Images Dated 2011 July

835. A climbing Plant of Old Calabar

Aristolochia Goldieana, Hook. f. is one of the most singular of the many species of its genus,, having the largest flowers of any yet known. It is a native of western tropical Africa, and living plants or seeds of it were sent to this country about t

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Aristolochiaceae, Art, Artist, Calabar, Climbing, Leaves, Marianne North, Old, Painting, Plant

Polemonium caeruleum

Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob's ladder, Greek valerian). Family: Polemoniaceae

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197321097, Blue, Blue Flower, Flower, Greek Valerian, Hardy Perennial, Plant Portrait, Polemoniaceae, Polemonium Caeruleum, Rbg Kew

846. A South African Sedge

This is Restio subverticillata, Linn., one out of about eighty species of Restio native of South Africa. The Restiaceae are almost exclusively restricted to South Africa and Australia, only one being found in South America and one in Cochinchina

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Art, Artist, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, S Edge, South African