Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8370
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Knotty-rooted dog’s grass and meadow grass
Date
1689
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , naturalist
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 380mm
width (painting): 240mm
width (painting): 240mm
Subject
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Description
Botanical study of knotty-rooted dog’s grass (Gramen nodosium avenacea panicula), late-flowering meadow grass with a large purple panicle (Gramen pratense serotinum panicula longa purpurascente) and meadow grass with yellowish panicle (Gramen avenaceum pratense clatius). With flower details.
Transcription
s.p.191 Gramen nodosum avenacea panicula CB
Knotty=rooted dogs grass
Gram: Pratense serotinnum panicula
longa purpurascente gr. pratense spica
lavendula D: Merrett. Ray. no. 20 p190
Late flowering meadowgrass with a long purple panicle
2.p. 187 Gramen avenaceum pratense elatius
panicula flavescente locustis parvis
Meadow grass with yellowish panicles
Culmi sesquipedales graciles parum hirsuti ut et folia
panicula sparsa flavescens e locustellie
Ric: Waller Pinx
12
Knotty=rooted dogs grass
Gram: Pratense serotinnum panicula
longa purpurascente gr. pratense spica
lavendula D: Merrett. Ray. no. 20 p190
Late flowering meadowgrass with a long purple panicle
2.p. 187 Gramen avenaceum pratense elatius
panicula flavescente locustis parvis
Meadow grass with yellowish panicles
Culmi sesquipedales graciles parum hirsuti ut et folia
panicula sparsa flavescens e locustellie
Ric: Waller Pinx
12
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).
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