Flower reproductive organs
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p130r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 318mm
width (page): 227mm
width (page): 227mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sectional studies of the pistil and stamen of various plant species’ flowers viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 191 [upper left]: An unidentified species from the Adonis genus, referred to by Malpighi as the same.
Figure 192 [upper left]: Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, referred to as Faeniculo.
Figure 193 [upper right]: Grapevine, Vitis, referred to as Uvarum.
Figure 194 [upper left]: Violet, Viola, referred to as Violis.
Figure 195 [upper left]: Various Fabaceae plants.
Figure 196 [upper right]: Peony, Paeonia, referred to as the same.
Figure 197 [upper right]: Lily, Lilium, referred to as Lilio.
Figure 198 [centre left]: Lemon, Citrus limon, and orange tree, Citrus x sinensis, referred to as Malis limoniis and Malis aurantiis respectively.
Figure 199 [centre right]: An unidentified grapevine, referred to as Uvae spinae.
Figure 200 [lower right]: Cherry tree, Cerasum, referred to as Ceraso.
Figure 201 [lower centre]: Gladiolus, referred to as Gladiolo.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXXII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 130 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXXII in Marcello Malpighi's Anatome plantarum (1675).
Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian biologist and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669.
Figure 191 [upper left]: An unidentified species from the Adonis genus, referred to by Malpighi as the same.
Figure 192 [upper left]: Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, referred to as Faeniculo.
Figure 193 [upper right]: Grapevine, Vitis, referred to as Uvarum.
Figure 194 [upper left]: Violet, Viola, referred to as Violis.
Figure 195 [upper left]: Various Fabaceae plants.
Figure 196 [upper right]: Peony, Paeonia, referred to as the same.
Figure 197 [upper right]: Lily, Lilium, referred to as Lilio.
Figure 198 [centre left]: Lemon, Citrus limon, and orange tree, Citrus x sinensis, referred to as Malis limoniis and Malis aurantiis respectively.
Figure 199 [centre right]: An unidentified grapevine, referred to as Uvae spinae.
Figure 200 [lower right]: Cherry tree, Cerasum, referred to as Ceraso.
Figure 201 [lower centre]: Gladiolus, referred to as Gladiolo.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab. XXXII’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 130 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. XXXII in Marcello Malpighi's Anatome plantarum (1675).
Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), Italian biologist and physician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1669.
Object history
Marcello Malpighi’s research on the anatomy of plants was encouraged and supported by the Royal Society, as evidenced by correspondence between him and the then-Secretary, Henry Oldenburg FRS (1619-1677) in the 1660s and 1670s [MS/103/1].
An abstracted version of his work in this area was first read at a Society meeting on 7 December 1671 [JBO/4, pp.216-217]. The full manuscript of Anatome Plantarum, together with the frontispiece artwork and these plates, was received and read on 28 January 1674/75 [MS/103/1-2].
It was ordered for printing by the Society’s printer John Martin in June 1675 [CMO/1/221]. The published work consists of the text of Anatome Plantarum and De ovo incubato as an appendix, and 61 plates illustrating each [54 and 7 respectively].
An abstracted version of his work in this area was first read at a Society meeting on 7 December 1671 [JBO/4, pp.216-217]. The full manuscript of Anatome Plantarum, together with the frontispiece artwork and these plates, was received and read on 28 January 1674/75 [MS/103/1-2].
It was ordered for printing by the Society’s printer John Martin in June 1675 [CMO/1/221]. The published work consists of the text of Anatome Plantarum and De ovo incubato as an appendix, and 61 plates illustrating each [54 and 7 respectively].
Related fellows
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Associated place
