Accession No

4948

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing epidermal leaf cells of Impatiens parviflora, in surface view, by A. Smith, English, early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Smith, A.

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1915

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 1020mm; height 1423mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘ IMPATIENS PARVIFLORA’ (top)
‘EPIDERMAL CELLS IN SURFACE VIEW’ (almost top)
‘EPIDERMAL CELLS OF 4th. ALTERNATE LEAF,
BETWEEN VEINS B1 AND B2.
LEFT: FULL DAYLIGHT; RIGHT: 7% DAYLIGHT.
ABOVE: UPPER EPIDERMIS; BELOW: LOWER EPIDERMIS.’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing epidermal leaf cells of Impatiens parviflora, in surface view, by A. Smith, English, early 20th century.
Black ink line drawings of leaf epidermal cells of Impatiens, including stomata.
The top pair are upper surface, the bottom pair are lower surface. (‘UPPER’ is marked, top centre, ‘LOWER’ in centre). The left pair are full daylight, the right pair are 7% daylight (‘FULL’ is marked top left, ‘7%’ top right).
Scale bars appear centre left and centre right, both are 300mm = 1µ.
Title at top, explanation at bottom.

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