Accession No

5171

Brief Description

botanical wallchart showing Papilionaceous flower (Vicia), 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 651mm; height 970mm

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

‘Papilionaceous’ (top right)
‘standard wings keel’ (across bottom)

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart showing Papilionaceous flower of the vetch genus Vicia (Leguminosae, subfamily Papilionatae).
Two diagrams, both in colour.
Inscriptions are stencilled at top right and across bottom. Initial letters of lower inscription are underlined in red to provide key: left hand diagram is labelled ‘s’ (standard), ‘w’ (wings) and ‘k’ (keel).
Reference numbers at bottom left and right corners. (Previous PS ref. was S36)
(NB: “papilionaceous” means having a corolla characteristic a pea. The modern term would be zygomorphic.)

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