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MARANTA 



MARRUBIUM 



base, very short-pointed, the surface undulate, beneath 

 purplish, above deep sbiuiDg green, with a whitish 

 feathery stripe through the center. Peru. I. H. 111:98. 



leuconedra, E. Morr. {M. Kerchoveiina, E. Morr. M. 

 A'tn;,..c. iMIort. CalaOiht Kerchoveiina, Hurt.). Dwarf, 

 (5-8 in. : Ivs. cordate-oblong, usually obtuse or very 

 short-acuminate, grayish green with oblong purple 

 spots on either side of the midrib. Brazil. l.H. 2G:::l5;i. 

 Massangeina, E..Morr. 

 [Calalhia 3Iaxsange- 

 i)na, Hort.). Larger in 

 all its parts than the last : 

 h's. elliptic-ovate to ob- 

 ovate, rounded or trun- 

 cate at base, the apex 

 abruptly short-pointed, 

 liitht purplish beneath, 

 the upper part marked 

 with three colors, — olive 

 green towards the mar- 

 gin, broad central band 

 of silvery gray, blotches 

 of purple or maroon be 

 tween the two. Brazil. 

 F. S. 22.23G4-5 (as M. 

 leuconenra, var. Mas- 

 sangeaiia). J.H.III. aO: 

 499 (as var. florenlina). 

 bicolor, Ker-Gawl. A 

 foot high: Ivs. roundish 

 ovate, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, more 

 or less wavy on the mar- 

 gin, abruptly short- 

 pointed, light purple be- 

 low, pale glacuous green above, with a relatively light- 

 colored central band and very dark green or brown- 

 green blotches midwav between the rib and the mar- 

 gins. Brazil. B.R. 10:78G. L. B.C. 10:921. 



The following names are found in .American tr.idelists: It. 

 i?ora9u(rii = Calathea Baraquini ? — J/. (.".,,,.„. 1/ i.n- 

 ntfcra, Hort. (a form of Calathea Makoj;iTi:i . ,iK..ut 



•6 in. long, obliquely oval, yellowish grein, ^^ i m • .l.cp 



green spots or bars. Brazil.— Jlf. iiidf rsi. 1. Iii-^ i. ii ul,iti-il 

 with yellow.— jlf. musaica. Hort. Lvs. 6-'; in. I..11-. ,,l,li,iii.ly 

 -cordate, shining green, marked with many transverse voi?is. 

 Brazil.— J/. Porteana. See Strom.anthe.- Jf. SanorMiin, Hort, 

 Dwarf: Ivs. oblong, pale green, with oblonc-oblique. deep green 

 bars on each side of the midrib. S. America.— J/, sanguitiea. 

 -See Stroraanthe. 



See Calathea for the following names: albo-lineata. argyrea. 

 Backetniana, Chimhoracensis, eximia. fast'iittn. yasfinaha-. 

 itlustris, Lageriana, Leurrlliana, ],i,i:ii, l.,H.l,ni .lf-./,,.//,,,;ii. 

 medio-pwta, mieans, nitens.ornata, i'ini>, J '. , ' - Wo 



roseO'Hneata, rosea-picta, smarniiih im . !'■'.., - 1 - -,/,,( 

 heckei, YeitcMana, virginalis, Wainirri, ll-/;,s-., j- m ll,,-n. 



13/1. 

 Maranta arund 



zebrin 



L. II. K. 



MAEATTIA (name from J. F. Maratti, an Italian 

 botanist of the seveuteenlh century). Manittiilenr. .-V 

 genus of large, coarse-leaved fern-like plants with the 

 sporangia borne in large, boat-shaped conceptacles on 

 the under surface of the leaf. The species are strong- 

 growing and ornamental, some of them reaching con- 

 siderable size. 



fraxinea, Smith (M. (legans, Endl.). Lvs. bipinnate. 

 6-l.T ft. long, on stalksoften 1 in. ormore thick; pinnules 

 4-ti in. lone, H-l^a in. wide, of a leathery texture and 

 naked surfaces: receptacles submarginal. West Africa 

 to Malaysia and New Zealand. l_ jj. Underwood. 



MAHCGRAVIA is a genns of TernstroniiacP,'p, but 

 M. panitlo.ra — Monstera acuminata. 



MARCHANTIA( Nicholas Marchant, French botanist ) . 

