Images Dated 2011 March

227. View from the top of the Waterfall at Ramboddy, Ceylon

Datura arborea, Bananas and Ironwood tree (Mesua ferrea, L.) in the foreground, and Rice and Tea Plantations in the distance

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Banana, Ceylon, Foreground, Iron Wood, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Mountains, Painting, Ramboddy, Rice, Tea, Water Fall

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

© RBG KEW

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

347. Foliage and Flowers of a South African tree, beautiful but

A common small tree or shrub, (Acokanthera venenata, G. Don) especially in the eastern subtropical parts of South Africa, and apparently extending northward into the tropics. It has the reputation of being poisonous to animals, and an arrow poison is

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Poisonous, South Africa, Tree, White