Accession No

5162

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing fruit and seed of Entada, 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

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 652mm; height 965mm

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

‘Entada’ (top left)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing fruit and seed of the genus Entada (Family: Leguminosae, subfamily: Mimosoideae), showing large seeds pods (often carried by sea currents), which are characteristic of the genus.
Three diagrams, all in colour.
Inscription is stencilled at top left.
No other labels.
Reference numbers at bottom left and right corners. (Previous PS ref. was S31)

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