Moluccella laevis

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Read about Moluccella laevis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Moluccella laevis, Linn. Shell-flower (so called because of the shell-like calyx in which the seeds nestle like eggs). Molucca Balm. Fig. 2381. Height 2-3 ft.: st. simple or branching below, fl.-bearing almost from the base: lvs. long-petioled, rounded-subcordate, teeth coarse, round: fls. in whorls, 6-fld.; bracts shorter than calyx- tube; corolla white, shorter than calyx; calyx bears 5 small thorns. W. Asia. B.M. 1852.—Fls. odorous.


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