Accession No

5019

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting glands in the fruit of umbelliferous plants, by Paul Parey, W. A. Meyn, Frank, and Tschirch, German, c. 1850-1967

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Parey, Paul [publisher] Meyn, W. A. [lithographer] Frank [artist] Tschirch [artist]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

860mm tall; 648mm wide

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

‘Oelstriemen (vittae) der Umbelliferenfrüchte.’ (title, top)
‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W., 10. Hedemannstr.’ (bottom centre)
‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin.’ (bottom right)
‘Pflanzenphysiologische Wandtafeln von Frank und Tschirch’ (Top left, outside frame)

Description Notes

Eight printed line drawings, numbered, with some brown shading, all cell-level detail.
The diagrams have abbreviated German labels marked on.
1-3 (top centre, and left) show the gland stucture in Foeniculum. 1 shows two cells, 2 shows a section of the fuit tissue, with glands, and 3 is a gland.
4-8 are of Anisum. 4 shows two cells, 5 shows tissue with glands, and 6-8 are other bits of cells.
The species names are given bottom left and bottom right.
Title at top, inside frame.
Top right, outside frame: ‘Taf. LVIII.’
Bottom centre, outside frame: ‘Verlag von Paul Parey in Berlin S.W., 10. Hedemannstr.’
Bottom right, outside frame: ‘W.A. Meyn, Lith. Inst. Berlin.’

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