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Increase Lapham Plant Drawings
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Increase Lapham drawings of Poa pratensis, Festuca duriuscula, Lolium prenne, Alopecurus pratensis, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Poa compressa, Lobelia siphilitica, Myrica cerifera (candle berry myrtle), Nicotiana tobacum, Sapindus saponaria, and Xanthorrhiza apiifolia.
1828
Lapham, Increase Allen, 1811-1875
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Lapham Shell Drawings
1828
Increase Lapham's drawings of Unio plicatus and Unio radiatum (?) from the Scioto River, Cypraea tigris (Tiger cowry), and an Atlantic Ocean shell. The page also contains a color wheel.
Eriophorum Gracile
Drawing by Increase Lapham of Eriophorum Gracile. It is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is known by the common name slender cottonsedge, or slender cottongrass.
Drawings of Species of Carex Cyperaceae
Drawing by Increase Lapham of Carex Cyperaceae. Memebers of this family of plants are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges, and it is the most species-rich g...
