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necessary 
appears to succeed well in rough sandy peat. During summer an , 
moist atmosphere, at a temperature of not less than 80^ by day. In _ ^^ ...«.^v* ,„,„^ 
orchidaceous plant : if a humid atmosphere is kept up, little or no water will be required for a few weeks. 7t appcrm 
to be an^ abundant flowerer, and is of some interest to those who delight m curious stove-plants.— /owm. of llort 
Soc.y vol. i. 
403. Capsicum cereolum. BertoloiL A very pretty Soiitli American half-shrubby plant. 
with bright yellow M^axy fruit. 
(Fig. 2030 
Belongs to Nightshades. 
IntroducGcI by Messrs. Yeitch and Son. 
We presume that this is the plant which Professor Bertoloni thus named in his account of new plants in the Garden 
of Bologna ; but we have never seen that work. At all events the name is a happy one, and the short definition in 
Walpers is sti'ikingly applicable. It is a very neat-looking pale-green half-shrubby plant, with ovalleaves always tapering 
to the point;, and at the base sometimes rounded, sometimes acute and obli<|ue. They are downy all over especially at 
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the midrib on the underside where they are woolly. The fruit is curved backwards, conical, very sharp, a little 
contracted in the middle, of a clear bright lemon-yellow colour. The calyx of the fruit is circular (or truncated), with 
five obscure very short teeth. It is <iulte distinct from any of the species before in cultivation, and forms a gay and 
useful ornament of the greenhouse during summer and autumn. 0. ccreolum is said to be from Brazil ; this is we believe 
the result of Ml'. Lobb's collections on the west coast of South America, 
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