish in order to facili

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Barringtonia, Borneo, Butter Fly, Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Marianne North, Myrtle, Painting, Tree