Object Listing

The Parliament Collection:
A large tree bearing red fruit and dropping down a kind of liana, which resembles rope. (Part of a collection, see 34340)L'Arbre nomme Geele Hout charge de Wilde Druiven jettant des sortes Lianes que les Colons nomment Baviaans Touw, le Long des quelles les Singes ainsi que Les Hottentots grimpent pour aller ceuillir le Fruits.; The tree named yellowwood, laden with wild grapes and dropping down a kind of liana which the colonists call Baboon Ropes, up which the monkeys as well as the Hottentots climb to pick the fruit.

The Parliament Collection:
The branch of a tree, showing the leaves and the fruit. Eight of the fruit shown are red and two are yellow. (Part of a collection, see 34340)La Plante du Wilde Druif. De grandeur Naturelle.; The plant of the wild grape. Natural size.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with three flowers in bloom. The flowers are white in colour with a pink stripe. Four green leaves are also shown. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Jolie Plante Nouvelle odoriferante, du Genre des Gladiolus, selon les Botanistes. Elle croit sur les Montagnes arides du Kamis.; Pretty new odoriferous [sweet-smelling] plant of the genus Gladiolus, according to botanists. It grows on the arid Kamiesberge. [Babiana tubulosa]

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with three flowers showing. The flowers are green in colour and have a brown stripe down the middle. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Ixia a fleurs vertes sortantes d'une longe Tige. On le trouve sur les Monts Camis dans l'Interieur de l'Afrique. Espece Nouvelle.; Ixia with green flowers emerging from a long stalk [growing from a long stem]. It is found on the Kamiesberge in the interior of Africa. New species. [Groenkalkoentjie, Gladiolus orchidiflorus]

The Parliament Collection:
A branch of a tree with thorns, showing five seed pods and two yellow flowers. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Mimosa a Fleurs en Houppe, trouve sur les Bords de la Riviere des Lions dans l'Interieur du Cap.; Mimosa with bunched flowers, found on the banks of the Lions River in the interior of the Cape.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with two pink flowers and the image of a pink flower to the left. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Nouvelle Espece de Geraneum d'ont les feuilles servent aux Namaquois pour empoisoner leur fleches.; New kind of geranium, the leaves of which are used by the Namaquas to poison their arrows.

The Parliament Collection:
A local village scene, showing three huts and two trees. In the center four people stand to the left of one of the huts. (Part of a collection, see 34340)

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with the bulb visible and two flowers with purple tips. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Belle Plante Bulbeuse Nouvelle du Genre des Ferrarias. Du Pais des Grands Namaquois.; Beautiful new bulbous plant of the genus Ferraria from the Great Namaqualand. [Spider flower, Ferraria undulata]

The Parliament Collection:
A branch showing leaves (top right) and spiny fruit (bottom right). (Part of a collection, see 34340)1. Une Branche avec ses Feuilles et ses Fruits du Concombre Epineux chez les Namaquois. 2. Le Fruit dans toute sa grandeur. 3. Une Feuille dans sa grandeur Naturelle.; 1. A branch of the spiny cucumber with its leaves and its fruit, from Namaqualand. 2. The fruit, full size. 3. A leaf, natural size.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with three pink flowers. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Une Belle Plante Inconnue pres la Riviere Verte dans les Pais des Petits Namaquois.; A beautiful unknown plant near the Groen River in Little Namaqualand.

The Parliament Collection:
A branch of a tree with a pink flower showing. The image of a flower to the left and in the centre the images of the fruit in its skin, the stone as it appears when the skin splits and the stone itself. To the right another smaller image of the flower. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Une Branche et une Fleur du Maron[n]ier dans le Pais des Namaquois. 1. La Fleur quand Elle commence a pousser avec le petit bouton du Fruit 2. La Fleur dans la grandeur Naturelle. 3. La fruit dans son ecorce Grand: Naturelle. 4. Le jolie Noyau comme il se fait voir quand l'ecorce se creve. 5. Un morceau du Noyau coupe.; A branch and a flower of the chestnut in Namaqualand. 1. The flower when it begins to shoot, with the young fruit. 2. The flower, natural size. 3. The fruit in its skin, natural size. 4. The pretty stone as it appears when the skin splits. 5. A piece of the stone.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with a cluster of many pink flowers and on the right a drawing of a single flower. (Part of a collection, see 34340)1. L'Emanthus a bouquets, pres la Riviere Verte chez les Petits Namaquois. 2. La Fleur dans sa Grandeur Naturelle.; 1. Haemanthus with flower cluster, near the Groen River, Little Namaqualand. 2. The flower, natural [life-] size. [Ornithogalum species]

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with its bulb visible and a cluster of many pink flowers. To the left a small image of a pink flower. (Part of a collection, see 34340)1. Un superbe Amaryllis avec son oignon. La plus belle Fleur de L'Afrique pres la Riviere Verte chez les Petits Namaquois. 2. La Fleur de grandeur Naturelle.; 1. A superb amaryllis with its bulb. The most beautiful flower of Africa near the Groen River, Little Namaqualand. [Poison Bulb added to label for Parl exhibition 2008] 2. The flower, natural size.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with bulb visible and red, yellow-tipped flowers. To the left a red, yellow-tipped flower. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Un beau Lys d'un rouge cramoisi a pointes jeaune citron. Du Pais des Petits Namaquois.; A beautiful crimson lily with lemon-yellow tips, from Little Namaqualand. [Kei Lily, Cyrtanthus sanguineus]

The Parliament Collection:
A branch with thorns and fruit. Some of the fruit is red in colour, some yellow and some green. To the right an image of a seed. (Part of a collection, see 34340)L'Epine Traitresse ou le Caroop des Namaquois sur les Bords de la Riviere Orange.; The treacherous thorn or Caroop of the Namaquas, on the banks of the Orange River. [Buffalo thorn, Ziziphus mucronata]

The Parliament Collection:
A cactus-like plant with its bulb visible and small pink flowers at the top of the plant. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Euphorbe Concombre du Pais des Petits Namaquois pres des Montagnes arides ou coule la Riviere Caussi.; Cucumber Euphorbia of Little Namaqualand near the arid mountains where the Kaussi River flows. [Possibly Euphorbia polygona]

The Parliament Collection:
A branch with long thorns and seven pink flowers. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Le Geraneum a epines tres longues minces et piquantes. Du pais des Namaquois. Genre Nouveau.; The geranium with very long, fine and sharp thorns, from Namaqualand. New genus.

The Parliament Collection:
Camp scene with mountains in the background. In the center s a house and in the right foreground a large tree. There are four wagons visible, two on the left and two on the right. Five huts visible, two on the left and three on the right. Two tents are visible on the left of the image. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Camp au Kamdeboo chez les deux Freres Negres.; Camp at Camdeboo, where the two black brothers dwelt.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with a reddish-purple bulb and seven flowers. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Le Geraneum d'ont la racine peut servir a teindre en pourpre, du Pais des Grands Namaquois. Genre Nouveau.; The geranium of which the root can provide purple dye, from great Namaqualand. New genus.

The Parliament Collection:
A cactus-like plant with many branches and small green flowers on the ends. (Part of a collection, see 34340)La Grande Euphorbe d'ont les Sauvages empoisonment leaurs Fleches. Du Pais des Grands Namaquois Dans l'Interieur au Cap de Bonne Esperance.; The great euphorbia with which the savages poison their arrows. From Great Namaqualand in the interior of the Cape of Good Hope.

The Parliament Collection:
A section of the cactus-like plant showing the thorns and the small green flowers. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Un Toncon de la meme Euphorbe. De Grandeur Naturelle.; A section of the same euphorbia, natural size.

The Parliament Collection:
A cactus-like plant, the thorns of which cover a small section of the plant only. It is on a greyish piece of soil. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Euphorbe Piramidale D'ont le lait est un Poison des plus Violents. Du Pais des Grands Namaquois. Dans l'Interieur du Cap.; Pyramidial euphorbia, the milk of which is one of the strongest of poisons. From the Great Namaqualand, in the Cape interior.

The Parliament Collection:
The branch of a tree with many small purple fruit. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Un Saule tres commun d'ont le fruit en grappe est tres agreable a manger et au quel on donne le nom de Raisin sauvage. Elle croit sur les Bords de la Riviere Orange.; A very common willow, the fruit of which in a bunch [that grows in a cluster] is very pleasant to eat, and to which the name of wild grape is given. It grows on the banks of the Orange River. [White Karee, Searsia pendulina]

The Parliament Collection:
A section of an aloe showing the spry of reddish-orange flowers with yellow tips. To the left are drawings of parts of the flower. (Part of a collection, see 34340)L'Aloes Dichotome ou le Karap pres Les Kooper Bergen. Dans le Pais des Petits Namaquois d'ont ils se servent du Tronc pour faire leurs Carquois.; The aloe dichotoma [dichotomous aloe] or Karap, near the Koperberge [Copper Mountains] in the country of the Little Namaquas, who use the stem [trunk] to make their quivers. [Quiver tree or Kokerboom]

The Parliament Collection:
A branch of a tree with tufty flowers, most of which are pink and yellow, while two are pink and green. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Un des plus beaux Mimosas de l'Afrique ayant ses Fleurs a Panaches. Du Pais des Grands Namaquois dans l'Interieur des Terres du Cap.; One of the most beautiful mimosas of Africa, having tufty flowers [having its flowers in plumes], from Great Namaqualand, in the Cape interior. [Sicklebush, Dichrostachys cinerea]

The Parliament Collection:
A plant showing three pink flowers in bloom and leaves that have brown tips. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Charmante Fleur nouvelle d'ont les sauvages mangent la Bulbe. Du Pais des Koraquois.; Charming new flower of which the savages eat the bulb, from the land of the Koraquas.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with its bulb visible and leaves that resemble caterpillars. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Euphorbe Chenille, du Pais des Koraquois pres la Riviere des Poissons.; The caterpillar euphorbia, from the country of the Koraquas near the Fish River. [Euphorbia stellata]

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with its bulb visible. The plant resembles a melon, is greyish-green in colour and has small flowers at the top. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Euphorbe a cotes de Melon, du Pais des Hottentots-Koraquois pres la Riviere des Poissons.; The melon-ribbed euphorbia, from the country of the Koraqua Hottentots near the Fish River [in Namibia]. [Melon spurge, Euphorbia meloformis]

The Parliament Collection:
A farm with two buildings in the background. Four wagons are visible, one of which is incomplete. In the foreground there are three people in the center of the image. To the left is a dog and to the left of it a tent. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Habitation de J. Slaber a Thee Fontyn dans le Swart-Land aux Environs du Cap de Bonne Esperance.; The homestead of J. Slabber at Theefontein in the Swartland in the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope.

The Parliament Collection:
A plant with its bulb visible and showing only one thick leaf with a white and brown tip. (Part of a collection, see 34340)Plante des plus Extraordinaire et quia deconcertetous les Botanistes qui ne scavent a quoi le rapporter. Du Pais des Koraquois dans l'Interieur du Cap.; One of the most extraordinary plants, which has puzzled all botanists, who do not know what to relate it to [how to classify it]. From the country of the Koraquas in the Cape interior. [Perhaps a Sansevieria pearsonii]