 Mar'-lia tif'ar, a'. A common liverwort, spreailing its 

 leaf -like forkingthallus on moist earth. M. polymbrpha, 

 Linn., has been offered by dealers in native plants, tlii^ 

 sods of it being sold for colonizing in rock g:irdens. It 

 often grows on damp sills and walls in greenhouses. 

 The flat thallus is often 4-5 in. long and 1 in. or mor,' 

 wide, from which rise peduncles 1 in. hisb, bearing the 

 antheridial disk or shield and the star-like carpoceph- 

 alnni on similar stalks l-.T in. high. 



MARGUERITE or PARIS DAISY is Chrysanthemum 



fni/esceiix. Blue Marguerite is Felicia amellodes. 

 Reine M., of the French, is China Aster. 



MARGYRICARPUS (Greek, pearly fruit.- referring to 

 the white berries). Ji'osdcew. Five species of South 

 American subshrubs, of which M. sefosus is a heath- 

 like plant cult, in rockeries for its numerous small 

 white berries, which are seen to best advantage against 

 dark background. The nearest genus of garden value 

 is Acfena, which has fls. in heads, while those of Mar- 

 gyricarpus are solitary and axillary. Branching shrubs 

 with inconspicuous fls. which are sessile and have no 

 petals. Lvs. alternate, crowded, overlapping : calyx 

 tube persistent; lobes 4-5: ovules solitary, hanging from 

 the top of the cell. 



setdsus, Ruiz & Pav. Low-growing. Peru, Chile.— 

 Int. by Pranceschi. Hardy in England. Sometimes 

 called Pearl Fruit. 



MARlCA (meaning doubtful ; the author of the genus 

 did not explain). Iriditeew. Eleven species of tropical 

 American plants allied to Iris, but with shorter-lived 

 flowers and convolute inner segments. Three species 

 are procurable from Dutch dealers. The fls. are 2-4 in. 

 across, the outer segments large, white or blue, the 

 inner ones smaller, with complicated and beautiful color- 

 ing. They are planted in the fall, and are hardy with 

 winter covering. The genus is nearest to Cypella, but 

 the style crests are petal-like, while in Cypella they are 

 spur-like or flattened. Rootstock a short rhizome: lvs. 

 sword-shaped, 2-ranked: fls. blue, yellow or white. 

 Baker, Irideaj, 1892. 



A. Outer segments pure white. 

 gT&cilis, Herb. Lvs. 1-1>-^ ft. long, J-^-1 in. broad: 

 fls. 2 in. across. B.M. 3713. 



AA. Outer segments white, marked at the ha.'ie with 



brown and yellow. 

 Northlina, Ker. Lvs. lM-2 in. broad: fls. 3-t in. 

 across. B.M. G.i4. I. H. 42:40 (var. sp/endens). 



AAA. Outer segments blue. 



caerdlea, Ker. Lvs. 1-1 ^ in. broad: fls. 3-4 in. across. 

 B.M. ni\V2 i»^ Cypella cmrulea). B.R. 9.713. tin. 25, p. 

 313. K.W. 1:40. 



M. Califdrnica. .See Sisyrinoliinni. 



MARIGOLD. The oldest kind is the Pot Marigold, the 

 <lrifd tls.of which are uscl t.. s,.:i<..n si.ups. It is also 

 .•uit. fnr ornament. S,-.- C,i h, ,i,l iiht ,,l7iri nalis. The 

 French Marigold is Ta.j.'lrs /latnla : tlie African, T. 

 (•recta. The African Marigolds are mostly pure lenion- 

 or orange-colored; the French ones have these colors 

 and brown also, and are often striped. For Cape 

 Marigold, see Diinorphnthn-a. For Fig Marigold, 

 see Mesemhriianlhemuiii . Marsh Marigold is Caltha 

 pahtsfris. 



MARINE IVY. Cissus incisa. 



MARIPOSA LILY. See Calochorlus. 



MARIPOSA TULIP. Cah.chorlus. 



MARJORAM, SWEET. Origanum. 



MARKERY. MERCURY. See Chennpodium. 



MARROW, VEGETABLE. See Si/uash. 



MARRtTBIUM (old Latin name of obscure meaning). 

 Labiitta-. A genus of ahout 4U OI.l World species, in- 

 cbidiug the common Horehound, a hardy, perennial, 

 bitter-aromatic herb, growing 1-3 ft. high, with whifi.'-h, 

 hairy, crenate lvs., and axillary whorls of small whitish 

 fls. It is a native of Europe, Asia and northern Africa, 

 now found as an escape from gardens in waste places 

 of nearly every country of the world. Horehound is 



