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149. Steriphoma para- 
DOXUM. Endlicher ; {alias 
Capparis paradoxa Jacquin ; 
alias Stepliania cleomoides 
Willdenotv) . A small stove 
shrub of great beauty belong- 
to the Capparids, with 
bright yellow flowers. Native 
of Venezuela. (Pig. 73.) 
A plant of ancient introduction, 
figured many years since by 
Jacquin in his account of the plants 
of the Imperial Garden at Schoen- 
brunn. Re-introduced by M. Kars- 
ten, it has found its way into 
modern gardens. It grows natu- 
rally to the height of a yard or two. 
The long-stalked, simple, ovate- 
lanceolate leaves are deep green. 
The flowers grow in a close raceme. 
The calyx is downy with star- 
shaped hairs, 2-lobed, and deep 
golden yellow. The petals, which 
extend a little beyond it, are 4, 
and much paler yellow. The sta- 
mens, 6 in number, are curved 
downwards and fully 3 inches long. 
The fruit appears to be cylindrical, 
and about 5 inches long, succulent 
like a berry. It requires a damp 
stove, plenty of pot room, and a 
good rest in the autumn. It strikes 
easily from cuttings. — Flore des 
Saves, 564. 
150. Campanula nobilis. 
Lindley. With white flowers. 
This, which has been figured by Mr. Van Houtte, t. 563, is hardly so handsome as the original Chinese plant with 
purple flowers. 
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151. Acer villosum. Walli 
downy 
es. 
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This Himalayan tree, the villous Sycamore, is said to be hardy, in the Nursery of Messrs. Osborne and Co., of 
Fulhani. It has broad heart-shaped angular leaves, 5 inches long, with the 2 lower lobes shorter than the 3 upper. 
Their stalks are as long as themselves. Young wood, leafstalks and leaves on the under side, are clothed with a short 
hairiness which makes those parts quite soft to the touch. It has not flowered in this country ; when it does it will 
produce close shaggy panicles of small green flowers. The Keys (samara) are rather more than 1 \ inch long, hairy at 
wrinkled 
nearly smooth on the winged part. 
152. Mandragoha autumnalis. Bertoloni. 
hardy stcml 
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blue flowers, belonging to the Nightshades {Solanacea.) Native of the South of Italy and Levant. 
The common Mandrake produces its pale lilac flowers in midwinter and early spring, and is a plant of no horticultural 
interest. This, on the contrary, which was probably the real Mandrake of Scripture, is a very handsome autumn flowering 
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