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OF HORTICULTURE. 
Martinezia— continued. 
M. granatensis (New Grenadan).* J. roundish-oblong or 
roundish-ovate in outline, entire at the base, bifid at the apex, 
evenly toothed along the edges; petioles and rachis armed with 
dark brown, needle-shaped spines, which vary from zin. to lin. 
long, and are spreading or deflexed. Columbia, 1874. 
M. Lindeniana (Linden’s). ., upper surface bright green, paler 
below, pinnate; the terminal pinne much the larger; petiole 
sheathing, profusely armed with long, slender, black spines. 
h. 16ft. Columbia, 1869. (I. H. n. s. 99.) 
MARTINIERIA. A synonym of Kielmeyera 
(which see). 
MARTYNIA (named after John Martyn, F. R. S., 
1699-1768, once Professor of Botany at Cambridge, 
author of “Historia Plantarum Variorum”). ORD. 
Pedalinew, A genus comprising about ten species of 
erect or prostrate, clammy-pubescent, greenhouse herbs, 
sometimes annual, sometimes with a large tuberous 
perennial root, natives of the warmer regions of 
America. Flowers pink, violet, or pale yellowish, in 
short terminal racemes; corolla tube oblique or decurved 
at base, limb with five spreading lobes. Capsule sub- 
drupaceous, terminating in two curved beaks or hooks 
Fic. 517. FRUIT OF MARTYNIA LUTEA. 
(see Fig. 517). Leaves opposite or alternate, long-stalked, 
, thickly sinuate-toothed or palmately lobed. The 
best-known species is M. fragrans. This thrives in well- 
i porous soil, in a warm, sheltered situation. 
Seeds should be sown, during the early part of spring, 
on a gentle hotbed, or in a warm, moist greenhouse, 
and the seedlings transferred to the open border about 
the latter part of June; or they may be grown on in 
pots for greenhouse decoration, if desired. The other 
Species require similar treatment. All those described 
below are annuals. 
M. annua (annual). A synonym of M. proboscidea. 
* 
Martynia—continued. 
M. arene. (fragrant).* f. crimson-purple, with a yellow throat, 
large, fragrant, disposed in handsome spikes. Summer and autumn, 
into two curved, sharp, 
te, 
co, 1840. If 2 
when very young, 8 is — * peee an agreeable pickle 
M. lutea (yeilow). fl. — — suffused with blood-colour 
inside, large, funnel-shaped, August. l opposite, cordate-orbicu- 
lar, toothed, clothed with r 1 down, Stem . 884 
downy. h. lft, to 2ft. Brazil, 1825. See Fig. 517. (B. R. 934, 
Fic. 518, MARTYNIA PROBOSCIDEA, showing Habit and detached 
Portion of Inflorescence. 
proboscidea (proboscis-like).* H. with a yellowish-white tube, 
gic — with Ton. yellow, and violet spots and lines ; limb 
wide, pale violet, marked with saffron-coloured and dots 
and lines. 5 l. alternate, lobed, cordate at the base. Stem 
branched. h. ift. to 3ft. Mexico, 1738. Syn. M. annua. See 
Fig. 518. (B. M. 1056.) 
MARVEL OF PERU. % Mirabilis Jalapa. 
MARYGOLD. See Marigold. i 
MASCARENHASIA (from the Mascarene Islands, 
where it is found). ORD. Apocynaceæ. This genus com- 
prises about four species of stove shrubs or small trees, 
natives of Madagascar. Flowers whitish-purple, sub-sessile 
in the nodes, fasciculate or sub-solitary, terminal, or in 
one species scarcely axillary, large; calyx small, five- 
parted, the segments ovate or narrow; corolla salver- 
shaped, the tube cylindrical, the throat contracted ; mp7 
five, ovate, twisted. Leaves opposite. For culture 
the under-mentioned species, see 5 
M. Curno ( 
in. long, swollen above ; lobes ovate- 
pe n ; calyx of five subulate, erect . much shorter than 
h lla tube ; cymes few-flow: 5 rut 
longor th the petioles pedicel . 
in. „ 8 * 8 Éd 
satire, obtain base acute and r. 1; petioles 
voin. long. A slender shrub, (B. M. 6612.) 3 4 
MASDEVALLIA (named after Dr. Masdevall, a 
Spanish botanist and 1 ORD. Orchidee. Of this 
ards of 150 have been described as species. 
They sre obat epiphytal orchids, inhabiting the cool, 
wooded, mountainous regions of tropical America, from 
Peru to Mexico, a few being found in Brazil and Guiana, 
Flowers often beautifully coloured or variously spotted, 
edinm i borne generally singly, but some- 
prosi 3 2 radical stalks; sepals joined 
into a tube, except at their apices, where they are 
free, and drawn out into long, narrow tails; petale 
Saw: yery small, concealed in the tube of the sepals, 
aa 15 also the lip, which is sessile and articulated 
Migs: 
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