Accession No

5723

Brief Description

botanical wallchart depicting Knautia and Dipsacus, 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 985mm; height 659mm

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

‘Dipsaceæ’ (top)
‘Dipsacus Knautia
involucellum calyx’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting comparison of flowers in Knautia and Dipsacus.
Eight diagrams, all drawn and in colour.
For each species, the calyx and secondary involucre (i.e. involucelluum) are labelled with the letters ‘c’ (calyx, repeated twice) and ‘i’ (involucellum, repeated twice).
Inscriptions are stencilled above and below the diagrams.
Reference numbers are in the bottom left and bottom right corners. (Previous PS ref. was T6)

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