Accession No
5133
Brief Description
botanical wallchart showing peristome of Fontinalis, 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 874mm; height 661mm
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
‘Fontinalis’ (top centre)
Description Notes
Botanical wallchart showing peristome of the moss genus Fontinalis (order: Isobryales).
One diagram in colour.
Inscription is stencilled at top centre. Ink inscription at top right (partly obscured by stencilled one), apparently in Henslow’s handwriting, reads “Fontinalis antipy...”, so presumably this chart depicts Fontinalis antipyretica (willow moss), one of the two common species of this genus in Britain.
Reference numbers at top and bottom left corners (relative to orientation of inscription). (Previous PS ref. was O44)
References
Events
Description
Botanical teaching diagram showing peristome of the moss genus Fontinalis (order: Isobryales).
John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861) and his son George (1835-1925) were both British botanists, and were educated at the University of Cambridge. Though he modestly claimed to know "very little" about botany, John Henslow transformed the subject at the University of Cambridge and redesigned the old botanical garden, which opened to the public in 1846. With his son, the Henslows illustrated over 100 colourful botanical wall charts for teaching and studying. These valuable collections are now at the Whipple Museum.
03/04/2023
Created by: Guey-Mei Hsu on 03/04/2023
FM:44025
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