Polygonaceae, Nyctaginaceae & Phytolaccaceae

Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931

dc.contributor.author	Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931
dc.contributor.illustrator	Dixie, Ethel May, 1876-1973
dc.date.accessioned	2018-02-23T08:11:32Z
dc.date.available	2018-02-23T08:11:32Z
dc.date.created	1913
dc.date.issued	1913
dc.identifier.other	marloth-plate47-vol1-p191
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/14676
dc.description	Fam. 16. Polygonaceae. A. Polygonum serrulatum Lagasca 1. Short piece of plant with butterfly, Pieris mesentina. 2. Margin of leaf. 30/1. E. Emex australis Steinh. Small piece of flowering plant, with fruits. Fam. 19. Nyctaginaceae. D. Boerhaavia pentandra Burch. [Syn. B. Burchellii Choisy] Small piece of flowering shoot and apex of rootstock. (Note. The colour of the flower is in nature a purplish magenta, but that shade offers great difficulties to the artist as well as the lithographer). Fam. 20. Phytolaccaceae. B. Phytolacca americana L. [Syn. Ph. decandra L.] 1. Flowering twig. 2. Flower. 6/1. 3. Fruiting spike. 4. Long. section of seed, showing the central perisperm. 4/1. C. Phytolacca heptandra Retz. [Syn. Ph. stricta Hoffm.], with ripe fruit (nutlets), from the Transkei. Both species possess swollen roots like sweet potatoes, but they are poisonous.
dc.description.abstract	Plate 47 from The flora of South Africa (vol. 1) featuring Polygonaceae, Nyctaginaceae & Phytolaccaceae.	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	1 plate
dc.format.medium	Water colour, ink and pencil on paper
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
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dc.source	Plate from Rudolf Marloth Collection (MS 326), Manuscripts Section
dc.subject	Marloth, R. (Rudolf), 1855-1931	en_ZA
dc.subject	Botany -- South Africa	en_ZA
dc.subject	Wild flowers -- South Africa -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	Flowers -- South Africa -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	Dixie, Ethel May, 1876-1973	en_ZA
dc.subject	Wild flowers -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.subject	Flowers -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.subject	Polygonaceae -- South Africa -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	Polygonaceae -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.subject	Nyctaginaceae -- South Africa -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	Nyctaginaceae -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.subject	Phytolaccaceae -- South Africa -- Pictorial works	en_ZA
dc.subject	Phytolaccaceae -- South Africa -- Identification	en_ZA
dc.title	Polygonaceae, Nyctaginaceae & Phytolaccaceae	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA
dc.rights.holder	Copyright Stellenbosch University