Images Dated 16th May 2011

405. A Medley of Flowers from Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope

On the right, the scarlet Sutherlandia frutescens, R. Br., followed by the white balls of the minute flowers of a Brunia ? a blue and red Lobostermon(Boraginaceae); below the Sutherlandia are female cones of Leucadendron platyspermum, R. Br., and the

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421. Tree Aloes and Mesembryanthemums above Van Staadens Kloo

Aloe saponaria, Haw., is the stemless species, and the arboreous one is A. africana, Mill., or an allied species. Trailing on the ground is a species of Mesembryanthemurn; behind the Aloe, on the right, Plumbago capensis, Thunb., (see 433) and Dornbo

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