Accession No

5104

Brief Description

botanical wallchart of leaves' external morphology, pitchers: Dionaea plant in flower, by Shrubbs

Origin

Maker

Shrubbs

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 903mm; height 652mm

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

Dioncea

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart of leaves' external morphology. Pitchers: Dionaea plant in flower. Maker Shrubbs.

Hand painted black and white botanical teaching diagram of Dionaea, the venus fly trap, a carnivorous plant species. The diagram depicts a whole venus fly trap plant in flower. One of the traps on the right hand side shows an insect being trapped as the trap springs closed. A trap on the left hand side is fully closed with half an insect protruding between the spines.

Paper backed onto cloth.

Good condition.

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