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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



M A L 



peduncled, three-leaved, seven-flowered. Stem thick, erect, 

 two feet high, rough, as is the whole plant; flowers aggregate, 

 peduncled ; corolla yellow, spreading ; petals roundish. 

 Native of marshy places in the Caribbee islands. 



2. Malachra Radiata. Heads peduncled, five-leaved, many- 

 flowered ; leaves palmate. Stem tender, round, whitish-green, 

 covered with rufous pungent hairs, as is the whole plant, 

 which is about six feet high ; corolla purplish. Native of 

 marshy places in St. Domingo. 



3. Malachra Bracteata. Leaves palmate ; heads many- 

 flowered ; flowers very small, and bracteated. The whole 

 plant is very hairy. Native of America. 



4. Malachra Fasciata. With serrate three-lobed leaves, 

 the lowest five-lobed ; the common involucre three-leaved, 

 and about five-flowered. Stem single, six feet high, and twice 

 the thickness of the thumb ; heads of flowers axillary, small, 

 rose-coloured outward, within whitish, with purple streaks. 

 Native of America. 



5. Malachra Aleseifolia. With five-lobed leaves, cordate 

 at the base; the common involucre five-leaved, and about 

 ten-flowered. Stem single, six feet high, upright, an inch 

 thick, covered with glistening pungent hairs ; flowers two or 

 three together, rather small, and of a deep yellow. Native 

 of Martinico. x 



Malaxis; a genus of the class Gynandria, order Diandria. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : spathes none; perianth 

 none. Corolla : petals five, three outer, of which two upper, 

 one lower, lanceolate, blunt, spreading; two inner linear, 

 acute, reflex about the germen ; nectary in the middle of the 

 corolla, less than the petals, concave, with concave margins, 

 cordate, acuminate behind, bifid in front. Stamina: antheiae 

 two, ovate, scarcely pedicelled, inserted into the pitcher of 

 the pistil, at the edge, sitting on two little excavations at the 

 bottom. Pistil: germen pedicelled, somewhat cylindric, 

 inferior ; style a pitcher in the middle of the nectary, halved, 

 very short, spreading, bearing the stamina on its hinder mar- 

 gin ; stigma before the little excavations, near the antheree. 

 Pericarp : capsule pedicelled, oblong, three-keeled, one- 

 celled, opening under the keels, cohering at top and bottom. 

 Seeds: extremely minute. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Nec- 

 tary : one-leafed, concave, cordate, acuminate backwards, 



bifid in front, cherishing the genitals in the middle. The 



species are, 



1. Malaxis Spicata. Scape quadrangular; flowers in spikes. 

 Perennial. Native of Jamaica. 



2. Malaxis Umbelliflora. Scape quinquangular ; flowers 

 umbelled. Native of Jamaica. 



3. Malaxis Ophyoglossoides. Leaf solitary, ovate, clasp- 

 ing the stem ; stalk with many angles ; lip cloven at the ex- 

 tremity. Native of shady woods in North America. 



Male Balsam Apple. See Momordica. 



Mallow, See Malva* 



Mallow, Jews'. See Corchorus. 



Mallow, Marsh. See Alt/uca. 



Mallow, Rose. See Alceea. 



Mallow, Indian. See Sida. 



Mallow Tree. See Lavatera. 



Mallow, Syrian. See Hibiscus. 



Malope i a genus of the class Monadelphia, order Polyan- 

 dria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth double, 

 outer three-leaved, broader; leaflets cordate, acute, perma- 

 nent, inner one-leafed, half five-cleft, more erect, permanent. 

 Corolla : petals five, obcordate, preemorse, spreading, fast- 

 ened to the tube of the stamina at the base. Stamina: fila- 

 menta numerous, at the bottom united into a tube ; above, at, 

 and below the apex of the tube, separate and loose ; antherse 



almost kidney-form. Pistil: germina roundish ; style simple, 

 the length of the stamina ; stigmas many, simple, bristle- 

 shaped. Pericarp : capsule roundish, many-celled ; cells a* 

 many as there are stigmas, conglomerated into a head. Seeds : 

 solitary, kidney-form. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: 

 double, outer three-leaved. Arils: glomerated, one-seeded. 

 The species are, 



1. Malope Malacoides. Leaves ovate-crenate, smooth 

 above. The whole plant much resembles the Mallow ; but 

 differs from it, in having the cells collected into a button, 

 somewhat like a Blackberry. The branches spread, and lie 

 flat upon the ground, extending a foot each way ; the flowers 

 in shape and colour are like-those of the Mallow. Native of 

 Tuscany and Barbary. It is propagated by seeds sown in 

 the place where they are designed to remain ; for it does not 

 bear transplanting well. If these seeds be sown upon a 

 warm border in August, the plants will frequently stand 

 through the winter, and flower early the following season ; 

 so that good seeds may be obtained : but those which are 

 sown in the spring rarely ripen the same year in England. 

 In winter they should lie sheltered under a frame. The 

 other species may be propagaled nearly in the same manner. 



2. Malope Parviflora Calicos simple; leaves subcoidate, 

 even; peduncles scarcely longer than the petiole. Root annual; 

 stem very much branched, spreading, red, subvillose, a foot 

 high; flowers axilla'-y; coiolla hemispherical. Native of 

 Peru. 



3. Malope Multiflora. Leaves roundish, undivided, notched, 

 villose ; stalks three or four together, axillary ; flowers small, 

 and white. Native of Spain. 



4. Malope Trifida. Leaves oblong, three-lobed, pointed, 

 toothed, smooth; stalks solitary, axillary. ---Found in mea- 

 dows, both in Spain and Barbary. 



Malpighia ; a genus of the class Decandria, order Trigy- 

 nia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth five-leaved, 

 erect, very small, permanent, converging. There are two 

 melliferous glands, oval and gibbous, fastened to the calicine 

 leaflets, on the outside, and at the bottom. Corolla: petals 

 five, kidney-form, large, plaited, ciliate, spreading, concave, 

 with long linear claws. Stamina: filamenta ten, broadish, 

 awl-shaped, erect, placed in a cylinder, united below, small ; 

 an there cordate. Pistil: germen roundish, very small; 

 styles three, filiform; stigmas blunt. Pericarp: berry glo- 

 bular, torulose, large, one-celled. Seeds: three, bony, oblong, 

 blunt, angular, with an oblong blunt kernel. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix: five-leaved, with melliferous pores on 

 the outside, at the base. Petals: five, roundish, with claws. 

 Berry: one-celled, three-seeded. The species are, 



1. Malpighia Glabra. Smooth-leaved Barbadoes Cherry. 

 Leaves ovate, quite entire, smooth; peduncles umbelled. 

 This tree grows to the height of fifteen or sixteen feet, erect, 

 divided into very delicate slender branches ; flowers in axil- 

 lary and terminating bunches or umbels, on peduncles half 

 an inch long, and about four flowers on each; petals rose- 

 coloured, or bright purple ; fruit red, round, smooth-skinned, 

 the size of a cherry, containing within a reddish, not unplea- 

 sant, copious, juicy pulp. This tree is planted in most gar- 

 dens of the West Indies, where the fruit is esteemed. This, 

 with all its congeners, are propagated by seeds, which must 

 be sown upon a good hot-bed in the spring ; and when the 

 plants are fit to transplant, they must be each put into a 

 separate small pot filled with rich earth, and plunged into a 

 hot-bed of tanner's bark ; where they must be treated in the 

 same manner as other tender plants from the same country. 

 For the first two winters it will be proper to keep them in 

 the bark-bed in the stove ; but afterwards they nmy be 



