Accession No

4720

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing different forms of Pylaiella (an alga), 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

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 914mm; height 1502mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘Pylaiella
(after Knight)’ (centre left)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing different forms of Pylaiella (an alga), by Newham, English, 19th to 20th century.
Black ink line drawings, with some shading, of the alga Pylaiella, and of two forms of sporangia.
Top left is a drawing of the alga in situ.
On the right are two cell structure drawings of sporangia: top are unilocular sporangia, bottom are plurilocular sporangia (=gametangia).
Labels are in an italic hand.

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