Pen and ink drawing on paper of Luscuta minor (now Cuscuta cf epithymum) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: '50', LL: 'Luscuta minor'. Identified as Cuscuta cf epithymum, parasitic plant. English vernacular name: dodder. The host plant in the picture is a legume perhaps Dryer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria).
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.8 cm x 16.9 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash