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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
ia continued. 
M. g. major (larger). A form of vigorous habit, with leaves 
and flowers two or three times larger tuan those of the type. 
Syn. M. Thompsoniana, of gardens. (B.M. 2164. 
Fig. 502. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA. 
M. grandiflora (large-flowered).* Hl. white, sweet-scented, large, 
from bin. to Sin. fh diameter, erect ; petals nine to twelve. 
Summer. . oval- 3 e e 1 upper surface shining, 
under surface rusty. k. 70f orth America, 1737. 
A handsome stately hard Iy evon ede en tree, branching, and form- 
ing a fine pyramidal hea (A. B. R. 518.) There 
are numerous varieties, alkering 1 the type in the shape of 
the leaves; they are not, as a rule, of much importance. 
M. Halleana (Halts). A synonym of M. stellata. 
M. hei a 5 e dar 8 white, purple at the base, 
sweet-scented, gin. to fein. in . Cals sis to nine, ovate, 
June. Z. very large, 1ft. to 3ft. long, ŝin. to 10in. broad, oblong- 
obovate, somewhat panduriform, te at the base, under sur- 
face whitish-glancous. h. Soft. North America, 1500. A very 
ne hardy deciduous tree, with white smooth bark. (B. M. 
M. obovata (obovate). fl. purple outside, white within, la: 
tulip-shaped, fragrant; petals six. April. J. large, RES 
dark green, A, Sit. Japan, 1790. A very pretty, small, hardy, 
deciduous shrub, 
: M. o. o. discolor (two-coloured). A form with er flowers than 
＋ type. (B. M. 390, under name of M. 0 
ora (small-flowered).* jl. white, rosy-tinted, almost 
globular. Spring. l round-ovate, cuspidate ; s SOROA and er’ 
— nerves covered with short reddish pubescence beneath. 
hardy deciduous shrub. Japan. (Gn. Dec. 8, 1883.) 
M. purpurea (purple). A synonym of M. obovata discolor. 
M. stellata (starry).* fl. white, 3in. in diameter, sweet-scented ; 
i sepals shorter than petals, oblong, hairy outside ; petals reflexed, 
narrow. linear-oblong, obtuse ; anthers yellow, shorter than the 
green pistil. March to May. * deciduous, varying from obovate 
2 5 to atic ms — acuminate, 53 2in. to 
ong. Japan. retty tree, flowering ore leav 
fully develop. SYN. N. Halisna. (B. M. 6870.) a 
M. Thompsoniana (Thompson’s), of gardens. A synonym of 
N. glauca major. m 
5 A synonym of M. Umbrella. 
. umbrella)“ Umbrella-tree. fl. white, with a 
ot a her agreeable perfume, ĝin. to bin. in dia- 
als nine to twelve, exterior ones pendent. mann 
„ Ut. * long. spreading, adult ones sm 
underneat. h. 35ft. North America, 
somewhat stragg ling hardy deciduous 
rder of trees or shrubs, 
Asia, North America, 
: South America; none 
natives of tropical 
rare in tropical and extr 
` in the middle. 
Magnoliaceæ —continued. 
have yet been found in Africa, and very few in Aus- 
tralia and New Zealand. Flowers axillary or terminal, 
solitary or rarely sub-fasciculate, often showy, herma- 
phrodite, or, in a few genera, unisexual. Fruit of 
numerous dry or succulent, dehiscent or indehiscent, 
carpels. Leaves alternate, undivided, reticulately penni- 
nerved, entire or dentate. Magnoliacew possess bitter, 
tonic, and aromatic qualities. There are about nine 
genera and seventy species. Examples: Drimys, Illicium, 
Liriodendron, and Magnolia. 
MAGPIE MOTH. See Gooseberry or Magpie 
Moth. 
MAHALEB. See Cerasus Mahaleb. 
MAHARANGA. included under Onosma 
(which see). 
MAHERNIA (an anagram of Hermannia, to which 
it is closely allied). ORD. Sterculiacee. A genus compri- 
sing thirty-three species of very pretty greenhouse ever- 
green herbs or sub-shrubs, all natives of extra-tropical 
and Southern Africa, distinguished from the allied genus 
Hermannia in the filaments of the stamens being dilated 
The species, only a few of which are in 
cultivation, are of easy culture in a light compost of 
equal parts loam, peat, and leaf mould, to which may be 
added a little sand. The plants soon acquire a straggling 
habit, unless the young shoots are frequently stopped 
in order to produce a lateral growth. Propagated freely, 
during summer, by cuttings of young shoots, lin. to 2in. 
long, inserted in sandy soil, under a glass. 
Now 
G. 503. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MAHERNIA GLABRATA. 
M. glabrata (smooth). ji. yellow, drooping, rather large, with a 
Jonquil-like nce ; nee rere two- nek. very long. April 
to June. I. lanceolate tly pinnatifidly toothed, roughish 
from dots and stellated eer s 2 — ovate, mucronate. h. lit. 
ie aa 2ft. rg of Good Hope, 1155 Sub-shrub. See Fig. 508. 
a incisa ered) H. deep imsak in the bud, 8 
a deep orange as they open, and finally becomi ellowish ; 
peduncles i covered two-flowered. July and August. at inciso- 
pinnate covered with glandular, stellate, and simple down. 
2ft. oat, Cape of Good Hope, 1792. Shrub. (B. M. 353.) 
bent mesanr s -TREE. See Swietenia Maha- 
MAHONIA. Tchad under Berberis (which see). 
Ur (its native name). Syn. Bonnetia. 
Orb. Ternstræmiacew. A small genus (four species) of 
South stove evergreen trees. Flowers pink, 
disposed in narrow terminal panicles; sepals five, im- 
bricated ; petals five, contorted. Leaves alternate, often 
petiolate. ‘Only one species has yet been introduced. 
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