Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8396
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Small and middle flea-bane
Date
1689
Creator
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , naturalist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 380mm
width (painting): 240mm
width (painting): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical study of small and middle flea-bane (Conyza minor and Conyza media). With flower detail.
Transcription
Conyza minor Math. Minima Ger.
Media minor species flore vise radiato I.B.
Minor flore globoso. C.B.
Small Flea=bane
Conyza media Ger. Media Asteris flore
luteo vel tertia Dioscor. C.B. Media
Mathioli flore magno luteo humidis locis
Proveniens. I.B. Middle Flea=bane
Ric: Waller Pinx
42
Media minor species flore vise radiato I.B.
Minor flore globoso. C.B.
Small Flea=bane
Conyza media Ger. Media Asteris flore
luteo vel tertia Dioscor. C.B. Media
Mathioli flore magno luteo humidis locis
Proveniens. I.B. Middle Flea=bane
Ric: Waller Pinx
42
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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