Accession No

4678

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting parts of Asclepias, English, early 19th Century to late 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 654mm; height 984mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Asclepius’ (top left)

Description Notes

Watercolours in green and yellow.
Right picture shows cross section through stigma, with ovary and anther.
Left diagram is of some green cell clusters, and some pollen grains with different lengths of pollen tubes.

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