MALPIGHIA 405 



Malacocarpus Salm-Dyck (Echinocactus p.p. BH.}. Cactaceae (ill. i). 



8 S. Brazil, Uruguay. 



Malacochaete Nees = Scirpus Tourn. p.p. (Cyper.). 

 Malacolepis A. A. Heller (Malacothri* p. p.). Compos. (13). i Calif. 

 Malacomeles Decne. (Naegelia Lindl.). Rosaceae (n). i Mexico. 

 Malacophilous, fert. by snails. 

 Malacothamnus Greene (Malvastriini p.p.). Malvaceae (2). 9 N. 



Am. 



Malacothrix DC. Compositae (13). 15 Calif. 

 Malaisia Blanco. Moraceae (i). i Malaya, Austr., Polynesia. 

 Malanea Aubl. Rubiaceae (n. 2). 10 trop. S. Am., W.I. 

 Malaxis Soland. ex Sw. Orchidaceae (n. 4). i N. temp. (incl. Brit.), 



M. paludosa Sw. The fl. is twisted through 360, so that the la- 



bellum is again uppermost. See Darwin's Orchids, p. 130. 

 Malay apple, Eugenia malaccensis L. 



Malcomia R. Br. (Malcolmia Spreng.). Cruciferae (4). 30 Medit. 

 Male bamboo, Dendrocalamus stnctus Nees ; - fl. , with sta. only. 

 Malesherbia Ruiz et Pav. Malesherbiaceae. 20 W. S. Am. Herbs 



or undershrubs with alt. often deeply lobed exstip. 1. , often very hairy. 



Fls. , reg. , 5-merous ; axis tubular, running out into a disc and gyno- 



phore, with which the sta. are concrescent. G (3) with parietal plac. 



and oo ov. ; styles 3 4 below apex of ovary. Caps. No aril. 

 Malesherbiaceae (EP. ; Passifloraceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. 



Parietales). i gen., Malesherbia, q.v. It differs from Passifl. in 



having no aril and the styles more deeply inserted and widely 



separated ; from Turneraceae in having no aril, in the aestivation of 



the C, and in the persistent recept. 



Malinvaudia Fourn. Asclepiadaceae (n. 4). i S. Brazil. 

 Mallee (scrub), Eucalyptus, dwarf sp. like E. dumosa Cunn. , &c. 

 Malleola J. J. Sm. et Schlechter (Saccolabium p.p.). Orchid, (n. 20). 



6 Malaya. 



Mallinoa Coult. Compositae (2). i Guatemala. 

 Mallophora Endl. Verbenaceae (3). i W. Austr. 

 Mallostoma Karst. (Arcythophyllnm EP.). Rubiaceae (i. 2). 51 trop. 



Am. 



Mallotonia Britton (Tournefortia p.p.). Boraginaceae (in), i W.I. 

 Mallotopus Franch. et Sav. Compositae (8). i Japan. 

 Mallotus Lour. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 2). 80 palaeotrop. Kamala 



dye is obtained from the caps, of M. philippinetKis Miill.-Arg. 



(Ceylon Austr.) . 

 Mallow, Malva and other Malvaceae ; marsh -, Althaea offidnalis L. , 



musk -, rose -, Hibisats ; tree -, Lavatera. 

 Malmea Fries. Anonaceae (i). i Brazil. 

 Malope L. Malvaceae (i). 3 Medit. The 3 1. of the epicalyx are very 



large. Cpls. oo , in vertical rows (see fain.). Cult. orn. fl. 

 Malortiea H. Wendl. (Reinhardtia p.p. EP.}. Palmaceae (iv. I.) 



C\ 

 . Am. 



Malouetia A. DC. Apocynaceae (n. 2). 20 S. Am., Afr. 

 Malperia Wats. Compositae (2). i Mexico. 



Malpighla Plum, ex L. Malpighiaceae (n). 25 trop. Am., W.I. 

 Not climbers. Some have stinging hairs ; some have cleist. fls. 



