Images of 19th century pressed (botanical) specimens

Below you will find scanned in images of pressed specimens of plants gathered by amateurs in the 1880s and 1890s from Kashmir to the source of the Ganges

A Himalayan Edelweiss (LEONTOPODIUM SP.) from near the source of the Ganges, 1892

'Silver Fern' (CHEILANTHES FARINOSA Syn. C.BICOLOR) collected in Kashmir in 1898 - a low level Silver Fern with the lower surfaces of the fronds a beautiful white is found from Hazara to Burma (now Myanamar) @ 700-1200m

Under-side of the leaf of a 'Silver Fern' photographed near Dalhosiae, Himachal Pradesh in 2012

GENTIANA TIANSHANICA - Kashmir 1898

A climbing fern -? LYGODIUM SP. from Ganges Valley in 1892

GENTIANA STIPITATA - pale blue flowers with dark stripes; near source of Ganges, 1892

Fern from Martund Temple, near Gangabal, Kashmir, 1898

Anemones found at Shimla in 1897 - are these just cultivars?

'Maiden-hair fern' (ADIANTUM SP.) Ganges Valley, 1898

SWERTIA SP. (a member of Gentian family), Tragbal, Kashmir, 1898

'Kashmir Bell-flower' (CAMPANULA ?CASHMIRIANA) Kashmir 1898

'Larkspur' (DELPHINIUM SP.) - Kashmir, 1898

'KASHMIR ROCK-JASMINE' (ANDROSACE ROTUNDIFOLIA) - Kashmir, 1898

CODONOPSIS SP. pale blue stripped on pass between Lidder and Sind Vallet, Kashmir, 1899 - EITHER C.OVATA or C.OBTUSA; need to check the differences

A white rose (ROSA SP.) on pass between Lidder and Sind Valley, Kashmir, 1899

CYANANTHUS SP. - Ganges Valley, 1892