Tab 6. Classis III. TRIANDRIA DREYFAEDICHTE. GRAMINA. GRAESER B. Digynia. L.calyce plerumque unifloro
Information
Title
Tab 6. Classis III. TRIANDRIA DREYFAEDICHTE. GRAMINA. GRAESER B. Digynia. L.calyce plerumque unifloro
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/12188-1001/7
Author or creator
Geissler; Christian Gottlieb (c.1729-1814); engraver
Date
1795-1804
Scope & content
Hand-coloured engraved plate depicting plants in the Linnaean class Triandria. Plants illustrated include; Bobartia, Cornucopiae, Saccharum, Phalaris, Panicum, Phleum, Alopecurus, Milium, Agrostis, Aira, Melica, Poa, Briza, Uniola, Dactylis, Cynosurus, Festuca, Bromus, Stipa and Anthoxanthum. The book plate bears the imprints 'C G Geissler. Pinx. et. Sculps'. From the book 'Tabulae phytographicae' by Johannes Gessner