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GLEAXIXGS AND ORIGINAL MEMOEANDA. 
VILLOSITM 
WallicJi, A noble tree^ from the Himalayahs^ with the aspect of a 
Sycamore. Introduced by Messrs. Osborne & Co., of the Tulham Nursery. (Fig. 211.) 
Dr. Wallich tells us that this is a very large tree, Inhabiting the high alps of India, approaching towards those of 
perpetual snow in Sirmore and Kamaon, ripening its fruit in Novemherj at which time " the very fragrant flowers also 
begin to appear.** Dr. Royle says it is only " seen with Pines and Birches on the loftiest mountains, which are for 
. many months covered with snow." In its general appearance this may be compared to the common Sycamore, but is 
a much finer looking tree, its leaves being thicker, greener, and larger ; besides which they are covered with a close 
fur on the underside, although smooth above ; in the autumn they assume a peculiar nankeen tint. The plants in the 
possession of Messrs. Osborne & Co. have not yet blossomed ; but our Herbarium tells us that the " fragrant " flowers 
come out in close panicles, covered with long yellowish hairs. Undoubtedly this is one of the finest hardy deciduous 
trees yet introduced. 
It is to be hoped that India will soon yield us her other alpine Sycamores, of which there are three, viz., 
1. A. sttrciLliaceum Wallich, found near the summit of Mount Sheopore, and very like A, villosum, except that it is 
nearly destitute of hairs. The trunk of this is said to be three feet in diameter, and the flowers white.— 2. A. caudatum 
Wallich, so called because the palmate leaves have the lobes extended into tails. In this the leaves are scarcely more 
iharply 
Sirmore 
Dr. Wallich says it is a native of the highest regions of Nepal, 
Dr, Royle found it growing in company with A, villosuw. It is 
a remarkable and handsome species. — 3, A, cultratum Wallich, the leaves of which are heart-shaped, and deeply divided 
into seven much acuminate undivided lobes, besides being much smaller and thinner than in the two preceding species. 
It is "a larger tree, native of the regions towards the Himalayah, in Kamaon and Srinaghur." Dr. Royle who also 
found it says, that its wood is " white, light, and fine-grained." Dr. Wallich suggests its being allied to the Acer pictum 
of Japan, to which we must add that it is little different from Bunge's Acer truncatum from Northern China. 
420. Caragana TRiFLORA. LmdUij, A hardy half-evergreen shrub from Nepal. Tlowers yellow, 
in May. Belongs to the Leguminous 
Order. Introduced by the East India 
Company. (Fig. 212.) 
Under the name of C. injlora this Indian 
shrub has been for some years in cultivation, 
having been raised in the garden of the Hor- 
ticultural Society, from Nepal seeds presented 
by the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company. It forms a dwarf nearly smooth 
bush, the leaves being pubescent only when 
young. The leaflets are in four or five pairs, 
oblong, blunt or obovate, and placed upon a 
petiole which is spiny at the point like the 
stipules. The peduncle is not more than half 
the length of the leaves, erect, slender, smooth, 
and beai's at its end an umbel of from two 
to three flowers (seldom more than three), 
whose pedicels are more than twice as long 
as the setaceous weak bracts at their base. 
The calyx is very slightly downy ; at the base 
of its tube is a pair of membranous mu- 
cronate bracts; its teeth are subulate, soft, 
and much shorter than the tube. The 
petals are yellow, but not so deep as in 
Chamlagu. The bush inhabits the Hima- 
layas, where, with other spiny Caraganas, it 
forms a vegetation analogous to that of our 
Furze and Whins. It has been described in 
the Botanical Register for 1845, misc. 56. 
from Brazil. Mowers 
SEMPEltFLOEE^' 
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