Accession No

4640

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting the development of the embryo in Capsella bursa-pastoris.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Newham, G. B. 'Herbert'

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1919

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 731mm; height 1045mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS.’ (top)
‘DEVELOPMENT OF EMBRYO’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Ten black line drawings of the development of the embryo in Capsella. There are no labels.
The seven diagrams across the top show the development from a line of cells, into a ball of cells on the end of a stalk.
The two in bottom left show the cell structure at the point of attachment.
The large diagram bottom right shows the embryo in situ, surrounded by other cells.
Note that in the large diagram, and also the top right one, there are a couple of cells depicted as undergoing mitosis, with the spindle clearly shown.
Stencilled headings top and bottom.
Ref number bottom right.
Good condition.

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