M A L 



M A r . 



•bcordate, pediceHed, surrounding the germ, 

 shorter than the calyx : the stamina have 6ve 

 f laments, capillary, placed on the ncctarv, united 

 at the base, shorter than the calyx : anthers ob- 

 long, acuminate, erect: the pistillum is a sub- 

 pcdicelied germ, obovate, five-angled : styles live, 

 bristle-shaped, erect, the length or the petals: 

 stigmas simple : the pericarpiuai is an ovate 

 capsule, Eve-celled, five-valved : the seeds few, 

 and kidncv-form. 



The species cultivated are: 1. Al. pimiala, 

 Wing-leaved Mahernia; 2. 3/. incisa, Cut- 

 Laved Mahernia. 



The first rises with a shrubby stem near three 

 feet high, sending out nianv slender delicate 

 branches, covered with a reddish bark : the 

 flowers con-.e out from the side of the branches 

 in small clusters, are of a lively red when they 

 first open, and hang down like lirtle bells, com- 

 monly two together ; appearing from June to 

 August and September. It is a native of the 

 Cape. 



In the second species, the stalks to the naked 

 eye discover a manifest rousrhness ; with a mag- 

 nifying glass, it appears that they are beset on 

 every side with little protuberances, whence issue 

 U'.fis of pellucid hairs, and here and there a 

 single hair is discoverable with a small red viscid 

 globule at its extremity : a portion of the stalk, 

 when highly magnified, somewhat resembles 

 that of the creeping Cereus : the leaves, which 

 arc not so manifestly hairy as the stalk and 

 calyxes, are deeply jagged on the edges, and 

 somewhat resemble those of Pelargonium Tri- 

 color : the flowers when in bud are of the rich- 

 est crimson : as they open they incline to a deep 

 orange, and finally become yellowish. It is a 

 native of the Cape. 



Culture. — These plants may be increased by 

 planting cuttings of the young branches in the 

 summer season singly, in pots of light mould, 

 watering them, and plunging them in a hot- 

 bed till they have stricken root. When thev 

 have become well rooted, thev may be removed 

 into the green-house tor protection during the 

 winter season : being managed as the less tender 

 plants of this sort. 



They atf-rd variety among other potted plants 

 of a similar kinJ. 



M \H'H kNY TREE. See Swietknia. 



M MDENH UR TREK. See Salisbury. 



MALABAR NUT. SeeJusriciA. 



MALE BALSAM APPLE. See Momor- 



JMCA. 



MALLOW. See Malva. 

 MALLOW, INDIAN. Sec Sida. 

 MALLOW TREE. See Lavateua. 



MALLOW, VENICE. See Ilinrsco*. 



MALOPE, a genus containing a plant of ih« 

 herbaceous kind. 



It bc-h ?! > to the class and order Monadelphia 

 Poh/a/t:/ri;.-, and ranks in the natural ordir of 

 ColumnifertB. 



The character are: that the calyi is a double 

 penanthium : outer three-leaved, broader: leaf- 

 lets cordate, acute, permanent : inner one-leaf- 

 ed, hall-live-cleft, more erect, permanent : the 

 corolla has live obcordate petals, praemorse, 

 spreading, fastened to the tube of the stamens 

 at the bast : the stamina have numerous fila- 

 ments, at bottom united into a tube, above, 

 at, and below the apex of the tube, separate 

 and loose : anthers almost kidney-form : the 

 pistillum has roundish germs r stvle simple, the 

 length of the stamens : stigmas many, simple, 

 bristle-shaped : the pcricarpiurn is a roundish 

 capsule, many-celled: cells as many as there 

 are stigmas, conglomerated into a head : the 

 seeds solitary and kidnev-foim. 



The species cultivated is M. JSlalacoldes, 

 Betonv-leaved Malopc. 



In the whole plant it has greatly the appear- 

 ance of the mallow , but differs from it in hav- 

 ing the ce"s collected into a button, somewhat 

 like a blackberry : the branches spread, and lie 

 almost flat upon the ground, extending a foot 

 or more each way : the flowers are produced 

 singly upon long axillary peduncles, and are in 

 shape and colour like those of the mallow. It is 

 a native of Tuscany, 8cc. 



Culture. — This may be increased bvsow insthe 

 seeds, in the places where the plants are denn- 

 ed to remain, as it does not bear transplanting 

 well : when they are sown upon a warm border 

 in August, the plants also frequently stand 

 through the winter, and flower carlv the fol- 

 low ing season, so as to produce good seeds : but 

 w hen sown in the spring, this is rarely the ease. 



The plants sown in the spring in pots should 

 be protee'ed in winter under a frame-. They 

 seldom continue longer than two or three years. 



They afford variety among other plants in the 

 borders, &c. 



MALP1GHIA, a genus containing plants of 

 the exotic evergreen shrubby kind, for the stove, 



It belongs to the class and order Deamdria 

 Trigi/nia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 TrthiluttB. 



I he characters are : that the calyx is a five- 

 leaved erect pcrianlhium, \crr small, perma- 

 nent, converging: there ..re two melliferous 

 glands, <>> al and gibbous, fas the caly- 



eme leaflets on the outside and at bolt 

 corolla lias live peu!*, kidney-form, large. 



