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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
<!--- 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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