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Nonsense Botany

Posted in Art, Literature by Greg Ross on May 26th, 2005

From Edward Lear’s “Nonsense Botany” (1871):

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Bottlephorkia Spoonifolia.

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Manypeeplia Upsidownia.

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Phattfacia Stupenda.

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Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis.