Accession No

5057

Brief Description

Botanical wallchart, depicting a young plant of Selaginella.

Origin

Cambridge

Maker

Shrubbs. A

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

675mm tall; 1085mm 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 centre)

Description Notes

Black ink line drawings, with some shading, showing a young plant (according to the catalogue) of Selaginella.
Bottom left is a side view of a shoot (?) growing out of a block of cells.
Right shows this cell structure of another block of cells with a smaller shoot (?) growing out.
Top left is a an outline sketch of something hook shaped.
No labels.
Good condition.

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