4i 4 MA TELE A 



Matelea Aubl. Asclepiadaceat- (u. 4). 6 trop. S. Am. 



Mathewsia I look, et Am. Cruciferae (3). 4 Chili, Peru, Bolivia. 



Mathurina Balf. f. Turneraceae. i Rodriguez. 



Matico, Piper angiistifolium Ruiz et Pav. (Peru). 



Matisia Humb. et Bonpl. Bombacaceae. 10 Colombia, Guiana. 



Matonia R. Br. Matoniaceae. 2 Borneo and Malay Penins. Herbs with 



creeping rhiz. and dichotomously branched 1. Sori not numerous, of 



6 10 radially arranged sporangia, on convex recept., with umbrella- 

 like indusium. Annulus complete, closed, oblique. Cf. Filicales, 



and Seward \nPhil. Trans. B. 191 and Nature, March 1899, p. 525. 

 Matoniaceae. Filicales Leptosporangiatae. Only genus Matonia, q.-v. 

 Matricaria (Tourn.) L. Compositae (7). 50 S. Afr., Eur., Medit., 



\V. As. ; 2 in Brit, (wild chamomile or feverfew), incl. M. Chamo- 



inilla L. (officinal dried fls.). 

 Matrimony vine (Am.), Lycium. 



Mats, cf. Ainlropogon, Bamboo, Cocos, Phoenix, Scirpus, &c. 

 Matsumurella Makino (Leonurus p.p.). Labiatae (vi). i Japan. 

 Matsumuria Hemsl. (Kehmannia p.p.). Scrophulariaceae (HI. i), 



perhaps better Gesneriaceae. i Formosa. 

 Mattipal, Ailanthus malabarica DC. (India). 

 Matteuccia Todaro. Polypodiaceae. 3 N. temp. 

 Matthaea Blume. Monimiaceae. 3 Malay Archipelago. 

 Matthiola K.Br. Cruciferae (4). 50 Medit., Eur., S. Afr. 2 in Brit. 



(stock) on the coasts, incl. M. incana R. Br., the parent sp. of the 



garden stock. 



Mattia Schult. = Rindera Pall. (Borag.). 

 Mattiastrum Brand (Paracaryttm p.p.). Boraginaceae (iv. i). 25 



Medit. 



Mauloutchia Warb. (Myristica p.p.). Myristicaceae. i Madag. 

 Maundia F. Muell. (Triglochin L. p.p.). Scheuchzer. i Austr. 

 Mauneia Thou. (Ludia EP.). Inc. sed. i Madag. 

 Maurandia Orteg. Scrophulariaceae (n. 3). 6 Mexico. Leaf-climbers 



with sensitive petioles. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Mauria Kunth. Anacardiaceae (3). 8 Andes. 

 Mauritia L. f. Palmae (in). 9 trop. Am., W. Ind. (Moriche, see 



Kingsley's At Last). They furnish wood, wine, fruit, fibre, &c. 

 Mauritius grass, Panicum ;0//VSw. ; - hemp, Furcraca gigantea Vent. 

 Maurocenia L. (Cassine p.p.). Celastraceae. i S. Afr., M. capensis 



Sond. (Hottentot cherry). 

 Maw seed, opium seed. 



Maxillaria Ruiz et Pav. Orchidaceae (n. 18). no tiop. Am. 

 Maximiliania Mart. Palmae (iv. 2). 3 trop. S. Am., W.I. 

 Maximiliana Mart, et Schrank (Cochlosperinuin p.p.). Cochlosp. 13 



trop. 



Maximowiczia Cogn. Cucurbitaceae (2). 2 Mexico, S.W. U.S. 

 Maximus (Lat.), very large. 



Maxwellia Baill. Bombacaceae. i New Caledonia. 

 May, Crataegus; -apple (Am.), Podophyllnin; -flower, Epigaea. 

 Mayaca Aubl. Mayacaceae. 7 Am. Marsh herbs with alt. linear 1. 



and sol. or umbellate fl., 9 , reg. 3-merous. A 3, G (3), i-loc. with 



few orthotr. ov. caps. 



