Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations

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Displaying 161 - 170 of 1989

0163

Art Accession Number
6331.0163
Subject
Top Left: Myrsinaceae ?
Top Center: Rubiaceae. Diodia ?
Top Right: Scrophulariaceae
Bottom Left: Bromeliaceae. Tillandsia grandis Schlecht.
Bottom Right: Rubiaceae. Sommera arborescens Schlecht.
Transcription
Top Left: Rea acuminata
Top Center: Diodia
Top Right: Vandelia
Bottom Left: Tillandsia longiflola N.
Bottom Right: Mussaenda terniflora
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Notes
Bottom Right: Includes artist's notes.

0164

Art Accession Number
6331.0164
Subject
Orchidaceae. Stanhopea oculata Lindl. ?
Transcription
Cymbidium? pulcherrimum
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Notes
Double page.

0165

Art Accession Number
6331.0165
Subject
Compositae. Dahlia coccinea Cav.
Transcription
Georgina superflua var. DC
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Double page.

0166

Art Accession Number
6331.0166
Subject
Compositae. Dahlia pinnata Cav.
Transcription
Georgina superflua DC
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Double page.

0167

Art Accession Number
6331.0167
Subject
Leguminosae. Canavalia ensiformis albida DC.
Transcription
Mucuna albida
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DC 278
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Prodr. 2: 404, 1825.
Notes
Double page.

0168

Art Accession Number
6331.0168
Subject
Liliaceae. Yucca
Transcription
Yucca mexicana
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Double page.

0169

Art Accession Number
6331.0169
Subject
Orchidaceae
Transcription
Cymbidium? atropurpureum
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Notes
Double page.

0170

Art Accession Number
6331.0170
Subject
Apocynaceae
Transcription
Plumieria muricata
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Double page.

0171

Art Accession Number
6331.0171
Subject
Araceae. Syngonium neglectum Schott
Transcription
Caladium pedatum
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Double page.

0172

Art Accession Number
6331.0172
Subject
Sterculiaceae. Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Larreategui
Transcription
Cheirostemon platanoides Humb.
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The Expedition travelled to Toluca in mid-Dec. 1787 expressly to collect and paint this species, from the only known tree. However, this particular drawing may have been made after a cultivated tree flowered in Mexico in 1795. Artist Cerda? See also 894. Double page.
Displaying 161 - 170 of 1989