Images Dated 16th May 2011

425. View from the Steps of Table Mountain through a Wood of Sil

The Silver Tree (Leucadendron (argenteum, R. Br.), characterises the vegetation of the slopes on the eastern side of Table Mountain, where alone it grows plentifully in a wild state. Formerly it was supposed to be restricted to Table Mountain, but it

© RBG KEW

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422. south African Sundews and other Flowers

Above, a plant of the elegant and beautiful Monsonia speciosa, Linn. (Geraniaeae) with Babiana rubro-coerulea, Reichb. ? on the right, and Homeria miniata, Sweet, on the left. There are two species of Sundew ; a white variety of Drosera cistiflora, L

© RBG KEW

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