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29. Malva Verticillata; Whorl-flowered Mallow. Stem 

 upright; leaves angular; flowers axillary, glomerate, sessile; 

 calices rugged. Root annual ; flowers whitish-red, small, on 

 one-flowered peduncles. It Mowers in June and July. 

 Native of China and Cochin-china. 



30. Malva Crispa; Curled Mallow. Stem upright; leaves 

 angular, curled ; flowers axillary, glomerate. Annual ; stem 

 four or five feet high. Native of Syria. 



31. Malva Alcea; Vervain Mallow. Stem upright; leaves 

 many-parted, somewhat rugged. Root long, branched, per- 

 ennial ; corolla bright purple. Native of Europe. 



32. Malva Moschata; Musk Mallow. Stem upright; root- 

 leaves kidney form, gashed; stem-leaves five-parted, pinnate- 

 multirid. Stem round, much branched, slightly hairy ; flowers 

 crowded on the top of the stem and branches on short pedun- 

 cles, and single ones from the axils of the upper leaves; 

 petals heart-shaped, divided nearly to the base, pale red or 

 flesh-coloured, with deeper veins. The flowers have an 

 ambrosial or musky scent, which, however, is not always to 

 be perceived. Native of many parts of Europe. In England 

 it is by no means uncommon, particularly in the midland 

 counties, in Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Derbyshire, and 

 in the north. It is sometimes observed in Norfolk, Suf- 

 folk, and Cambridgeshire; on Cullum heath, South Leigh, 

 and between \Vitney and Burford, in Oxfordshire. Mr. Curtis 

 mentions its growing plentifully near Coomb wood. It has 

 also been found near Balham, in Surrey. Mr. Goodyer found 

 it with white flowers in a close called Aldercrofts, near 

 Maple-Durham, in Hampshire. 



33. Malva Tournefortiana. Stem decumbent ; root-leaves 

 five-parted, thrce-lobed, linear; peduncles longer than the 

 stem-leaf; corolla blue. Native of Provence and Spain, on 

 the sea-coast. 



34. Malva YEgyptia; Palmated Mailow. Stem upright; 

 leaves palmate, toothed; corollas smaller than the calix. 

 Native of Egypt. 



Maminea ; a genus of the class Polyandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Hermaphrodite. Calix: 

 perianth one-leafed, two-parted; divisions roundish, concave, 

 coriaceous, coloured, spreading very much, deciduous. 

 Corolla: petals four, roundish, concave, spreading very 

 much, subcoriaceous, longer than the calix. Stamina: fila- 

 nienta numerous, bristle-shaped, erect, very short, inserted 

 into the receptacle, ending in oblong, blunt, erect antherse. 

 Pistil: germen roundish, depressed; style cylindric, erect, 

 longer than the stamina, permanent ; stigma capitate, convex. 

 Pericarp: berry roundish, fleshy, very large, acuminate with 

 part of the style, with a coriaceous rind, one-celled. Seeds: 

 four, suhovate, rugged, distinct from the flesh. Male: on 

 the same, or a different tree. Calix, Corolla, and Stamina: 

 as in the hermaphrodite. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: 

 one-leafed, two- parted. Corolla: four-petalled. Berry : very 

 large, four-seeded. The only known species is, 



1. Mammea Americana; American Mammee. Leaves oval 

 or obovate, quite entire, blunt; flowers sweet, white, an inch 

 and half in diameter; fruit roundish, or obsoletely three or 

 four cornered. It is a tall, upright, handsome tree, with a 

 thick, spreading, elegant head ; growing to the height of 

 sixty or seventy feet in the West Indies. The fruit is co- 

 vered with a double rind ; the outer one leathery, a line in 

 thickness, tough, brownish-yellow, divided by incisures longi- 

 tudinally decussated ; the inner thin, yellow, adhering strongly 

 to the flesh, which is firm, bright yellow, has a pleasant sin- 

 gular taste, and a sweet aromatic smell; but the skin and 

 seeds are very bitter and resinous : it is eaten raw alone, or 

 cut in slices with wine and sugar, or preserved in sugar. 

