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    Image number: RS.8364
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    Darnel and flote grass

    Date
    1689
    Creator
    Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , naturalist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (painting): 380mm
    width (painting): 240mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
    Description
    Botanical study of Darnel (Lolium album) and flote grass (Gramen aquaticum cum longissima panicula) with flower details.
    Transcription
    Lolium album. Gramen Loliaccu spica longiore C.B.
    Darnel
    No. p.181.Ray

    Gramen aquaticum cum longissma panicula 1B
    Floste grasse Aquat fluitans multilici spica CB
    no 4.p.186. Ray
    Ric: Waller Pinx
    6
    Object history
    From a series of watercolours of English grasses and wild flowers by Richard Waller (MS/131). The paintings were possibly intended as illustrations for a catalogue of plants by John Ray (1627-1705).
    Associated place
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          > United Kingdom
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