Images Dated 2011 January

30. The Wild Tamarind of Jamaica with scarlet Pod and Barbet

This showy Leguminous tree is Cojoba arborea var. arborea (synonym Pithecellobium filicifolium) which ranges through the West Indies and Central America. The barbet builds an ingenious nest in banks, cleverly tunnelled straight in, and then at a right angle to prevent curious s

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21. Parasites on Beech Trees, Chili

" Robble, " literally oak, is the name given to the common large-leaved Chilian "Beech"(Nothofagus obliqua, Mirb.), which is represented here with a parasitic plant (Loranthus sp.) having very similar foliage, a common occurrence in

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4. Puzzle -Monkey Trees and Guanacos, Chili

Pehuen is the Chilian name of the familiar Araucaria imbricata, Pav. here represented in full development at home close under the Cordilleras of Chili, where there are no monkeys, and
where it loses its branches as it grows old, and its thick bark

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