Images Dated 24th February 2011

176. Great Cotton Tree, Jamaica

Before the discovery of the Californian Big Tree and the larger Gum Trees of Australia, this (Eriodendron anfractuosum, DC.) -was one of the tallest trees known. The natives hold it in superstitious veneration, and will neither cut it down when alive

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Big Tree, Cotton Tree, Flower, Fruit, Gum Tree, Jamiaca, Leaves, Marianne North, Nest, Painting

156. Inflorescence and ripe Nuts of the Cocoanut Palm

The inflorescence of the Cocoanut (Cocos nucifera, Linn.) is a branched spadix bearing innumerable flowers, only a few of which are female and fertile, the rest containing only stamens. When young the spadix is enclosed in a large spathe, which is pa

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Brown, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting