Accession No

5054

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting a Selaginella megaspore.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs. A

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

1085mm tall; 675mm 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 )

Description Notes

Black ink line drawing, with some shading, of a Selaginella megaspore.
Shows cell level detail of a large megaspore, with an embryo developing inside, and some filamentous structures at the top left (female prothallus?)
Title at bottom.
MS pencilled scribblings at top right, scored out.
Fair condition.

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