M0001589: Photograph of a mounted plant specimen of Cinchona hybrid variety from the herbarium of William Graham McIvor (1824-1876), dated 1877

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Black and white photograph of a mounted Cinchona hybrid variety plant specimen, stamped with "Ex. Herb W. G. McIvor" and "Ootacamund, Madras" and dated 1877. The specimen is described as "Cinchona, hybrid variety: crossed between Cinchona succiruba and Cinchona officinalis ;cultivated Nilgiris, 1877. Contains 10 per cent. alkaloids" in <i>Malaria section of the international celebration and exhibition : three hundredth anniversary of the first recognized use of cinchona by Europeans, 1630-1930</i>, an exhibition hosted by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930. The Flückiger herbarium sheet was lent by the Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Berne and is listed as exhibit no. 214 in the souvenir catalogue.

M0001589: Photograph of a mounted plant specimen of Cinchona hybrid variety from the herbarium of William Graham McIvor (1824-1876), dated 1877

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