Musschia
(named after J. H. Mussche, once Director of the Botanic Garden at Ghent, which he catalogued in 1810). ORD. Campanulacea. A genus comprising a couple of species of greenhouse, erect, perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, natives of the island of Madeira. Flowers large, in pyramidal panicles; corolla yellow or ochre-coloured; calyx lobes of a like colour, or livid purple. Radical leaves large, dentate; cauline ones smaller or few. Musschias thrive in well-drained fibry loam, and are propagated by seeds, sown in a gentle bottom heat.
M. aurea (golden).* fl. golden-yellow, erect, in loose panicles. Summer. l. crowded, glabrous, lanceolate, dentate. Stem short, stout. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1777. SYN. Campanula aurea. (B. M. 6556.) M. Wollastoni (Wollaston's). fl. yellow-green, large, 1 1/2in. to 2in. long; calyx lobes oblong-lanceolate, acuminate; corolla tube cylindrical, shorter than the linear recurved lobes; stigmas radiating, 1/2in. long, revolute at apex; panicle erect, 2ft. high and upwards, with spreading branches. l. flaccid, 1ft. to 2ft. long, often purplish, oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a broad sessile base, doubly serrate, succulent towards the middle. h. 2ft. to 6ft. 1857. (B. M. 5606.)