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Musschia (named after Jean Henri Mussche, of the botanic garden at Ghent). Campanulaceae. Two large robust subshrubs or perennial herbs in Madeira, sometimes grown by amateurs: lvs. radical and cauline, the former large and dentate and the latter few and small: fls. rather large, yellow, or fulvous, in pyramidal panicles; calyx-lobes 5, somewhat foliaceous, colored like the corolla or purple; corolla-tube short, cylindrical, with a 5-lobed spreading or recurved limb; stamens 5, free from the corolla; ovary inferior, 5-celled, many- ovuled, the stigma 5-lobed: caps, opening by numerous transverse lateral slits.
M.aurea, Dum. (Campanula aurea, Linn. f.). Herb, stemless or developing a st. a few inches high, with thick and fleshy roots, smooth and shining: lvs. in radical tufts, elliptic or elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, serrate: corolla yellow; calyx deeper yellow. B.R. 57.— M. Wollastonii, Lowe. Shrubby, pubescent, the st. simple or somewhat branched: lvs. obovate-oblong, thin and flaccid, sharply serrate: fls. dull dark brownish green or purple. B.M. 5606. G.W. 2, pp. 362, 363.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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