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JIATTHIOLA 



MAXILLARIA 



bic6rnis, DC. Half-shrubby, straggling annual or bi- 

 ennial: tis. smaller than those of 31. iiicanii, purplish 

 or lilac, fragrant by night, closing by day: pud terete, 

 long, 2-horued : Ivs. piunatifld, or the uppermost entire. 

 Greece, Asia Minor. 



M. simuita, var. Oyhisis, Rouy & 7ouc., is figured in B.M. 7703 

 (1900), where it is said that "the name Oyensis has been cor- 

 rupted in gardens to Ohiensis and Chinensis." The plant is from 

 the lie d' Yen (Insula Oya, whence the name) on the coast of 

 France. It is an annual or biennial, with sinuate-toothed Ivs., 

 h.airy, and with large white fragrant (is. Not known to be in 

 cult, iu this country. L, H. B. 



MAURANDIA (after Maurandy, professor of botany at 

 Cartagena, .Spain). Also written Maitrandi/a. Scroph- 

 ulnrU'tceie. About 5 species of Mexican climbers, with 

 usually halberd-shaped ivs, and showy, irregular trum- 

 pet-shaped Hs., white, rose, purple and blue, the throat 

 usually white or light-colored. The lis. are somewhat 2- 

 lipped. The commonest species is J/. BaiTtaiana, 

 which is procurable in a greater range of colors than 

 the others. Maurandias are desirable vines for winter- 

 flowering in cool greenhouses, but since they bloom the 

 first year from seed, they are almost wholly grown for 

 summer bloom outdoors and treated like tender annuals. 

 They have a slender habit and grow about 10 ft. in a 

 season. In the fall the vines may be taken up and re- 

 moved into the house if desired. 



Botanieally, this genus is nearest to the snapdragon, 

 though the throat of the flower is not closed. The plant 

 known to the trade chiefly as Manrandia antirrhiniflora 

 is now referred to Antirrhinum. (See Antirrhiniim, 

 where this plant is figured.) It is a climber and requires 

 the culture of Manrandia. Maurandias climb by the 

 twistingof the leaf-aud flower-stalks. They are glabrous 

 or pubescent: Ivs. alternate, or the lower ones opposite, 

 halberd-shaped, angular-lobed or coarsely toothed : 

 calyx 5-parted; segments narrow or broad : corolla tube 

 scarcely bulged at the base; posterior lip 2-cut; atite- 

 rior lip variously parted: st:imens 4-didynamous. 



1378. Manrandia scandens (X M)- 



A. Seeds lubercled, wingless: calyx segments narrow: 

 Ivs. hastate, not serrate. ( Subgenus EumaurandUi . ) 

 B. Calyx distinctly glnndtilar-pilose: segments long- 



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Barclai&na, Lindl. Usually, btitnotoriginally, written 

 Bun-la i/iiiia. B.R. 13:1108. L. B.C. 14:1381. V. 5:353. 

 — The following trade names advertised like species- 

 names are presumably all color-varieties of this species; 

 M. alba, albitlora, Jimeryana rosea, pwrpwrea grandi- 

 flora, varius. The last is a trade name for mixed 

 varieties. 



EB. Ciilyx gliihroits, shorter. 

 sempSrflorens, Ort. Fls. lavender-colored ; throat 

 white. B.M. 400. -Cult, in S. Calif. 



AA. Seeds with a lacerated or irregular wing: calyx 

 segments leafy and broad: Ivs. triangular-ovate , 

 serrate. {Subgenus Bophospermum.) 

 B. Corolla lobes obtuse or even notched. 

 erubiscens, Gray. Lvs. somewhat triangular in out- 

 line, serrate; fls. 3 iu. long, rosy pink. B.M. 3037, 3038. 

 B.R. 10:1381. G.C. II. 20:501.-Cult. in S. Calif. 



BB. Corolla lobes acute. 

 scandens. Gray (Lophospermum scandens, D. Don). 

