Accession No

5134

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing peristome of Orthotricum striatum, 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 739mm; height 968mm

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

‘Orthotricum Striatum’

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing peristome of the moss species Orthotricum striatum (order: Orthotrichiales).
One diagram in colour.
Inscription is stencilled at bottom centre. Ink inscription at top right reads “Orthotricum striatum Hooker Musc. Brit. t21” (Probably a reference to William Jackson Hooker’s Muscologica britannica.)
Reference numbers at bottom left and right corners. (Previous PS ref. was O51)

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