Lafoensia vandelliana subsp. vandelliana Cham. & Schltdl.

This herbarium sheet from the Natural History Museum, London (BM 00051271) is a pressed botanical specimen collected by Dr. Emil Hassler in central Paraguay in 1897, part of his Plantae Paraguarienses series. It shows two leafy branches, dried flower clusters, seed capsules mounted in an inset photograph, and large ovate leaves exhibiting characteristic dark spotting. This is not a cartoon or caricature; it is a scientific voucher specimen belonging to the Lythraceae family. It has no connection to the print satire tradition. The catalog entry has been submitted in error to this exhibition context.