Images Dated 3rd May 2011

385. Some grotesque plants from the Karroo, South Africa

In front on the right the singularly-formed and coloured flowers of Gomphocarpus grandiflorus, Benth. & Hook. f., a member of the Asclepiadaceae. On the left, the. globular, ribbed plant, so strongly resembling an Echinocactus (See 14) as to be easil

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Art, Artist, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Pink, South Africa, Yellow

391. Clivia and Grapnel Plant, South Africa

The grapnel plant (Harpagophytumn procumbens, DC.) produces one of the most singular seed-vessels known. Its long claw-like appendages terminate in sharp recurved prickles, which attach themselves readily to any substances with which they may come in

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Art, Artist, Clivia, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Orange, Painting, Pink, South Africa

375. Flowers of St. Johns in Pondo Basket

Beginning on the right at the top, there is the dark blue Coleotrype natalensis, C. B. Clarke, a purplish red Balsam (Impatiens, sp. having a long slender spur), clusters of the small white flowers of the "White Pear" (Apodytes dimidiata, B

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Basket, Blue, Flowers, Leaves, Marianne North, Orange, Painting, Pink, Pondo, Purple, White