Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.21716
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Missletoe
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 Viscum album or white missletoe (mistletoe) native to Europe, it grows on trees as a parasite. Showing two branches, one male in bloom and the other female bearing clusters of white berries. Further details of the flowers and berries to the left-hand side and below.
Plate to Illustratio systematis sexualis LINNAEI (an illustration of the sexual system of LINNAEUS) by Johannem Miller (London, 1777).
Accompanying text ‘Classis XXII. Ordo IV. DIOECIA TETRANDRIAN, VISCUM.’
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 XXII. Ordo IV. DIOECIA TETRANDRIAN, VISCUM.’
John Miller also known as Johann Sebastian Mueller (1715-ca.1792) was a German engraver and botanist.