Accession No

4669

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting different types of pollen in Orchis, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 959mm; height 652mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Pollen of Orchis‘ (bottom centre)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting different types of pollen in Orchis, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861.

Green watercolours of different forms of pollen. Unlabelled.
Far right: round pollen on stalks.
Bottom centre: individual pollen grains, green and speckled.
Bottom left: pollen grains gathered into cylindrical structure, two grains high.
Left: cluster of grains approx. inverted teardrop shape, appears to have sucker at base.
Top left: clusters of pollen attached to network of caudicles.
Top centre: large cluster of pollen, more nearly spherical than that on the far left.
Right (next to above item): cluster of five pollen grains.
Title at bottom.

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