Accession No

4755

Brief Description

botanical wall chart showing leaf ontogeny in Cladium mariscus, by G. B. 'Herbert' Newham, English, 19th to 20th century

Origin

Cambridge, England

Maker

Newham, G. B. 'Herbert'

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1919

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 880mm; height 1330mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘CLADIUM MARISCUS.
Leaf ontogeny.
(Conway)’ (bottom left)

Description Notes

Botanical wall chart showing leaf ontogeny in Cladium mariscus, by Newham, English, 19th to 20th century.
Black ink line drawings, showing the development of leaves in Cladium.
Top left is a transverse section of a shoot, below which are transverse sections of mature leaves. Bottom left, and all of the right side are filled with three representations of young leaves, with their pre-elongation zones shaded and labelled.
The diagrams are titled in an italic hand.
Ref number on reverse.

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