236 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



1258. MACR0SIPH6nIA, MuelL Apocynaceae. 



From Greek, "long tubed". Shrubs with showy flowers, 

 white, yellow or red. About 12 species, warmer regions of 

 New World; 3 in southwestern U. S. 



1259. MADARIA, DC. Mignonette-vine. Coinpositae. 



Name Latin, "Madia-like". Syn. Anisocarpus, Madia, in 

 part. Herbs with hirsute leaves. About 4 species, Pacific 

 border of U. S. (a) M. ^legans (Don) DO. (Madia elegans 

 D. Don). California. Mignonette-vine. 



1260. MADIA, Mol. 1782. Tar-weed, etc. Compositae. 



From vernacular modi, Chili, Herbs, commonly viscid 

 and heavy- scented. About 12 species. New World; 9 in U. S. 



a. M. satiya Mol. Chili, cult, in Europe, Africa and Asia. Seeds 



source of Madia oil. 



1261. MAES A, Forsk. - Saoria. - Myrsinaceae. 



Shrubs. About 40 species, warmer regions of Old World, 

 (a) M. lanceolata Forst. (M. picta Hochstetter) . Abyssinia. 

 Saoria. Fruit anthelmintic. 



1262. MAG>6lIA, L. Magnolia. Ma^oliaceae. 



Named for Prof. Pierre Magnol, French botanist, d. 1715. 

 Trees or shrubs with large fragrant flowers. About 15 species, 

 N. America and eastern Asia; 7 in U. S. 



a« M. acuminata L. (M. Virginiana, var. acuminata L. ). New 

 York to Alabama, west to Arkansas. Cucumber tree. Moun- 

 tain Magnolia, Black or Yellow Linn. Bark of this and other 

 species, tonic, bitter, febrifuge. 



b. M. foetida (L. ) Sarg. (M. Virginiana var. foetida L. Ed. 1., 



M. grandiflora L. Ed. 2 (Kew), the preferable name as Linne 

 himself decided). Southeastern U. S. Southern Magnolia, 

 Large- flowered Magnolia, Laurel- leaved Tulip-tree, Bull Bay. 



c. M. Frdseri Walt. (M. auriculata Lam.). Virginia to Florida 



and Mississippi. Eraser's Magnolia, Long- or Ear-leaved Um- 

 brella-tree, Fraser's Umbrella-tree, North Carolina Bay, 

 Indian-physic*, Water-lily tree, Cucumber-tree. 



d. M. macrophylla Michx. Kentucky southward, west to Arkan- 



sas. Large-leaved Umbrella-tree or Cucumber-tree, Big-bloom, 

 Elk-bark, Elk-wood, Silver-leaf, Silver-leaf Umbrella-tree. 



€. M. trip^tala L. (M. Umbrella Lam.). Pennsylvania to Ala- 

 bama, west to Arkansas. Umbrella-tree, Cucumber-tree. 



f. M. Virginidna L. 1753 (M. glauca L. 1762). Massachusetts, 

 south to Florida and Texas, near Atlantic and Gulf sea-board. 

 Laurel Magnolia, Small or Sweet Magnolia, Swamp Magnolia, 

 Beaver tree. Elk-bark, Holly Bay, Sweet or White Bay, Red 

 Bayt, Indian-bark, Small or White Laurel, Swamp Laurel, 

 Swamp Sassafras. 



