Art, Symbol & Imagination
Oina Mista: Stars of Flower and Rounded Leaves
Thin stems carry open star-shaped blooms above a dense cluster of round leaves. Fine lines and dark shaded centres keep the flowers distinct from the foliage. The printed caption preserves the name Oina Mista from Weiss’s visionary account of Martian plants.
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Illustrator not identified. "Oina Mista: Stars of Flower and Rounded Leaves" [editorial title]. In Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento, Sara Weiss. New York: The Bradford Press; undated title, copyright 1908., undated edition, The Bradford Press. Source scan leaf 100. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0392-0094
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Reproduced from the exact historical library edition. The surrounding source presents spiritualist or cosmological claims; the image records that publication rather than verifying those claims. The depicted planetary landscapes or plants belong to the source’s imagined or mediumistic accounts.
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Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to EntoSara WeissUndated editionMore from this book
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Illustrator not identified. Oina Mista: Stars of Flower and Rounded Leaves. Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento. Scan leaf 100. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0392-0094