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MALAXIS— MECONO PSIS. 



corda'ta, (y. M. ^) .) leaves broad, oval or 

 ovate-lanceolate, at base slightly cordate, 

 eoniewhat tomentose beneath ; petals ob- 

 ong-lajiceolate, acute. 40-50 f. S. 



pyramida'ta, (Ap. ^.) leaves rhomb-ob- 

 oval, abruptly acute, both sides colored 

 alike, sub-cordate and auricled at the base ; 

 lobes divaricate ; petals lanceolate, gradu- 

 ally acute. S. 



MALAX"IS. 18—1. {Orchidca.) [From mal- 



akia, softness, from tlie delicacy of the 



plants.] 



liliifu'ha, (twayblade, w. y. p. J. li) 

 scape 3-cornered; inner petals filiform, re- 

 flexed, 2-colored ; lip concave, obovate, 

 mucronate ; leaves 2, lanceovate, or oval. 

 4-8 i. 



lungifo'lia, (y-jr. J. 11.) leaves broad-lan- 

 ceolate, longer than the scape ; spike ob- 

 long; lip cordate, concave, channeled, 

 shorter than the petals ; bulb roundish ; 

 scape 2-leaved. 3-7 i. 



MALACHODEN"DRON. 15-5. (Durantia.) 

 [From malake, soft, dcndron, tree.] 

 ova'tum, (w. M. ^.) leaves ovate, acute ; 



flower solitary, sub-sessile. 6-12 f. S. 



MAL"OPE. 15—12. {Mnlvacea.) 



malacoi'des, (y. %.) leaves oblong, acute, 

 entire, crenate, glabrous on the upper sur- 

 face ; peduncles solitary, axillary. 12-18 i. 

 S. 



MAL"VA. 15—13. {Malvaceae.) iFiom mollis, 



soft.] 



rotundifo'lia, (low mallows, r. w. J. 11.) 

 leaves heart-orbicular, obsoletely 5-lobed ; 

 peduncles bearing the fruit declined ; stem 

 prostrate. Probably introduced. 



sylves"ins, (mallows, r-b. J. $ . and IX.) 

 £tcm erect; leaves about 7-lobed, acutish; 

 peduncles and petioles hairy. Ex. 



cris"pa, (curled mallows, Au. @.) stem 

 erect ; leaves angular, crisped ; flowers ax- 

 illary, glomerate. Ex. 



coccin"ea, (r. Au. 2^.) hoarj- -tomentose, 

 covered with stellate hairs; racemes ter- 

 minal ; stem diffuse. S. 



vwscha'ta, (musk m alio w-s, 24^.) erect; 

 radical leaves reniform, gashed ; cauline 

 leaves 5-parted, pinnate, many-cleft; leafets 

 of the involucre linear. Naturalized. 



virga'ta, (whip-stalk mallows, r. 11) 

 leaves deeply 3lobed, toothed, cuneate at 

 the base ; peduncles in pairs, longer than 

 the petioles. Ex. 



abutiloi'des, leaves with 5 angular lobes, 

 tomentose ; peduncles 2-cleft, generally 4- 

 flowered ; axillary capsules many-seeded. 

 S. 



carolin"iana, (r. Au. 0.) leaves 5-lobed 

 or palmate, notched and toothed ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the petioles ; petals entire ; 

 fruit villose ; stem prostrate, branching. S. 



triungnlu'ta, (p. Ju.) hinsute, sub-deoum- 

 bent; lower leaves triangular cordate ; up- 

 per ones 3-5-lobed, irregularly toothed; 

 flowers racemed. 12-18 i. S. 



f)eda'ta, (IC- p.) somewhat scabrous v.'ith 

 stellate hairs; leafets pedately 5-7-parted; 

 eegments laciuiatcly toothed ; flowers on 



2/)' 



elongated peauncles in a loose panicle 

 calyx naked, slightly hirsute. 2-4 f. S. 



MAL'VAVIS''CUS. 15—12. (Mnlvacea.) 



Jlorida'uus, (r. 11) pilose, hirsute, her- 

 baceous ; leaves cordate-ovate, crenate- 

 obtusish, small, short-petioled ; peduncles 

 axillary, nodding, towards the end of the 

 branches. Florida. 



MARCIIAN"TIA. 21-3. [Hepaticcc.) [From 

 Marcliant, a naturalist.] 

 >oli/moi-"pha, (brook liverwort, g-y. Ju. 

 .) pistillate receptacles radiated ; stami- 

 nate ones peduncled, peltate ; fronds crowd- 

 ed together, lobed, nerved, and covered 

 with small decussate veins ; pistillate ped- 

 uncles very long ; nei-ves of the frond gen- 

 erally brown. On earth and stones, in wet 

 or damp places. 



MARRU'BIUM. 13—1. {LaUata:.) [From a 

 Hebrew word, marrob, a bitter juice.] 

 vulga're, (horehound, w. Ju. ^.) leaves 

 round-ovate, toothed, rugose, veined ; ca- 

 lyx toothed, setaceous, uncinate. Introdu- 

 ced. 

 MARSHAL"LIA. 17—1. (Corymbifera:.) 



lanceola'ta, (p. M. 2-^.) stem simple, leafy 

 below, naked near the summit ; leaves of 

 the root obovate, of the stem long, lanceo 

 late ; scales of the involucrum oval; chaff 

 spatulate. 18-24 i. S. 



latifo'Ua, (Au. 2^.) stem simple ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, 

 lowest ones sheathing ; scales of the invol- 

 ucrum acute ; chaff of the receptacle linear. 



s. 



angustifo'lia, (p. Ju. IX) stem branch- 

 ing ; lower leaves narrow-lanceolate, upper 

 ones linear; scales of the involucrum rigid, 

 subulate ; chaff linear. N^r.cyanan"thera, 

 corolla pale purple ; anthers sky blue ; stem 

 simple, angular, very pubescent near the 

 top; leaves lance-linear, 3-nerved; scales 

 of the calyx lanceolate, acuminate. 2 f. 

 S. 



MARTYN"IA. 13—2. (Bignom<z.) [In honor 

 of the botanist, Martyn.] 

 probosci'dea, (martinoe, w. p. y. Ju. 0.) 

 stem short, branching; leaves alternate, 

 cordate, entire, villose ; pericarp termina- 

 ting in a long proboscis. 1-2 f. <S. 

 MATRICA'RIA. 17—2. (Corymbifera.) [Na- 

 med from its efficacy in the diseases of fe- 

 males.] 



chamomiV'la, (wild chamomile, w. M. 0.) 

 leaves bi-pinnate ; scales of the involucre 

 obtusish. Ex. 



MECONOP"SIS. 12-1. {TapaveracecE.) [From 



mekon, a poppy, opsis, aspect, resembling a 



poppy.] 



d-ij)hyl"la, (y. ra. '^.) leaves 2, glaucous, 

 sessile, hairy ; lobes rounded and obtuse ; 

 capsules 4-valvedechinate. 1 f. 



pctiola'f.um, stem 4-sided; leaves very 

 broad, long-petioled, pinnatifid-lobed. S. 



heferophyV'la, (r. 2X) leaves few and re- 

 mote, pinnately divided ; segments of the 

 lower ones ovate, incided and petioled ; of 

 the upper linear, entire, somewhat conflu- 

 ent. 



