Record

Reference numberAP/55/1/2
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished figures, 'Drawings to illustrate paper "On leaf-arrangement"' by Hubert Airy
CreatorAiry; Hubert (1838-1903); British physician
Date31 December 1872
DescriptionA series of figures in black and coloured ink, labelled figures 1-24, which show different leaf arrangements as described by Airy. These include spiral and whorled orders, 'ranked irregular order', 'ranked alternate order' and 'ranked collateral order'. Includes cover page and one page of descriptions of the figures.

Subject: Biology / Botany / Mathematics
Extent10p
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
Access statusOpen
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