Accession No

5144

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing capsule of Buxbaumia, 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 652mm; height 957mm

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

‘Buxbaumia’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing capsule (spore bearing structure) of the moss genus Buxbaumia (subclass: Bryidae).
Single diagram in colour.
Inscription is stencilled at bottom right, largely obscuring an earlier ink inscription in Henslow’s handwriting which partly reads “Hook... Fl... ...din...”. (Probably a reference to William Curtis’ ‘Flora Londinensis’; the five volume, 1828 edition included two vols, 4 & 5, that were revised by Sir William Jackson Hooker.)
No other labels.
Reference numbers at bottom left and right corners. (Previous PS ref. was O53)

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