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MANETTIA 



M. pectina'ta (comb-like). Texas. 

 Perri'ngii (Perring's). See M. CELSIANA. 

 petro'phila (rock-loving). . Greenish-gold. Lower 



California. 1907. 



Pfeiffe'ri (PfeifEer's). See M. RHODANTHA. 

 phaaca'ntha (dusky-spined). Mexico. 

 phellospe'rma (cork- seeded). Arizona and Mexico. 

 phymatothe'le (bud-nippled). Mexico. 1846. 

 plumo'sa (plumy). Mexico. 1901. 

 polye'dr a (many-seated). Pink. June, July. Mexico. 

 poly 'go 'na (many-angled). Mexico. 

 polythe'le (many-nippled). Red. August. Mexico. 



1838. 



Po'ndii (Pond's). California. 

 prisma'tica (prismatic). See ANHALONIUM PRISMATI- 



CUM. 

 proli'fera (proliferous). White. June, July. S. 



Amer. 1800. 

 pseudoperbe'lla (false- very-pretty). Flowers solitary. 



Fruit deep red. Mexico. 1909. 

 pulche'lla (pretty). Purple. June, July. Mexico. 

 pu'lchra (beautiful). Rose. June, July. Mexico. 



1826. 

 Purpu'si (Purpus's). Coral-red. Mountains of 



Colorado. 1894. 



pusi'lla (puny). See M. STKLLATA. 

 pycnaca'ntha (dense-spined). . Pale yellow. June, 



July. Mexico. 



pyramida'lis (pyramidal). See M. RHODANTHA. 

 pyrrhoce'phala (fire- headed). Red. June, July. 



Mexico. 



Donkela'rii (Donkelar's). 

 quadra' ta (four-sided). Chili. 1827. 

 quadrispi'na (four-spined). Mexico. 1838. 

 ra'dians (radiating). Mexico. 1845. 

 radio' sa (radiating). Arizona and California. 

 ,, arizo'nica (Arizonan). 

 ramosi'ssima (much-branched). Flowers unknown. 



Country unknown. 1908. 

 recu'rva (recurved), . Straw-coloured. Mexico. 



1836. 



recurva'ta (recurvate). Mexico. 



rhodaca'ntha(Ted-spined). Red. June, July. Mexico (?). 

 rhoda'ntha (red-flowered). Mexico. 1835. 

 Ru'stii (Rust's). Spines 20-22. Honduras. 1905. 

 sangui'nea (blood-red). Dark red. Mexico. 1883. 

 Schee'rii (Scheer's). Texas and Mexico. 

 Schelha'sii(Schelhas's). White. June, July. Mexico. 

 schiedea'na (Schiedean). White. June, July. Mexico. 



1845. 



Schmi'dtii (Schmidt's). Country unknown. 

 scolymoi'des (Scolymus-like). Yellow and purple. 



July. Mexico- 



seitzia'na (Seitzian). Mexico. 

 Sempervi'vi (Sempervivum-like). Mexico. 

 tetraca'ntha (four-spined). 

 sSnilis (old). Orange-red, flushed with violet. June. 



Mexico. 



Se'nkii (Senk's). See M. MUTABILIS. 

 spathia'na (Spaethian). Rose-red. Mountains of 



Colorado. 1894. 



specio'sa (showy) of G. Don. Red. Chili. 1827. 

 sphcero'tricha (spherical- haired). Red. June, July. 



Mexico. 

 spinosi' ssima (very-spiny). Red. June, July. 



Mexico. 



,, bru'nnea (brown). 

 ste'lla-aura'ta (golden-starred). Yellow. June, July. 



Mexco. 

 stella' ta (starry). Pink or pale red. May. S. Amer. 



1815. 



elonga'ta (elongated). 

 te'nuis (slender). 

 texa'na (Texan). 



strami'nea (straw-coloured). See M. FLAVESCENS. 

 strobilifo'rmis (cone- formed). Mexico. 

 ccespiti'tia (tufted). Habit tufted. 1909. 

 durispi'na (hard-spined). Mexico. 1907. 

 ,, pube'scens (downy). Spines 30 or more, snow- 

 white. Mexico. 1907. 



,, rufispi'na (red-spined). Brownish. Mexico. 1907. 

 subechina'ta (somewhat-spiny). Mexico. 

 ,, intermedia (intermediate). 

 te'nuis (slender), White. May, June, S. Mexico. 



