Accession No

5488

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Cypripedium Insigne [Cyprypedium insigna], 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 967mm; 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

‘Cyprypedium Insigne’ (top)
‘Stigma Column
anther staminodium’ (below diagrams)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting the flower of the orchid Cyprypedium insigna.
Five diagrams, all drawn in colour.
On the far right diagram, one structure is labelled “S” (Stigma column), one “s” (staminodium) and one “a” (anther).
The top centre diagram shows two anthers – a diagnostic feature of this genus.
The lower left diagram shows a cross section of the fertile ovary.
Inscriptions run across the top and the bottom of the chart.
Reference numbers in the bottom left and bottom right corners. (Previous PS ref. was U4).
NB: ‘Staminodium’ is an older term for a staminode, an infertile stamen.

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