Accession No

4765

Brief Description

botanical wall chart showing formation of calcium oxalate crystals in leaves, by J. Ethridge, English, 1900-1967

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Ethridge, J.

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 1344mm; height 1019mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS’ (top)

Description Notes

Black ink line drawings of sections, showing cell detail, and calcium oxalate crystals.
Left is a lingitudinal section through the root of Jurubeba paniculata.
Top right is a longitudinal section through a root of Veratrum.
Bottom centre is a surface view of bulb scale in Scilla maritima.
Bottom right is a transverse section through the leaf of Atropa belladona.
Title at top. Diagrams all labelled as given above. All text in stencilled capitals.
Ref number on reverse.

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