Fern Collection (page 6)

Psaronius, tree fern
Polished section through the trunk of the tree fern Psaronius, width approximately 15 cm, from Chemnitz, Garmany, dating back to the Permian period, 250 - 299 million years ago

Calamites sp. cast of trunk
Natural cast of trunk interior of Calamites sp. Approximately 40 cm in length. Curvature indicates that this specimen comes from near the base of the tree. Dates back to the late carboniferous period

Onychiopis mantelli, fossil fern
This fossil fern originates from Sussex, England

Neuropteris, seed fern
Shown here is the Carboniferous seed fern plant, Neuropteris

Polypodium barometz
The Tartarian lamb or vegetable lamb of Tartary. Dating from 1698 and formerly in the collections of Sir Hans Sloane

Thursophyton elberfeldense
Massed stick-like stems of early land plants preserved in a fine-grained shale block, approx. 27 cm wide. Thursophyton elberfeldense fossil

Neuropteris, fossil plant
Neuropteris, a seed fern plant dating from the Carboniferous period

Onoclea hebridica, fossil fern
A fossil fern from the Palaeocene of the Isle of Mull

Annularia sphenophylloid, fossil horsetail
This specimen is more commonly known as fossil horsetail. The leaves of this fossil plant form rosette-like shapes

Sabal lamanonis Brongniart
A fossil palm frond from Aix en Provence, France. It is recorded as Upper Eocene, about 45 and 55 million years ago. This specimen is 32 cm long. The specimen number is V16880

Thelypteris reticulata, latticevein fern
Illustration from Description des Plantes de l Amerique (1693) by Charles Plumier, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Protopteris
Cretaceous fossil trunk from the Czech Republic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Matonidium goeperti
Jurassic fossil leaf from York, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Walchia piniformis
Leafy branch of the extinct Walchia piniformis from Montpellier, France dating from the Permian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Archaeopteris hibernica
Fossil frond of the extinct progymnosperm from Kiltorkan, Kilkenny, Ireland dating from the Upper Devonian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Xenotheca devonica
Ovule (seed) bearing cupules of the early extinct gymnosperm from Devon, England dating from the Upper Devonian. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Trigonocarpus parkinsoni
Large nutlike seeds (about 2.5cm long) from the coal measures of England dating from Upper Carboniferous. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Neuropteris heterophylla
Fern like frond of the extinct gymnosperm from Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England dating from the Carboniferous. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Dactylotheca, fossil fern
Dactylotheca, a detail of the fronds of the Carboniferous seed fern

Fossil Sphenophyllum
Slender forest floor-dwelling or vining Sphenophyllum. Specimen disovered in Wales dating back to the Late Carboniferous period, 300 - 359 million years ago

Fossil leaves of Calamites
The leaves of Calamites were borne in whorls, approximately 15 mm in size. The species in this fossil specimen is Annularia radiata, discovered in Wales and dates back to the Late Carboniferous

Equisetum fluviatile, water horsetail
Plate 4 from Original Drawings to Boltons History of Ferns by James Bolton, 1775-1795. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Acrocomia spinosa, macca fat palm
Illustration depicting the leaf of a macca fat palm from the verso on page 53, volume 7 of the Hans Sloane collection. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cystopteris diaphana, diaphanous bladder fern
An SEM showing a close-up of the spiny-lacunar surface of the diaphanous bladder fern (Cystopteris diaphana) spore. Photographed using Philips XL30 SEM

Senftenbergia sp
Fossil fern fronds from Britain, is 320-290 million years old from the Late Carboniferous. On display in the From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London

Todites denticulatus
Jurassic fossil leaf from York, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Huperzia phlegmaria, tassel fern
Plate 1043 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasant
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Asterophyllites grandis, giant horsetail leaves
Giant leaves of the horsetail fern (Asterophyllites grandis). 320-290 million year old specimen from the Late Carboniferous, Dudley, West Midlands, U.K

Calamites sp. giant horsetail trunk
320-290 million year old specimen of a giant horsetail fern trunk from the Late Carboniferous period, U.K

Ptilodictya lanceolata (Goldfuss), bryozoan
Curved-shaped frond of a fossil cryptostome bryozoan on a block with a brachiopod. Specimen originates from the Silurian Wenlock Limestone, Dudley, West Midlands

Asplenium monanthes, single-sorus spleenwort
Copper plate by Daniel Mackenzie from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Christella dentata, downy wood fern
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Polypodium thelypteris

Meniscium reticulatum, giant reticulated fern
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771.. Illustration annotated Polypodium reticulatum

Lygodium volubile, climbing fern
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Ophioglossum scandens

Pteris denticulata, brake fern
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Pteris dichotoma

Pteridium aquilinum, bracken
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Pteris ciliata

Grevillea pteridifolia, fern-leaf grevillea
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Fossil branches of Calamites
The fossil branches of Calamites sp. bearing leaves and cones; Palaeostachya and Asterophyllites. Specimen discovered in Wales, dating back to the Late Carboniferous period

Glossopteris, fossil plant
Shown here is Glossopteris, a fossil fern plant with tongue-shaped leaves with a net-like arrangement of veins

Leandro Fern ndez de MoratЮ
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Leandro Fern ndez de MoratЮ. Oil on canvas

Family of the 6th Count Fern n Nolez
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Family of the 6th Count Fern n Nolez. Oil on canvas

British Association outing to the Wrekin
During the meeting of the British Association in Birmingham, an excursion was made to the Wrekin, a hill in Shropshire of geological interest

Weddiing dress 1937
Heavy white satin weddiing dress, exquisitely draped and moulded to the figure so that the line about the waist is emphasised, it has a heart-shaped neckline with fern clip at either side

Illustration with music, Grace Before Meals, showing three little girls saying a prayer. first published 1881

Victorian woman in velvet dress with long chain
A Victorian woman in a velvet dress, with a long chain round her neck, possibly with a cross on the end. Seen here in a studio photograph, standing next to an ornate table

View of Reginald Malbys garden and pond
A view of Reginald Malbys garden, showing a pond surrounded by plants and flowers

Landscape with rocks, ferns and trees
An unidentified landscape with rocks, ferns and trees

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