Part of the plate depicting <i>Corybas aconitiflorus</i> from t. 98, <i>The Paradisus Londinensis</i>. Original scan processed to improve colour and remove background of yellowed paper; cropped. The numbered parts are identified in the original as: 1. A flower, half of the upper petal being cut away to show the labellum. 2. Half of the Labellum showing one of the nectaries near the base. 3. Style, natural size. 4,5. A side and front view of the style highly magnified, showing the lowest petals, bolster, stigma and anther.
William Hooker
2013-09-24
Scan of <i>The Paradisus Londinensis</i> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36898332">tab. 98</a> in Salisbury, R.A.; Hooker, W. (1805 onwards) <cite>The Paradisus Londonensis : or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the Vicinity of the Metropolis</cite>, London: W. Hooker (printer D.N. Shury), <small><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC" class="extiw" title="w:OCLC">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldcat.org/oclc/1864969">1864969</a></small>