NODDING MELIC-GRASS 1872 John Edward Sowerby PLANT PRINT

Original 1872 6 1/2 inch x 9 7/8 inch coloured print titled MELICA NUTANS. NODDING MELIC-GRASS.

Melica nutans, known as mountain melick, is a grass species in the family Poaceae, native to European and Asian forests. The grass has slender creeping rhizomes. It is found at 330–7,550 ft of elevation, in shady and hillside habitats.

Drawn by John Edward Sowerby (1825 - 1870). A British botanical illustrator and publisher born in Lambeth, London.

From a disbound copy of English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants edited by John T. Boswell Syme

Third Edition Published in London in 1872 by by Robert Hardwicke, 192 Piccadilly.

The print is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.