Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.21708
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Everlasting pea or chickling vetch
Date
1777
Creator
Johann Sebastian Müller (1710 - 1792, German) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
49775
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 462mm
width (print): 310mm
width (print): 310mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical illustration of Lathyrus latifolia or the everlasting pea plant, native to Europe, showing an arching stem with flowers and seed pods. Details of the purple flowers and the dried seed pod below.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
Accompanying text ‘Classis XVII. Ordo III. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, LATHYRUS.’
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
Accompanying text ‘Classis XVII. Ordo III. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, LATHYRUS.’
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.