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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Magnolia continued. 



M. K. major (larger). A form of vigorous habit, with leaves 

 ami flowers two or three times larger than those of the type. 

 SYX. M. Thompsvniana, of gardens. (B M. 2164.) 



FIG. 502. FLOWERING BRANCHLET OF MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA. 



M. grandiflora (large-flowered).* fl. white, sweet-scented, large, 

 from 6in. to Bin. in diameter, erect; petals nine to twelve. 

 Summer. I. oval - oblong, coriaceous, upper surface shining, 

 under surface rusty, h. 70ft. to 80ft. North America, 1737. 

 A handsome stately hardy evergreen tree, branching, and form- 

 ing a fine pyramidal head. See Fig. 502. (A. B. R. 5ia) There 

 are numerous varieties, differing from the type in the shape of 

 the leaves; they are not, as a rule, of much importance. 



M. Halleana (Hall's). A synonym of M. stettata. 



M. macrophylla (large-leaved).* fl. white, purple at the base, 

 sweet-scented, Sin. to lOin. in diameter ; petals six to nine, ovate, 

 June. 1. very large, 1ft. to 3ft. long, Sin. to lOin. broad, oblong- 

 obovate, somewhat panduriform, cordate at the base, under sur- 

 face whitish-glaucous, h. 30ft. North America, 1800. A very 

 handsome hardy deciduous tree, with white smooth bark. (B. M. 

 2189.) 



M. obovata (obovate). fl. purple outside, white within, large, 

 tulip-shaped, fragrant; petals six. ApriL I. large, obovate, 

 dark green, h. 5ft. Japan, 1790. A very pretty, small, hardy, 

 deciduous shrub. 



H. O. discolor (two-coloured). A form with larger flowers than 

 the type. (B. M. 390, under name of M. purpurea.) 



M. parviflora (small-flowered).* fl. white, rosy-tinted, almost 

 globular. Spring. I. round-ovate, cuspidate ; petioles and prin- 

 cipal nerves covered with short reddish pubescence beneath. A 

 hardy deciduous shrub. Japan. (Gn. Dec. 8, 1883.) 



M. purpurea (purple). A synonym of M. obovata discolor. 



M. stellate, (starry).* fl. white, Sin. in diameter, sweet-scented ; 

 sepals shorter than petals, oblong, hairy outside ; petals reflexed, 

 narrow, linear-oblong, obtuse ; anthers yellow, shorter than the 

 green pistil. March to May. I. deciduous, varying from obovate 

 obtuse to elliptic and shortly acuminate, membranous, 2in. to 

 5in. long. Japan. A pretty tree, flowering before the leaves 

 fully develop. SVN. SI. Halleana. (B. M. 6370.) 



M. Thompsoniana (Thompson's), of gardens. A synonym of 

 M. glauca major. % 



M. trlpetala (three-petaled). A synonym of M. Umbrella. 



M. Umbrella (umbrella).* Umbrella-tree, fl. white, with a 

 slight but not altogether agreeable perfume, 4'in. to 6in. in dia- 

 meter ; petals nine to twelve, exterior ones pendent. Spring. 

 I. lanceolate, 1ft. to 2ft. long, spreading, adult ones smooth, 

 younger ones pubescent underneath, h. 35ft. North America, 

 1752. A free-growing and somewhat straggling hardy deciduous 

 tree. SVN. M. trijxtala. 



MAGNOLIACEJE. An order of trees or shrubs, 

 natives of tropical and Eastern Asia, North America, 

 rare in tropical and extra-tropical South America; none 



Magfnoliacese continued. 



have yet been found in Africa, and very few in Aus- 

 tralia and New Zealand. Flowers axillary or terminal, 

 solitary or rarely sub-fasciculate, often showy, herma- 

 phrodite, or, in a few genera, unisexual. Fruit of 

 numerous dry or succulent, dehiscent or indehiscent, 

 carpels. Leaves alternate, undivided, reticulately penni- 

 nerved, entire or dentate. Magnoliacese possess bitter, 

 tonic, and aromatic qualities. There are about nine 

 genera and seventy species. Examples : Drimys, Illicium, 

 Liriodendron, and Magnolia. 



MAGPIE MOTH. See Gooseberry or Magpie 

 Moth. 



MAHALEB. See Cerasus Malialeb. 



MAHARANGA. Now included under Onosma 

 (which see). 



MAHERNIA (an anagram of Hermannia, to which 

 it is closely allied). ORD. Sterculiacece. A genus compri- 

 sing thirty-three species of very pretty greenhouse ever- 

 green herbs or sub-shrubs, all natives of extra-tropical 

 and Southern Africa, distinguished from the allied genus 

 Hermannia in the filaments of the stamens being dilated 

 in the middle. The species, only a few of which are in 

 cultivation, are of easy culture in a light compost of 

 equal parts loam, peat, and leaf mould, to which may be 

 added a little sand. The plants soon acquire a straggling 

 habit, unless the young shoots are frequently stopped 

 in order to produce a lateral growth. Propagated freely, 

 during summer, by cuttings of young shoots, lin. to 2in. 

 long, inserted in sandy soil, under a glass. 



FIG. 503. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MAHERNIA GLABRATA. 



M. glabrata (smooth), fl. yellow, drooping, rather large, with a 

 Jonquil-like fragrance ; peduncles two-flowered, very long. April 

 to June. 1. lanceolate, distantly pinnatifidly toothed, roughish 

 from dots and stellated down ; stipules ovate, mucronate. h. 1ft. 

 to 2ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1789. Sub-shrub. See Fig. 503. 

 (A. B. R. 85.) 



M. inclsa (cut-leaved). fl. deep crimson in the bud, inclining 

 to a deep orange as they open, and finally becoming yellowish ; 

 peduncles usually two-flowered. July and August. I. inciso- 

 pinnatifld, covere 1 with glandular, stellate, and simple down. 

 h. 2ft. to 4ft. Cape of Good Hope, 1792. Shrub. (B. M. 353.) 



MAHOGANY- TREE. See Swietenia Maha- 

 ifoni. 



MAHONIA. Included under Berberis (which see). 



MAHUREA (its native name). STN. Bonnetia. 

 ORD. Ternstrcemiacece. A small genus (four species) of 

 South American stove evergreen trees. Flowers pink, 

 disposed in narrow terminal panicles; sepals five, im- 

 bricated; petals five, contorted. Leaves alternate, often 

 petiolate. Only one species has yet been introduced. 



