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MUSS^NDA MACROPHYLLA. 
giri and Majarjoon, in Nepal, in blossom during the rainy season, in fruit during 
the winter." 
It does not appear to require a temperature much exceeding that of an ordi- 
nary greenhouse. In the stove its growth is more rapid, but less vigorous ; the 
leaves are thin, and of a pallid green, and the flowers soon fall off. In the summer 
months, whilst it is flowering and ripening its shoots, a greenhouse will be quite 
warm enough. A very trifling attention will be sufficient to preserve it clothed 
with branches and foliage to the bottom of the stem. It may be planted in a 
loamy soil, or in a compost similar to that recently recommended for the Luculia 
gratissima. 
It is a species of rapid growth ; hence, handsome bushes may soon be obtained 
from cuttings of the young wood, which strike root with facility, planted in sand, 
or a sandy soil, and placed in a close, moist heat. 
The family name Musscenda, is the vernacular title of M. frondosa. The 
specific appellation refers to the magnitude of the foliage. 
