Accession No

5131

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing capsule of Dawsonia, by John Stevens Henslow, English, 1827-1861

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, John Stevens

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1827

Latest Date

1861

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 655mm; height 976mm

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

‘Dawsonia’ (bottom centre)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing capsule of the moss species Dawsonia polytrichoides (Order: Polytrichales).
One diagram in colour.
Inscription is stencilled at top left. Ink inscription at bottom left, apparently in Henslow’s handwriting, reads “Dawsonia polytrichoides” A second line is largely obscured but “R.B” “Li” “ns” and “23” can just be made out. (Possibly a reference to the first publication of this species, by Robert Brown, Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 316. 1811.)
Reference numbers at bottom left corner. (Previous PS ref. was O46)

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