Besleria
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Read about Besleria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Besleria (after Basil Besler, Nuremberg apothecary, and reputed author of the superb Hortus Eystettensis, 1613). Gesneraceae. A genus of 50 species of Trop. American plants, mostly subshrubs, with somewhat 4-angled sts., large, membranaceous, opposite, petiolate Lvs. prominently veined beneath, and yellow, white or purple fls.: calyx campanulate, at length globose, shortly 5-toothed; corolla tubular. B. Imray is herbaceous, with serrate Lvs. and yellow axillary fls. B.M.6341. Prop. by cuttings over bottom heat. None is known to be offered in Amer.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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