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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
09016
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09016
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Record number:
09016-10
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09016-10
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JCB call number:
G791 S973o
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G791 S973o
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Image title:
Xylophylla.; Rondeletia.; Petiveria.; Phyllanthus.; Cissampelos.; Omphalea. (triandra Linn.)
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Xylophylla.; Rondeletia.; Petiveria.; Phyllanthus.; Cissampelos.; Omphalea. (triandra Linn.)
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Creator 1:
Olof Swartz
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Olof Swartz
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Creator 1 dates:
1760-1818
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1760-1818
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del.
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Creator 2:
Volckart
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Volckart
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Creator 2 role:
sc.
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Place image published:
[Erlangen]
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[Erlangen]
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Image publisher:
[Jo. Jacobi Palmii]
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[Jo. Jacobi Palmii]
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Image date:
[1791]
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[1791]
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Image function:
fold-out plate X [10]; following p. 424
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fold-out plate X [10]; following p. 424
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Technique:
engraving
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
28 cm. (platemark)
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28 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
19.7 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
34.8 cm.
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Page dimension width:
23.8 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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paper
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Languages:
Latin
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Description:
Flower parts and seeds of plant groups: Xylophylla, Rondeletia, Petiveria, Phyllanthus, Cissampelos, and Omphalea.
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Flower parts and seeds of plant groups: Xylophylla, Rondeletia, Petiveria, Phyllanthus, Cissampelos, and Omphalea.
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Source creator:
Swartz, Olof, 1760-1818
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Swartz, Olof, 1760-1818
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Source Title:
Observationes botanicae quibus plantae Indiae Occidentalis aliaeque Systematis vegetabilium ...
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Observationes botanicae quibus plantae Indiae Occidentalis aliaeque Systematis vegetabilium ...
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Source place of publication:
Erlangae [Erlangen]
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Erlangae [Erlangen]
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Source publisher:
Sumtu Jo. Jacobi Palmii
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Sumtu Jo. Jacobi Palmii
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Source date:
MDCCLXXXXI [1791]
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MDCCLXXXXI [1791]
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notes:
Xylophylla refers to a group of West Indian plants whose "leaves" are branchlets and whose actual leaves are like scales. They are actually part of Phyllanthus.Rondeletia may be rondeletia odorata, an evergreen shrub. Petiveria may be anamu or guinea hen weed, a plant with many medicinal uses. Phyllanthus is a genus commonly known as leafflower and is composed of trees, shrubs, and herbs. Cissampelos may be abuta, a vine used medicinally. Omphalea is a genus of tropical shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Omphalea triandra, the Jamaican cobnut, or pop nut, is native to the West Indies. It grows to about 11.5 feet and bears yellow nuts which are edible if the poisonous embryo is removed.Olof Peter Swartz was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist who studied under Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. In 1783 he sailed for North America and the West Indies where he spent most of his time in Jamaica and Hispaniola collecting botanical specimens. He met Joseph Banks in London c. 1786. He was the first specialist in orchid taxonomy. Swartz said that this book contained only descriptions, observations and corrections on Linnaean West Indian plants and was a supplement to Murray's 1784 edition of Linnaeus's Systema Vegetabilium. The plates were engraved from drawings made by Swartz in the West Indies.
notes
Xylophylla refers to a group of West Indian plants whose "leaves" are branchlets and whose actual leaves are like scales. They are actually part of Phyllanthus.Rondeletia may be rondeletia odorata, an evergreen shrub. Petiveria may be anamu or guinea hen weed, a plant with many medicinal uses. Phyllanthus is a genus commonly known as leafflower and is composed of trees, shrubs, and herbs. Cissampelos may be abuta, a vine used medicinally. Omphalea is a genus of tropical shrubs or trees of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae). Omphalea triandra, the Jamaican cobnut, or pop nut, is native to the West Indies. It grows to about 11.5 feet and bears yellow nuts which are edible if the poisonous embryo is removed.Olof Peter Swartz was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist who studied under Carolus Linnaeus the Younger. In 1783 he sailed for North America and the West Indies where he spent most of his time in Jamaica and Hispaniola collecting botanical specimens. He met Joseph Banks in London c. 1786. He was the first specialist in orchid taxonomy. Swartz said that this book contained only descriptions, observations and corrections on Linnaean West Indian plants and was a supplement to Murray's 1784 edition of Linnaeus's Systema Vegetabilium. The plates were engraved from drawings made by Swartz in the West Indies.
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Time Period:
1751-1800
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1751-1800
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References:
http://www.jstor.or… (Nov. 2006)
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http://www.jstor.org/view/00400262/ap040198/04a00020/0?frame=noframe&userID=80942b12@brown.edu/01cce4405d00501b17fdf&dpi=3&config=jstor (Nov. 2006)
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Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
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Caribbean Islands
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Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
Botany--Caribbean area
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Botany--Caribbean area
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Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area
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Natural history--Caribbean area
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