Accession No

5479

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Stipa, 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 982mm; height 652mm

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

‘Stipa’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting flowers of the needle grass genus Stipa.
Six diagrams, all in colour.
Left-most diagram shows the needle-like spikelets (small spikes, characteristic of grasses), which are diagnostic of the genus.
Inscription stencilled below the diagrams.
No other labels.
Reference numbers in the bottom right and bottom left corners. (Previous PS ref. was U38)

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