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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING. 
Mammillaria—continued. 
Stems produced in profusion, sometimes forming a cluster 3ft. 
in diameter; tubercles small, hidden by the spines; spines 
radial, about twenty to each tubercle, white, hair-like, stiff, 
about sin. long, the central four or six a little longer than 
the others. Louisiana. 
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Mapania—continued. 
beneath; petioles blackish-green, deeply channelled. 1885. An 
ornamental foliage plant. Syn. Pandanophyllum Wendlandi, 
MARANTA. To the species and varieties described 
on pp. 326-7, Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
Fia, 41. 
M. v. radiosa (radiate). This is distinguished by its large 
flowers and shorter spines. See Fig. 41. 
MAPANIA (probably a native name). Syn. Lepi- 
ronia (in part). Including Pandanophyllum. Orv. 
Cyperacee. A genus embracing about thirty species of 
stove, perennial, sometimes very tall herbs, dispersed 
over the tropics. Spikelets many-flowered, borne on the 
stem or terminating a leafless scape, solitary or few in 
a sessile head, or rarely numerous and corymbosely 
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. 
M. lucida (clear). j1., spikelet castaneous, solitary, trigonal-ovoid, 
din. to jin. long; scape dark purple, leafless, 2in. to 3in. long. 
1. trifarious, 6in. to 10in. long, 1}in. to 1jin. broad, three-nerved, 
narrow-oblong, rounded-cuneate at base, with a cusp llin. long 
at apex; petioles 4in. to Yin. long, channelled, complicate- 
sheathing at base. Borneo, 1885. (I. H. 1885, 557.) 
M. Wendlandi (Wendland’s). /. arranged in three series, oblong, 
acuminate, dark green on the upper surface, bronzy-green 
MAMMILLARIA VIVIPARA RADIOSA. 
M. argentea (silvery). J. large, oblong, acute, silvery-grey, 
marked with narrow, curving lines of a deep green. Brazil, 1884. 
M. conspicua (conspicuous). J. oblong-ovate, dark green above, 
pinnately marked with broken, distant bands of pale yellow- 
green, purplish beneath. Brazil, 1885. A small species. 
M. gratiosa (favoured). Jl. broadly oblong, sub-cordate, silvery- 
grey, the midrib and five or six tapering, curved bands on each 
side of it of a bright green. Brazil, 1884. 
M. iconifera (picture-bearing). J. about 6in. long, obliquely 
ovate, yellowish-green, marked with oblong, deep green blotches. 
Brazil, 1887. 
M. musaica (mosaic). J. obliquely cordate, Tin. long, 3iin. 
broad, bright, glossy green, marked with numerous close-set, 
transverse veins. Brazil, 1884. 
M. nitida (shining). Jl. oblong, acute, 6in. long, din. broad, pale, 
bright, shining green, with four or five oblong, green patches on 
each side of the midrib. Brazil, 1884. 
M. polita (neat). J. 4in. to 5in. long, 2in. broad, glossy green, 
elegantly marked with stipitate, oblong, dark green blotches. 
Brazil, 1884. 
M. speciosa (showy). J. obliquely elliptic-oblong, acute, bright 
green, pinnately banded with greenish-white. Brazil, 1884, 
MARCGRAVIA INDICA. The plant catalogued 
by nurserymen under this name is probably a Pothos. 
