Images Dated 25th May 2011

467. Palms, Capucin Trees, etc., on the cliffs near Venns Town

The prominent Palm is Stevensonia grandifolia, Duncan, with Screw-Pines on the left. Behind are dead and living trees of the Capucin (Northea seychellana, Hook, f.) the handsome foliage of which may be better seen in 501. An epiphytic fig embraces a

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Capucin Tree, Clidds, Landscape, Leaves, Mahe, Marianne North, Painting, Palm, Venns Town

499. A Tripod Cocoanut, Mahe, Seychelles

The hut is made of the plaited leaves of the cocoanut and roofed with the same in the natural state.
In an early state the ovary of the future fruit of the cocoanut is three-celled, each cell containing a single ovule ; but two of these are almost

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Landscape, Leaves, Mahe, Marianne North, Painting, Seychelles

485. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a common tree of the sea-sho

A view from the rocks, with Ile Aride and a part of Curieuse in the distance. This tree (Cordia subcordata, Lam.) is common on the tropical shores of the Old World and throughout Polynesia, being one of the earliest of the arboreous occupants of risi

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Flower, Fruit, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Orange, Painting, Praslin, Rocks, Tree