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RUMPHIUS' ORCHIDS
Orchid Texts from The Ambonese Herbal
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Pages: |
224 |
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2003 |
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English |
Size (cm): |
13.7 x 22.1 |
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5 1/2 x 8 3/4 |
ISBN: |
0300098146 |
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hardbound |
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USD 24.00
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 Rumphius (1627-1702), founder of Indonesian botanical exploration and one of the greatest naturalists of the seventeenth century, was the first to describe tropical orchids in a Western language. Within the pages of his monumental seven-volume Ambonese Herbal, written in Dutch, he included descriptions of thirty-six species of orchids found on the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia, plus twelve uncertified ones. His detailed descriptions reflect both the accuracy of a scientist and the sensibility of a poet. This lovely book is the first to gather and translate into English all the sections of Rumphius' Ambonese Herbal devoted to orchids. |
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| For each entry, Rumphius describes the plant, names it according to a pre-Linnaean system of nomenclature, gives its locality, and details its medicinal and non-medicinal uses. More than twenty beautiful line drawings accompany the entries. |
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Table of contents:
List of Original Plates
Acknowledgments
Introduction
About This Translation
1 The Inscribed Angrek 3
2 The White, Double Angrek 14
3 The Red Angrek 22
4 The Fifth Angrek 25
5 The Yellow Angrek 27
6 The Remaining Yellow Angreks 32
7 The Dog Angrek 37
8 The Purple Angrek 50
9 The Beseeching Plant 55
10 The First Ground Angrek 61
11 The Second Ground Angrek 66
12 The Wrapper 68
13 The Triple Flower 72
14 The Large Ambonese Orchis 75
15 The Small Ambonese Orchis 80
The Susanna Flower 84
The Petola Leaf 90
Abbreviations 95
Notes 99
Bibliography 157
Index 165
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