Accession No

4927

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing cell-detail cross-section through section of host with Cuscuta

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Ward, H. Marshall

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1890

Latest Date

1906

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

height 1225mm; breadth 990mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘BOTANY SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE

Drawn by H. Marshall Ward (Professor of
Botany 1895-1906) and presented to the
Botany School by Mrs Marshall Ward.’ (on label, bottom right)
‘Cuscuta’ (handwritten in pencil, upside down at bottom)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing cell-detail cross-section through section of host with Cuscuta.

Line drawing with watercolour in green, yellow and salmon.
Shows layers of cells on left, with yellow outer layer, growing into another mass of cells on the right, which have green cells below their epidermis. The effect is of a yellow volcano errupting into the green area.
Presentation sticker at top right.
Fair condition

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