Plant seeds and leaf growth
Date
1674
Creator
Marcello Malpighi (1628 - 1694, Italian) , Physician
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p152r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 319mm
width (page): 225mm
width (page): 225mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sectional views of various impregnated plant seeds viewed under magnification, including:
Figure 324 [upper left]: Reed, Phragmites, referred to by Malpighi as Avena.
Figure 325 [upper centre]: Wheat, Triticum, referred to as Tritico.
Figure 326 [centre left]: Onion, Allium, thistle, Cirsium, tulip, Tulipa, and more, referred to as Caepis sativis, Moly montano and Tulipa.
Figure 327 [centre right]: Pine tree, Pinus, referred to as Pino.
Also, sectional views of early leaf growth from the seed of:
Figure 328 [centre left]: Bean, Phaseolus, referred to as Faba.
Figure 329 [centre]: Pumpkin, Cucurbita, referred to as the same.
Figure 330 [centre right]: Spurge, Euphorbia, referred to as Cataputiae.
Figure 331 and 335 [lower left and right]: Legumes, Fabaceae, referred to as Faba.
Figure 332 [lower left]: Almond, Prunus amygdalus, and cherry tree, Cerasum, referred to as Amygdala and Cerasis respectively.
Figure 333 [lower centre]: Armenian apple tree, Prunus armeniaca, referred to as Pomi Armeniaci.
Figure 334 [lower right]: Walnut tree, Juglans, referred to as Juglande.
Figure 336: Lily, Lilium, Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis, and onion, Allium, referred to as Lilio, Asparago and Sativis caepis.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab LIV’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 152 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. LIV 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 324 [upper left]: Reed, Phragmites, referred to by Malpighi as Avena.
Figure 325 [upper centre]: Wheat, Triticum, referred to as Tritico.
Figure 326 [centre left]: Onion, Allium, thistle, Cirsium, tulip, Tulipa, and more, referred to as Caepis sativis, Moly montano and Tulipa.
Figure 327 [centre right]: Pine tree, Pinus, referred to as Pino.
Also, sectional views of early leaf growth from the seed of:
Figure 328 [centre left]: Bean, Phaseolus, referred to as Faba.
Figure 329 [centre]: Pumpkin, Cucurbita, referred to as the same.
Figure 330 [centre right]: Spurge, Euphorbia, referred to as Cataputiae.
Figure 331 and 335 [lower left and right]: Legumes, Fabaceae, referred to as Faba.
Figure 332 [lower left]: Almond, Prunus amygdalus, and cherry tree, Cerasum, referred to as Amygdala and Cerasis respectively.
Figure 333 [lower centre]: Armenian apple tree, Prunus armeniaca, referred to as Pomi Armeniaci.
Figure 334 [lower right]: Walnut tree, Juglans, referred to as Juglande.
Figure 336: Lily, Lilium, Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis, and onion, Allium, referred to as Lilio, Asparago and Sativis caepis.
Each drawn on an individual slip of paper and arranged on the page for printing. Inscribed: ‘Tab LIV’ in top right-hand corner.
Page 152 from MS/103/1, later published as Tab. LIV 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].
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