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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Mackaya continued. 



in a house or frame, where plenty of light and air 

 may be admitted. Under such treatment, compact 

 little plants, in Sin. pots, may be obtained by November. 

 These should be kept quite dry until April, when they may 

 be cut back and started in preparation for flowering the 

 following year. When new growth begins, the plants should 

 be transferred into Sin. pots, using a somewhat rough, rich 

 soil, composed of about two parts loam to one of dried cow- 

 manure. Another potting into lOin. sizes may be given 

 in due course, and plants grown in them 3ft. high, by 

 autumn. Dry off as before, and encourage the flowers to 

 expand gradually, in spring, in a temperature of about 

 60deg., and, when they commence opening, the plants should 

 be transferred to a greenhouse which is some lOdeg. cooler. 

 It is important that the wood be thoroughly ripened, and 

 all the points preserved until flowering is past, when 

 similar treatment may be again given, if desired for the 

 next year. It is, however, advisable to propagate and pre- 

 pare a few new ones each season, to preserve a stock of 

 healthy young plants. Brown Scale is frequently very 

 troublesome ; it must be removed from the stems or 

 leaves by sponging with rather strong soft-soap water 

 or some other insecticide. 



M. bella (handsome).* fl. pale lilac, nearly 2in. long, campanulate, 

 with two of the four stamens barren; throat ornamented with 

 most delicately -pencilled, reticulated, purple veins ; racemes many- 

 flowered, 4in. to 6in. long. May. I. ovate-oblong, sinnately 

 toothed. Branches virgate. h. 6ft. Natal, 1869. (B. M. 5797.) 



MACLEANIA (named after John Maclean, of Lima, 

 a British merchant, and a distinguished patron of botany). 

 ORD. Vacciniaceae. A genus comprising about a dozen 

 species of ornamental, glabrous or rarely pnberulous, green- 

 house shrubs, inhabiting the Andes of America, from Peru 

 to Mexico. Flowers showy, solitary, corymbose, or in 

 axillary fascicles ; corolla cylindrical, with a five-toothed 

 limb ; anthers one-celled. Leaves alternate, shortly 

 petiolate, entire, persistent. For culture, see Thi- 

 baudia. 



M. angnlata (angled), fl. in threes from the axils, pedunculate ; 

 corolla bright red, lin. long, with a yellow limb ; calyx angled. 

 June. I, alternate, ovate, entire, obtuse, on short petioles ; those 

 on the young shoots tinged with red. h. 3ft Peru, 1842. A 

 beautiful evergreen shrub. (B. M. 3979.) 



M. longiflora (long-flowered), fl. borne ii 

 jlla red, angular, with a yellow limb. 



threes from the axils ; 

 May. I. sessile, oval- 

 Peru, 1844. (B. B. xxx. 25.) 



oblong, obtuse, h. 5ft. 



M. pulchra (beautiful).* fl. yellow, with bright deep scarlet 

 tubes, large, pendulous, produced in clusters upon a short axil- 

 lary peduncle. April. 2. oblong, obtuse at the base, slightly 

 acuminated, deep shining green, beautifully tinged with red 

 when young. New Grenada, 1874. A handsome plant, with long, 

 drooping branches. (B. M. 5465.) 



M. punctata (dotted), fl. pedunculate, crowded in the upper 

 axils ; corolla rose-red, lin. long, swollen in the lower half ; the 

 upper part white, tinged with yellow ; calyx turbinate, deep red. 

 November. I. alternate, inclining to secund, cordate, sessile or 

 shortly petiolate; upper ones nearly oval, glossy, dotted. 

 Ecuador, 1848. A low shrub. (B. M. 4426.) 



M. speclosissima (very showy).* fl. brilliant scarlet, with yellow 

 points, upwards of lin. long, tubular, pendulous, produced freely 

 in axillary clusters. Early spring. I. somewhat oblong, obtuse, 

 finely tinged with red when young. Columbia, 1854. This beau- 

 tiful slinil i is not of compact habit, and should be suspended from 

 the roof, or grown upon a shelf, so that its branches may hang 

 downwards. (B.M. $453.) 



MACLEAYA YEDOENSIS. See Bocconia 

 cordata. 



MACIiTTRA (named in honour of W. Maclure, a 

 North American naturalist, who died in 1840). ORD. 

 Urticacece. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, 

 deciduous, milky-juiced tree. For culture, &c., see Morns. 



M. aurantlaca (golden).* Bow-wood ; Osage Orange, fl. yel- 

 lowish-green, inconspicuous, fr. from Sin. to 5in. in diameter, 

 bright golden-yellow. I. ovate, acuminate, bright shiny green, 

 cuspidate, Sin. to Siin. long, and 2in. broad, k. 20ft. North 

 America, 1818. An excellent plant for forming hedges, being 

 armed with stout spines. 



M. tricuspidata (three-cusped). n. axillary. I. three-lobed 



Madura continued. 



while young, roundish-ovate in adults. China, 1872. An orna- 

 mental, hardy, deciduous tree, remarkable from its juvenile (non- 

 flowering) state (see Fig. 496) exhibiting such a contrast to the 

 adult (flowering) state (see Fig. 497, page 313). This plant is 

 Ciulrania triloba ; but, as it was omitted in Vol. I. of this work, 

 and is so well known under the name given it by Carriere it is 

 included here. In China, the leaves are used for feeding silk- 

 worms, and the wood yields a yellow dye. 



FIG. 496. BRANCH, IN JUVENILE STATE, OF CUDRANTA TRILOBA 

 (MACLURA TRICUSPIDATA). 



MACODES (from makos, length; in reference to the 

 shape of the labellum). ORD. Orchidece. A monotypic 

 genus. The species is a stove orchid, closely allied to 

 Ance cto chillis (which see for culture). 

 M. Petola (Petola). /. greenish, small, externally clothed with 

 glandular pubescence. I. oval, 2in. to Sin. long, and 2in. broad, 

 clouded on the upper surface, and elegantly marked with netted 

 golden veins. Java, 1859. A very beautiful little plant, of which 

 there are two forms. (R. X. O. 96, Fig. 1.) 



MACRADENIA (from makros, long, and aden, a 

 gland ; referring to the long process of the pollen-masses). 

 STN. Khynchadenia. ORD. Orchideai. A genus com- 

 prising only two or three species of stove epiphytal 

 Orchids, confined to the West Indies, and differing from 

 Oncidium in mere technical details. They are rather more 

 curious and interesting than beautiful. For culture, see 

 Oncidium. 



M. Brassavolse (Brassavola).* /., sepals and petals cinnamon, 

 margins ochre-coloured ; lip trifld, side lobes rhomboid, middle 

 very large, cuspidate, white, with purple streaks, with yellow 

 borders to the side lobes ; peduncle densely-flowered. I. one or 

 two, oblong, acute, 5in. long, in. broad. Columbia, 1864. 

 M. lutescens (yellowish), fl. dingy yellow, spotted with brownish- 

 purple ; lip undivided, cucullate-concave, taper-pointed ; peduncle 

 four or five-flowered. November. I. solitary. Trinidad, 1821. 

 (B. R. 612.) 



MACRANTHUS. Included under Mucnna (which 

 see). 



MACROCHLOA. Included under Stipa (which 

 see). 



MACROCXTEMUM (from makros, long, and kneme, 

 a leg ; in reference to the long flower-stalks). STN. 

 Lasionema. ORD. Rubiacece. A genus comprising about 

 nine species of stove trees and shrubs, inhabiting tropical 

 America and the West Indies. Flowers white or pink, 



