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Description: Part of the plate depicting Corybas aconitiflorus from t. 98, The Paradisus Londinensis. Original scan processed to improve colour and remove background of yellowed paper; cropped. The numbered parts are identified in the original as: 1. A flower, half of the upper petal being cut away to show the labellum. 2. Half of the Labellum showing one of the nectaries near the base. 3. Style, natural size. 4,5. A side and front view of the style highly magnified, showing the lowest petals, bolster, stigma and anther.
Title: Corybas aconitiflorus (Paradisus Londinensis 98)
Credit: Scan of The Paradisus Londinensis – tab. 98 in Salisbury, R.A.; Hooker, W. (1805 onwards) The Paradisus Londonensis : or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the Vicinity of the Metropolis, London: W. Hooker (printer D.N. Shury), OCLC 1864969
Author: William Hooker
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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