Accession No

4937

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting germination of seed, and infection, of Myzodendron br, by John Stevens Henslow, English, mid-19th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 985mm; breadth 662mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘Myzodendron br’ (top)

Description Notes

Watercolours in brown and green. Main picture (bottom left) is semi-section through woody part of Myzodendron, including cross-section, and some leaves. Small picture in top right is of a woody part with something growing on it.
Title is at top.
Ref number in top left.

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