Accession No

5647

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, depicting Davallia fertile leaf, 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 648mm; height 961mm

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

‘Davallia
Emersoni’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting sporangia on fertile leaf of Davallia emersoni.
One diagram, drawn and in colour.
Inscription is stencilled below the diagram.
No other labels.
Reference numbers are in the top right and bottom right corners. (Previous PS ref. was Q25)
Pencil notation in the bottom left corner records the family as “Polypodiceæ” and also lists “Davallieæ”, with an Arabic numeral “4”.

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