 Fig. 1378. Perhaps only a botanical variety of the pre- 

 ceding. B.ftl. 3050.— A hybrid with the preceding is 



shown in B. 5:242. 



W. M. 



M AURlTIA (after Prince Moritz, of Nassau, 1567-1605, 

 patron of Piso and Marcgraf ; by his aid a Natural His- 

 tory of Brazil was published). Pahniieete. Very grace- 

 ful fan palms, almost spineless : stems very slender, 

 obscurely ringed; lvs. pinnatelyflabelliform, semi-circu- 

 lar, orbicular or wedge-shaped, the lobes lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; rachis long or short ; petiole cylindrical : 

 ovary perfectly 3-celled. There are or 7 tropical 

 American species. 



{lexudsa, Linn, f . Moriche Palm. Stems without sto- 

 lons : lvs. 20-30, erect-spreading, 9-10 ft. long ; blade 

 23^-4 ft. long, yellowish beneath; lobes %-\% in. wide; 

 petiole stout, rigid, semi-cylindrical, equaling the blade; 

 fr. nearly 2 in. long, depressed-globose; seed 1 '3 in. long. 

 Trop. Brazil.— Offered in 1889 by Reasoner Bros. In 

 the Amazon delta this palm grows to 150 ft. or more in 

 height, with a trunk often 30 in. in diani. at base. "The 

 fruit is spherical, the size of a small apple, and covered 

 with rather small, smooth, brown, reticulated scales, 

 beneath which is a thin coating of pulp. A spadix loaded 

 with fruit is of immense weight, often more than two 

 men could carry between them.— Wallace, "I'alms of 

 the Amazon." Jaked G. Smith. 



MAXILLABIA (Latin, maxilla , jaw, referring to the 

 mentum). Orchidaeew. Mostly pseudobulbous, epiphytic 

 orchids, resembling Lycaste in general appearance. 

 The genus contains over 100 species, dispersed at va- 

 rious altitudes in Mexico, Brazil and the West Indies. 

 About 15 species are offered by dealers in Amerii a. 

 Many of these have small flowers and are of value only 

 in collections. They are, however, easily grown, and 

 blossom profusely. Among those given below, the 

 large, white-flowered M. yranditlora and M. venusta, 

 and the white and purple M. Sanderiana are probably 

 the best species. Rhizomes short or long, creeping or 

 erect, and clothed with distichous lvs.: pseudohulbs 

 clustered or scattered on the rhizome, 1-2-lvd. or 

 densely distichophyllous at the apex of the rhizome: 

 Ivs. leathery or subfleshy, plicate or plane and keeled, 

 distichous; sepals subequal, free from each other but 

 tinited with the foot of the column and forming a pro- 

 jecting mentum; petals similar or smaller: labellura 3- 

 lobed, movably articulated to the foot of the column: 

 lateral lobes erect; middle lobe with longitudinal cal- 

 losities. The scape arises apparently from the base of 

 the pseudobulb, on the very young leafy axis, but lower 

 down than the corresponding new growth. Pollinia 4, 

 seated on a broad, scale-like stipe. The distichous ar- 

 rangement of the lvs. distinguishes this genus from 

 Lycaste. For M. Harrisoniee and tetragona, see Bycaste. 

 Heinrich Hasselbring. 



Maxillarias are of easy culture, and can be grown un- 

 der various methods of treatment with fair success. 

 The best compost consists of clean peat fiber taken from 

 the several species of Osnmnda, and live sphagnum, 

 both chopped rather fine and well mixed together. After 

 the receptacle is half filled with clean drainage and the 

 plant properly placed, the compost should be pressed 

 fi'mly in around the roots, interspersing it with nodules 

 of charcoal. In their native habitats, many of the fine- 

 rooted species grow on rocks and trees with very little com- 

 post attached. The base of the pseudobnibs or rhizome 

 should rest on a convex surface raised a little above the 



