Accession No

5049

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting aerial branch sporangiphores in Psilotum triquetrum.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs. A

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

895mm tall; 685mm 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

‘Psilotum triquetrum’ (bottom centre)

Description Notes

Watercolours in green and yellow showing aerial branches with sporangiphores in Psilotum.
Main picture, centre, shows the aerial branches.
Bottom left is a close-up of a sporangiphore on a branch.
Bottom right is a more detailed view of a sporangiphore, with a few spores escaping.
Title at bottom.

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