More loveliness of a tropical floral kind. From Nancy Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft’s 1828 “Specimens of the Plants and Fruits of the Island of Cuba.”

"Convolvulus purulia et rubra, blue and red bindweeds." Plate XV.
“Convolvulus purulia et rubra, blue and red bindweeds.” Plate XV. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=67;size=175
"Convolvulus brasiliensis, sea bindweed." Plate XVII
“Convolvulus brasiliensis, sea bindweed.” Plate XVII. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=71;size=175
"Datura Arborea,  floripondio." Plate XIII.
“Datura Arborea, floripondio.” Plate XIII. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=59
"Convolvulus." Plate XVIII.
“Convolvulus.” Plate XVIII. Collection of and digitalized by Cornell University. Ithaca. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924100271463;view=1up;seq=75;size=175

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