Accession No

5053

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting the cone of Selaginella.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs. A

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

862mm tall; 680mm 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

‘Selaginella’ (bottom left)

Description Notes

Black ink line drawings of Selaginella.
Left shows the whole cone, while right is an enlarged cross-section through the cone, revealing the sporangiphores.
Fair condition.

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