34340 (160) Artwork

The Parliament Collection:
One leaf and one flower of a plant shown, the flower has some yellow petals and some blue petals. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Magnifique Plante des Marais des Bords du Verloore Valeij. Du Genre Heliconia que les Colons nomment Fer d'Essagage, d'ont la Moele est sucre.; Magnificent swamp [marshes] plant from the banks of the Verloore Vlei. [Member] of the genus Heliconia, which the colonists call Assegai blade [iron], and the marrow of which is sweet [sweet pith]. [Strelitzia or Bird of Paradise flower, Strelitzia reginae]