Image: Grasses and orchid specimens
Grasses and orchid specimens from the plant collection of Helena Scott, collected in Sydney, Newcastle and Ash Island from 1862 to 63. AMS151/3/96-101
Plant names from Helens Scott's labels: Briza, cyrtostylis longifolia, Cyprus hydra
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Shivery grass, small shivery grass; Large Tongue Orchid; Nutgrass
- Scientific name:
- Briza minor, Cryptostylis subulata; Cyperus rotundus
- Family:
- Poaceae, Orchidaceae, Centrolopidaceae
Additional information
These are from a collection of pressed botanical specimens made by Helena Scott in the 1860's. Most plants were labelled with their botanical names of the time and, where possible, these names have been updated. They may have been hosts to Lepidoptera and used as references for the illustrations Helena and her sister Harriet created for their father, A.W. Scott.
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