Paintbrush lily, Scadoxus puniceus, native to south and east Africa. As Haemanthus rouperi, named for Captain Rouper. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Worthington George Smith from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 4, L. Reeve, London, 1875. Lithograph printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.

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