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climbing). They have alt. 1., which in the Magnolieae have big 

 slips., united to form a thimble-like hood, covering in the bud all the 

 younger 1. As each 1. expands it throws off the hood of the next 

 older 1. The fls. are term, (in most) or axillary, usu. sol., $ or uni- 

 sexual. In the Magnolieae the P is cyclic, in the rest of the fam. it 

 is spiral, as are the sla. and cpls. throughout. P usu. petaloid ; A oo , 

 hypog. ; G usu. oo , on a long torus. Follicle, berry, or samara ; 

 seed albuminous, the endosp. not ruminate. The timber of most M. 

 is good; Illicium, &c., furnish economic products. Magnolia and 

 Liriodendron are cult, for their fls., &c. Chief genera : Magnolia, 

 Liriodendron, Kadsura, Schizandra, Illicium, Drimys. 



Magonia A. St. Hil. Sapindaceae (n). 2 Brazil. 



Maguey, Agave americana L. 



Magydaris Koch ex DC. Umbelliferae (in. 4). 2 All. Eur. 



Mahafalia Jumelle et Perrier. Asclepiadaceae (IF. 4). i Madag. 



Mahernia L. (Hermannia EP.). Sterculiaceae. 80 Afr. 



Mahoe (W. I.), Paritium, Thespesia, Hibiscus. 



Mahogany, strictly speaking the timber of Simetenia Mahogoni Jacq. 

 (Honduras, &c.) or Khaya senegalensis A. Juss., but the commercial 

 timbers include many that resemble these, e.g. those of Cedrela, 

 Melia, Dysoxylum and other Meliaceae, and of Kiggelaria, &c. See 

 Stone, Timbers of Commerce. 



Mahonia Nutt. (Berberis p.p.). Berberidaceae. 40 *. Cult. orn. 

 shrubs. 



Mahua, mahwa, Bassia latifolia Roxb. 



Mahurea Aubl. Guttiferae (i) (Ternstr. BH.). 4 Guiana, Venezuela. 



Mahya Cordem. (Sphacele p.p.). Labiatae (vi). i Bourbon. 



Maianthemum (Weber in) Wigg. Liliaceae (vil). i N. temp, (inch 

 Brit.). Fl. 2-merous, protogynous. 



Maidenhair fern, Adiantum; -tree, Ginkgo biloba L. 



Maidenia Rendle. Hydrocharidaceae. i N.W. Austr. 



Maieta Aubl. Melastomaceae (i). 8 trop. Am. Some have bladdery 

 outgrowths of the 1. inhabited by ants (cf. Duroia). Fr. ed. 



Maihuenia Phil. (Opuntia p.p.). Cactaceae (il). 3 Chili, Argentina. 



Maillardia Frapp, et Duch. Moraceae (i). i Bourbon. 



Maillea Parl. (Phleum p.p. EP.}. Gramineae (8). i Medit. Is. 



Maingaya Oliv. Hamamelidaceae. r Penang. 



Mairea Nees. Compositae (3). 10 Cape Colony. 



Maize, Zea Mays L. ; water -, Victoria regia Lindl. 



Majidea J. Kirk ex Oliv. (Harpullia p.p. EP.). Sapind. (n). i trop. 

 Afr. 



Majoe-bitter (W.I.), Picramnia Antidesma Sw. 



Majorana (Tourn.) Rupp. (Origanum p.p. BH.). Labiatae (vi). 

 6 E. Medit. 



Majus (Lat.), greater. 



Malabaila Hoffm. Umbelliferae (in. 6). 25 Medit., W. As. 



Malacantha Pierre (Chrysophyllum p.p.). Sapot. (i). 5 W. trop. 

 Afr. 



Malacca cane, Calamus. 



Malachium Fries = Stellaria L. p.p. (Caryophyll.). 



Malachra L. Malvaceae (3). 6 trop. and subtrop. Am. 



