‘Commelinea’
Date
1834
Creator
Jean-Baptiste Tassin (1800 - 1868, French) , Lithographer
After
Mrs P, Artist
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 258mm
width (print): 258mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical drawing of one species of Commelina, most likely Commelina Zeylanicum or Crested Commelina of Ceylon.
This drawing is an example of one of the plants that grows around the Neilgherries. It features a branched, decumbent, green stem, lanceolate leaves and small purple or blue flowers with yellow tipped bearded stamens.
Labelled in the accompanying text ‘Triandria Monogynia… Commelina’
Plate 10 (not numbered) from the book Observations on the Neilgherries, including an account of their topography, climate, soil & productions… by R Baikie, Esq M.D. ed W.H. Smoult (Calcutta, 1834).
Inscribed below: ‘Commelinea. Drawn from Nature by Mrs P. J.B. Tassin lith.’
Robert Baikie (1799-1889) British physician and East India Company surgeon in the Madras Army. Baikie retired from service in 1844 and then practised medicine in Edinburgh.
This drawing is an example of one of the plants that grows around the Neilgherries. It features a branched, decumbent, green stem, lanceolate leaves and small purple or blue flowers with yellow tipped bearded stamens.
Labelled in the accompanying text ‘Triandria Monogynia… Commelina’
Plate 10 (not numbered) from the book Observations on the Neilgherries, including an account of their topography, climate, soil & productions… by R Baikie, Esq M.D. ed W.H. Smoult (Calcutta, 1834).
Inscribed below: ‘Commelinea. Drawn from Nature by Mrs P. J.B. Tassin lith.’
Robert Baikie (1799-1889) British physician and East India Company surgeon in the Madras Army. Baikie retired from service in 1844 and then practised medicine in Edinburgh.
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