1830, 



M. texa'na (Texan). See M. STELLATA TEXANA. 

 tetraca'ntha (four-spined). Warm rose. June, July. 



Mexico. 

 ,, trichaca'ntha (hairy-spined). Spines hairy. Mexico. 



1904. 



,, tuberculo'sa (tubercled). Texas and Mexico. 

 turbina'ta (top-shaped). Pale yellow, with red points. 



July. Mexico. 

 ,, uberifo'rmis (teat-formed). White. June, July. 



Mexico. 1846. 

 ,, uncina' ta (hooked). Red, white. June, July. Mexico. 



1846. 

 unise'ta (one-bristled). Flowers not seen. Country 



unknown. 1904. 



ve'tula (oldish). Pale scarlet. Mexico. 1835. 

 ,, villi'fera (long-hair-bearing). Mexico. 

 ,, vi'ridis (green). Mexico. 

 Prof Hi (Prael's). 



,, vivi'para (viviparous). Red. N. Amer. 1811. 

 webbia'na (Webbian). Mexico. 

 ,, Wilco'xii (Wilcox's). Arizona. 



wildia'na (Wildian). Rose. July, August. Mexico. 

 ,, crista'ta (crested). 

 Willia'msii (Williams'). See ANHALONIUM WIL- 



LIAMSII. 



xantho' tricha (yellow-haired). Rosy-purple. Mexico. 

 ,, zephyranthoi'des (Zephyranthes-like). Mexico. 

 ,, zuccarinia'na (Zuccarinian). Mexico. 1845. 

 MAMME'A. Mammee-tree. (The native name. Nat. 

 ord. Guttifers [Guttiferaceje]. Linn. i^-Polyandria, i- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Garcinia.) 



Cultivated in the West Indies and South America for 

 its fruit, called the Mammee Apple, or Wild Apricot, 

 said to rival the Mangosteen. Stove evergreen tree, 

 with white flowers. Cuttings of the half-ripened shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat ; fibrous, 

 sandy loam, and a little dried leaf-mould. Winter temp., 

 50* to 55 ; summer, 60* to 80*. 



M. africa'na (African). See OCHROCARPUS AFRICANUS. 

 ,, america'na (American). 60. S. Amer. 1730. 

 MANCINE'LLA. See HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA. 

 MANDARIN ORANGE. Ci'trus no'bilis. 



MANDEVTLLA. (Named after H. J. Mandeville, Esq., 

 our minister at Buenos Ayres. Nat ord. Dogbanes 

 [Apocynaceae]. Linn. ^-Pentandria, i-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Echites.) 



Half-hardy evergreen climber. Generally by cuttings 

 of the small, stiff side-shoots, when about three inches 

 in length, taken off close to the old wood, and inserted in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, and in a mild bottom-heat ; peat 

 and loam. Winter temp., 40* to 48* ; does little good 

 as a pot-plant, but is splendid when planted out and 

 allowed room in a greenhouse or conservatory, where 

 fine climbers are prized. 



M. suave'olens (sweet-scented). 20. White. June. 

 Buenos Ayres. 1837. 



MANDIRO'LA. See ACHIMENES. 



MANDRAGO'RA. (From mandragoras, an herb pos- 

 sessing narcotic properties, a mandrake. Nat. ord. 

 Solanaceae.) 



Hardy perennial herbs of more interest than beauty. 

 Seeds ; offsets are not readily obtainable. Ordinary 

 garden soil. 

 M. autumna'lis (autumnal). . Pale blue. September. 



Mediterranean region. 

 ,, interme'dia (intermediate). Intermediate between 



M. autumnalis and M . officinarum. 

 ,, officina' rum (officinal). J. Pale blue. April and May. 



Mediterranean region. " Medicinal Mandrake." 

 ,, prce'cox (early), i. Yellow. Spring. S. Europe. 



1819. 

 verna'lis (spring). See M. OFFICINARUM. 



MANE'TTIA. (Named after X. Manetti, an Italian 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Rubiads [Rubiaceas]. Linn. 4- 

 Tetrandria, i-Monogynia. Allied to Bouvardia.) 



Stove evergreen climbers. In a cool greenhouse they 

 thrive only in summer ; cuttings of the young shoots in 

 sandy soil, under a bell-glass ; such kinds as cocci' 'nea 

 also by division of the fleshy, tubercled-like roots as 

 growth is commencing ; sandy peat and fibrous loam. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 50 .; summer, 60* to 85*. 