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In Martinico they distil the flowers with spirit, and make a 

 liquor \vhich they call Eau Creole. The English and Spaniards 

 call the fruit Mamei, or Mammee; and the French, Abricot- 

 sauvage, from the yellowness of the pulp, like that of the 

 Apricot. To propagate this tree, set the stones or seeds as 

 fresh as possible from the West Indies, in pots filled with 

 fresh light earth, and plunge them into a hot-bed of tanner's 

 bark ; observing to water the earth whenever it appears dry. 

 In about a month or six weeks the plants will appear above 

 ground : after which they must be frequently refreshed with 

 water ; and in hot weather the glasses of the hot-bed should 

 be raised, to let in frc:.-,h air. In two months the roots of the 

 plants will have filled the pots, when you should provide 

 some pots of a larger size; into which transplant them, taking 

 care to preserve as much earth to their roots as possible, fill- 

 ing up the pots with light earth, and replunging them into 

 the bark-bed ; observing to water and shade them until they 

 have taken root: after which they should he constantly re- 

 freshed with water, as you find they want it, and must have 

 air in hot weather. In this bed they may remain till Michael- 

 mas, when they must be removed into the bark-stove, and 

 constantly kept there, observing to refresh them with water 

 but sparingly at this season ; as also to clean their leaves from 

 the filth they are apt to contract in the stove. The spring 

 following they should be shifted into fresh earth, and, if they 

 require it, into larger pots: but by no means over-pot them; 

 for they do not send forth many roots, and will not thrive 

 when the pots are too large. They must be constantly kept 

 in the bark-stove, and treated as directed for the Coffee Tree. 

 If, when the stones of the fruit are brought over, they are put 

 into the tan-bed, under the bottom of any of the pots, they 

 will sprout sooner than those which are planted in the earth. 



Manchineel. See Hippomane. 



Mandrake. See Atropa. 



Manettia ; a genus of the class Tetrandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: perianth eight- 

 leaved ; leaflets linear, concave, hirsute, permanent. Corolla : 

 one-petalled, salver-shaped ; tube cylindric, longer than the 

 calix, scored on the inside with four lines; border four-parted; 

 divisions shorter than the tube, ovate, obtuse, bearded within ; 

 nectary a rim surrounding the receptacle, quite entire, con- 

 cave. Stamina: filamenta four, filiform, very small, inserted 

 into the throat; antherse linear, incumbent, two-celled. Pis- 

 til : germen inferior, turbinate, compressed; style filiform, 

 declining, the length of the tube ; stigma bifid, thickish, blunt. 

 Pericarp: capsule turbinate, compressed, grooved on both 

 sides, one-celled, two-valved, or separable as it were into two 

 capsules. Seeds: few, flat, winged, orbiculate with a central 

 seedlet, imbricate at a pulpy oblong pillar. ESSENTIAL 

 CHARACTER. Calix: eight-leaved. Corolla: four-cleft. 

 Capsule: inferior, two-valved, one-celled. Seeds: imbricate, 

 orbicular, with a central seedlet. The specias are, 



1. Manettia Reclinata. Leaves ovate, acute, pubescent; 

 stem reclining, herbaceous. Koot annual ; flowers white. 

 Native of Mexico. 



2. Manetlia Lygistum. Leaves ovate, acute, veined ; stem 

 twining, sufFrutescent. This weakly shrub rises to the height 

 of about seven feet. Native of Jamaica. 



3. Manettia I. anceolata. Leaves lanceolate; flowers five- 

 stamined. Stem shrubby; peduncles terminating, often in 

 threes. Native of the West Indies. 



4. Manettia Coccinea. Leaves ovate, acuminate ; clusters 

 many-flowered ; stem twining, shrubby. Root perennial ; 

 tube of the corolla white, marked with red dots ; limb of a 

 scarlet colour above, downy ; mouth closed with yellow hairs. 

 Native of Guiana. 



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