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Macropsychanthus Harms. Leguminosae (in. 10). 2 New Guinea, 

 Phil. Is. 



Macropterantb.es F. Mue.ll. Combretaceae. 4 N. Austr. 



Macrorhamnus Baill. Rhamnaceae. i Madag. 



Macrorh.yncb.us Less. =Troximon Null. (Comp.). 



Macrorungia C. B. Clarke. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 4 trop. and S. Afr. 



Macroscepis H. B. et K. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). 7 trop. Am. 



Macrosepalum Regel et Schmalh. Crassulaceae. i Turkestan. 



Macrosiphonia Muell.-Ajg. Apocynaceae (11. i). 10 trop. Am. Xero. 



Macrosolen Blume = Loranthus L. p.p. (BH.) Elytranthe Blume p.p. 



Macrosphyra Hook. f. Rubiaceae (i. 8). 2 W. trop. Afr. 



Macrostegia Nees in DC. Acanthaceae (iv. A), r Peru. 



Macrostylis Bartl. et Wendl. Rutaceae (i). 10 S.W. Cape Colony. 



Macrotoiuia DC. Boraginaceae (iv. 4). 8 Medit. to Himalaya. 



Macrotorus Perkins (Mollinedia p.p.)- Monimiaceae. i Rio de Janeiro. 



Macrotropis DC. =Onnosia Jacks. (Legum.). 



Macrozamia Miq. Cycadaceae, q.v. 15 Austr. 



Macrozanonia Cogn. (Zanonia p.p.). Cucurbitaceae (i). i Java. 



Maculatus (Lat.), spotted. 



Mad-apple (W.I.), Solatium Melongena L. 



Madagascar clove, Ravensara aromatica J. F. Gmel.; -plum, Fla- 

 conrtia\ -rubber, Landolphia, &c. 



Madar fibre, Calotropis gigantea Ait. 



Madarosperma Benth. Asclepiadaceae (u. i). i Upper Amazon. 



Maddenia Hook. f. et Thorns. Rosaceae (v). 2 Himalaya. 



Madder, Rubia tinctorum L. ; field -, Sherardia arvensis L. ; Indian - 

 (W.I.), Oldenlandia umbellata L. 



Madia Molina. Compositae (5). 15 W. Am. M. sativa Mol. (madi, 

 Chili; tanveed, U.S.), cult, for the oil from the seed. 



Madras hemp, Crolalariajuncea L. 



Madre de cacao (W.I. ), Erythrina nmbrosa, H. B. et K. 



Madronella Greene (AfonarJel/a p.p.). Labiatae (vi). 35 N. Am. 



Maerua Forsk. Capparidaceae (n). 30 trop. Afr., As. The fr. is a 

 berry, constricted between the seeds like a lomentum. 



Maesa Forsk. Myrsinaceae (i). 35 trop., except Am. 



Maesobotrya Benth. in Hook. Euphorbiaceae (A. i. i). 3 trop. Afr. 



Maesopsis Engl. Rhamnaceae. 2 Irop. E. Afr. 



Mafekingia Baill. (Raphiacme EP.). Asclepiadaceae (i). i S. Afr. 



Mafootoo-withe (W.I.), Entada scandens Benth. 



Maga Urb. (Thespesia p.p.). Malvaceae (4). r Porto Rico. 



Magnistipula Engl. Rosaceae (vi). 3 trop. Afr. 



Magnolia L. Magnoliaceae. 21 As., N. Am. (esp. trop.). Trees with 

 sheathing slips, covering the bud, and term. fls. P petaloid, except 

 sometimes the outermost L, and in whorls. Sta. and cpls. oo , on a 

 lengthened torus. Protogynous. Fr. an aggregate of follicles ; each 

 dehisces by its dorsal suture, and the seed dangles out of it on a long 

 thread formed by the unravelling of the spiral vessels of the funicle. 

 The outer integument of the ovule becomes fleshy as it ripens, and the 

 seeds may thus be distr. by birds. Several cult. orn. fl. 



Magnoliaceae ('/".; BH. incl. Trochodendraceae}. Dicots. (Archichl. 

 Ranales). 9 gen., 70 sp., trop. and subtrop. trees and shrubs (some 



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