Accession No

5055

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting parts of Selaginella selaginoides, by F. G. Kohl, German, 1850-1928

Origin

Germany; Cassel [now Kassel]

Maker

Kohl, F. G. [artist] Gotthelft, Gebr. [publisher]

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1928

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

1155mm tall; 835mm 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

‘Botanische Wandtafeln. Serie III. Pteridophyta. Selaginellaceae. Selaginella selaginoides Link.’ (top )
‘F.G. Kohl del.’ (bottom left)
‘Verlag von Gebr. Gotthelft, Cassel, Kg. Hofbuchdr., Lith. Kunst-Anstalt.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Nine numbered diagrams, showing developmental stages in Selaginella.
1. (top right) colour picture of a megaspore, with part of surface cut away.
2. and 3. (top left) line diagrams showing the cell structure around a developing prothallus.
4. (centre left) two small objects with long filaments attached.
5, 6, 7, and 8 (bottom) line diagrams, with yellow shading, showing the development of a six-celled structure into something much bigger.
9. black and white picture of a round object, possibly a spore.
[The catalogue says this diagram shows ‘open megaspore with prothallus, antheridia amd archegonia and young plant’]
The chart was printed in two halves, and has been mounted on a single cloth backing.
Good condition.

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