Accession No

4922

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram, depciting Lathraea squamaria: stem and roots, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 970mm; height 658mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

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

Inscription

Lathraea Squam: a

Elm

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart, depicting Lathraea squamaria: stem and roots. Maker J.S. Henslow.

A hand-painted botanical teaching diagram of Lathraea squamaria, the toothwort, a parasitic plant depicted here as attatched to an Elm tree.

Painted on paper and was pasted to a cloth backing.

Good condition.

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