Description
xi + 671pp., hardbound with coloured dust-jacket, with texts and numerous black & white photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0-565-00993-1.
In this authoritative biography, Harold Carter sheds light on many hitherto new aspects of the public and private life of Sir Joseph Banks.
![MUSÆ fructu breviore spadix floriger in magnitudine naturali. [Banana with Shorter Fruit and a Flowering Spadix, in Natural Size] a.a. pedunculus folü, b. spadix. c.c. involucrum spathas unacum froribus coercens difruptum, d.d.d. spathae revolutae a facie interiori, e.e. spathae flores involventes a facie exteriori, f.f.f. florum verticilli. [a.a. the stalk with leaves] [b. the spadix (flower spike)] [c.c. one long, with a spathe (bract) enclosing one fruit and one flower] [d. the external view] [e.f.f. the natural flower.]](https://www.gop.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/jo64961-Trew-1750-Banana-Flower-scaled-1-600x750.webp)
