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Mammillaria— conh'nuecZ. 



Steins produced in profusion, sometimes forming a cluster 5ft. 

 in diameter; tubercles small, hidden by the spines; spines 

 radial, about twenty to each tubercle, white, hair-like, stiff, 

 about iin. long, the central four or six a little longer than 

 the others. Louisiana. 



Mapania — co7itinued, 



beneath ; petioles blackish-green^ deeply channelled. 1885. An 

 ornamental foliage plant. Syn. Panda7iopkylhtm Wendlandi. 



MAKANTA. To the species and varieties described 

 on pp. 326-7, Vol. II., the following should now bo added: 



Fro. 41. Mammillaria vivipara radiosa. 



M. V. radiosa (raUiate). This U iXUlux^nUli^l by its Lirgd 

 Mowers and shorter spines. See Fig. 41. 



'MAFANIA (probably a native name). Stn. Lepi- 

 Totiia (in port). Including P a ndunoplnjll am. Ord. 

 Cyperacem, A genus embracing about thirty speniea of 

 stove, perennial^ sometimes very tall herbs, dispersed 

 over tlie tropics. Spikelets many-flowered, boruo on the 

 stem or terminating^ a leafless scape, solitary or few in 

 a sessile head, or rarely numerous and coryrabosely 

 paniculate. Leaves fascicled at the base of the stem or 



on the rhizome, long* and rather broad, or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, on long petioles. Two species have been intro- 

 duced. For culture, see Cyperus, on p. 422, Vol. I. 



. lucida (clear). /., spikelet ca^staneous, solitary, trigonal -ovoid, 

 4in. to fin. long; scape dark purple* leafless, 2in. to Sin. Ions:. 

 7. trifarious, 6in. to lOin. long, \{\n. to l^in. broad, three-nerved, 

 narrow ohlonff J rounded-cuneate at base, with a cusp IJin. long 

 at apex ; petioles 4in. to 9in. long, channelled, complicate- 

 sheathing at base. Borneo, 1885. (I. H. 1885, 557.) 



Wendlandi (Wendland'a). I. arranged in three series, oblong, 

 acuuuiiate. dark trreen on the uDDer surface, bronzv-firreen 



M, argentea (silvery). I, large, oblong, acute, silvery-prev, 

 marked with narrow, curving lines of a deep green. Brazil, 188*4. 



M. conspicua (conspicuous). I. oblong-ovate, dark green above, 

 pinnntely marked with broken, distant bands of pale yellow- 

 green, purplish beneath. Brazil, 1885. A small species. 



M. gratiosa (favoureei). t broadly oblong, sub-cordate, silvery- 

 grey, the midrib and five or six tapering, curved bands on each 

 Bide of it of a bright green. Brazil, 1884. 



M. iconifera (picture-bearing). L about 6in. long, obliquely 

 ovate, yellowish-green, marked with oblong, deep green blotches. 

 Brazil, 1887. 



M, musaica (mosaic). I, obliquely cordate. 7in. long, 3Mn. 

 broad, bright, glossy green, marked with numerous cloae-set. 

 transverse veins. Brazil, 1884. 



M. nitida (shining). I. oblong, acute, 6in. long, 3in. broad, pale. 

 bright, shuung green, with four or five oblong, green patches on 

 each side of the midrib. Brazil, 1884. 



M. polita (neat). I. 4in. to Sin. long, 2in. broad, glossy green, 

 eegantly marked with stipitate, oblong, dark green blotches, 



Brazil, 1884. 



M- speciosa (showy) l. obliquely elliptic-oblong, acute, bright 

 green, pinnately banded with greenish-white. BrazU. 1884. 



MARCGRAVIiL INDICA. The plant catalogued 

 by nurserymen under this name is probably a Pothos. 



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