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271. A View in the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, CeylonAn iron-wood tree (Mesua ferrea, L.) clothed with a young growth of rosy leaves, and a yellow-flowered climber (Bignonia sp. B. unguis ?) with the Directors house on the left
251. Cocoanut Palms on the River Bank near Galle, CeylonFor some information respecting this Palm the reader is referred to the descriptions of 156 and 229
252. Blue Poppy growing on Mt. Tonglo, Sikkim-HimalayaThis ornamental plant (Meconopsis Wallichii, Hook.) has several times been introduced and cultivated in this country, where, however, it does not develop its full beauty, owing, doubtless
285. The Great Lily of Nainee Tal, in North IndiaThis fine Lily (Lilium Wallichianurn, R. & S.) grows six or seven feet high, and is here associated with Chirita urticaefolia, Ham. and a species of Begonia
261. View of Kinchinjunga from TongloView of Kinchinjunga from Tonglo
276. Road up to Nainee Tal, India, in Spring timeThe tree in flower is Ougeinia dalbergioides, Benth
283. Dibee Dhoora Dee, with its Well and Deodar trees, Kumaon, IA place of pilgrimage. Consult 297 and its description for particulars of the Deodar
282. A. Himalayan Oak and Birds, Nainee Tal, IndiaThis oak is Quercus incana, Roxb. and the bird a species of Erythrospiza
256. Foliage and Flowers of the Suriya or Portia; the Pagodas ofThe Portia (Thespesia populnea, Corr.) is a fast-growing tree, commonly planted for shade in Southern India. When the flowers first open they are yellow, changing to red as they get older
253. Wild Flowers of Kumaon, IndiaOn 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
300. Indian Coral Tree, 1878Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata). Oil on board by Marianne North, 1878. The gorgeous flowers of this tree are often mentioned by Indian poets
299. The Bael FruitAegle Marmelos, Corr. is a member of the same family as the orange. Its leaves, which are divided into three separate leaflets, are sacred to the Hindoo
298. The NeemThe Neem tree (Melia Azcadirachta, Linn.) is described by the poets as the type of all that is bitter; and its bark is said to be a fair substitute for Cinchona in cases of fever, &c
297. The Deodar or Indian CedarCedrus Deodara, Loud. forms large forests in the mountains of northern India, growing to a height of 50 to 100 feet and upwards, and yielding a valuable durable timber
296. Flowers of SalShorea robusta, Roxb. is one of the most valuable of Indian timber trees, 100 to 150 feet high. It also yields a large quantity of resin
288. Mussulman Tombs in the Plain of Old Delhi
287. Orchids of Tropical AsiaDendrobium superbum, Rchb. f. purple, and D. Jenkinsii, Wall. yellow
286. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of Millingtonia hortensisThis tree is a native of the Malay Peninsula, cultivated in South India for its ornamental character. Bark used for the same purposes as cork
284. Talipot Palm, near the Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, CeylonThis Palm (Corypha umbraculifera, L.) is a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast, where it grows sixty or seventy or sometimes as much as a hundred feet high, and then flowers and dies
281. Open Seed-vessels of a Species of Sterculia and a Nettle inSee 633
262. African Baobab Tree in the Princesss Garden at Tanjore, InAdansonia digitata, Linn. the African Baobab, is remarkable for the gigantic proportions of its relatively short trunk, which sometimes, it is recorded
255. Indian Rhododendrons and North American HoneysuckleThe Rhododendrons are R. cinnabarinum, Hook, f. yellow and red, and R.formosum, Wall. and the Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens, Ait
254. Foliage and Fruit of the CherimoyerAnona Cherimnolia, Mill. is a delicious fruit of Peru. Several other species of the same genus yield excellent fruits, as A. reticulata, L. See 275
236 View of the Cathedral Rooks from Mattaran, IndiaMonkeys in the foreground
291. Pine-clad slopes of Nagkunda, North India, and view of the
289. Pine-clad slopes of Nagkunda, North India, and view of the
266. Loose - skinned Orange of Colombo, CeylonA variety of Citrus Aurantium, Linn
264. The Cobra Plant, under Deodars, at Simla, IndiaArisaema curvatum, Roxb
246. Male Inflorescence of a Screw PineTrees of the same behind and Buffaloes wallowing in the mud of the swollen river. Screw Pines are so called in allusion to the spiral arrangement of their long prickly leaves
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