MAHONIA 



MALACOCARPUS 



1971 



grayish green and somewhat lustrous above, 1-2 ^ in. 

 long: fls. in short, fascicled racemes: fr. blue. Calif., 

 N. Mex. and Mex. B.M. 2396. B.R. 702. Var. 

 Wagneri, Jouin. Lfts. 7-11 with 4-5 teeth on each 

 side, dark green above and slightly lustrous, light 

 green beneath. M.D. 1910, p. 89. This variety is 

 about as hardy as M . Aquifolium, but grows taller and 

 is very desirable. Possibly a hybrid with M. Aqui- 

 folium. 



CC. Texture of Ivs. rigid; Ifts. 9-25. 

 D. Sts. scarcely exceeding 1 ft. 



4. nervdsa, Nutt. (Berberis ncrvosa, Pursh. M. 

 glumdcea, DC.)- Dwarf shrub: sts. with long pointed, 

 husk-like bud-scales: Ivs. on stalks 1-4 in. long; Ifts. 

 9-19, lance-ovate, remotely spiny-toothed, 3-5-ribbed, 

 pale green, 1-3 in. long: racemes elongated, erect: fr. 

 oblong, blue. Brit. Col. to Calif. B.M. 3949. L.B.C. 

 18:1701. B.R. 1426. P.M. 7:55. 



DD. Sts. 5-12 ft. tall: Ivs. very short-stalked. 



5. nepalensis, DC. (Berberis nepalensis, Spreng.). 

 Lfts. 5-25, ovate-oblong, all of nearly equal size, 

 cuneate or rounded at the base, sinuately toothed, with 

 few spiny teeth, lustrous above, 2-4 in. long: racemes 

 to 10 in. long. India, chiefly Himalayas. Gn. 63, p. 94. 

 A.G. 18:355. 



6. japonica, DC. (Berberis japdnica, Spreng. B. 

 Bealii, Fort.). Lfts. 9-13, roundish or ovate, the termi- 

 nal one larger, usually truncate or subcordate at the 

 base, with large remote spiny teeth, dull or slightly 

 lustrous above, 2-5 in. long: racemes 3-4 in. long, 

 fascicled: fr. bluish black. China, Himalayas, in Japan 

 only cult. B.M. 4846, 4852. Gn. 63, p. 72. F.S. 

 6:79. Gn.M.2:19. H.F. 5:168. G. 2:299; 29:341 and 

 J.F. 3:278 (as B. nepalensis). Very effective by its 

 large bold foliage; has proved hardy at the Arnold 

 Arboretum in sheltered positions. Var. trifftrca, Schneid. 

 (B. trifurca, Forbes). Lfts. 4 in. long and 2 in. broad, 

 3-pointed at the apex and with a few teeth at the base. 

 Var. gracfllima, Fedde. Lfts. smaller, about 2 in. long 

 and %in. broad. 



BB. Lfts. cuneate at the base, lanceolate. 



7. F6rtunei, Fedde (Berberis Fdrtunei, Lindl.). 

 Shrub, to 6 ft.: Ifts. 5-9, narrow-lanceolate, spinose- 

 serrate with small appressed teeth, 2-5 in. long: 

 racemes erect, fascicled, to 6 in. long. China. F.S. 

 3:2915. J.H.S. 1846:300. 



AA. Racemes few-fld.: Ifts. rigid, 3-7. 



8. Fremontii, Fedde (Berberis Fremdntii, Torr.). 

 Fig. 2304. Shrub, 5-12 ft. : Ifts. 3-7, ovate or oblong, 

 with few strong, spiny teeth, blue-green, dull, J^-l in. 

 long: racemes loose, 3-7-fld.; pedicels slender: fr. at 

 least 3-^in. across, inflated and rather dry, blue. W. 

 Texas to Utah, Ariz, and Calif. G.F. 1:497 (adapted 

 in Fig. 2304). 



M. argiUa, Hutchins. (Berberis Hutchinsonii, Rehd. B. arguta, 

 Ball, not Schneid.). Shrub, to 5 ft.: Ifts. 9-11, lanceolate, entire or 

 with few teeth: fls. in pendulous racemes, 12-16 in. long. Probably 

 from Cent. Amer. B.M. 8266. Gn. 72, p. 481. M. brevipes, 

 Rehd. (Berberis brevipes, Greene). Allied to B. repens, but much 

 smaller in every part: Ivs. short-petioled ; Ifts. usually 7, broadly 

 elliptic-oblong, 1-1 % in. long: racemes short, few-fld. Alberta. 

 M. grdcilis, Fedde (Berberis gracilis, Hartw. ). Allied to B. pinnata. 

 Lfts. ovate to lanceolate, finely serrate or entire, 1-2 in. long, 

 lustrous. Mex., Texas. M. hxmatocdrpa, Fedde (Berberis 

 hsematocarpa, Wooton). Very similar to B. Fremontii, but the 

 terminal 1ft. longer than the lanceolate lateral ones: fr. red. Colo, 

 and New Mex. M. heterophylla, Schneid. (B. heterophylla, 

 Zabel, not Juss. B. toluacensis, Hort.). Possibly M. Aquifolium 

 XM. Fortunei. Lvs. long-petioled; Ifts. 5-7, lanceolate, 1 1 A~3 Yz 

 in. long, }^-l in. broad, spiny-toothed, lustrous. Of unknown 

 origin. M. pdllida, Fedde (Berberis pallida, Benth.). Lfts. 9-13, 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 J^ in. long, spinose, dark green 

 above, grayish beneath: racemes compound, loose. Mex. R.B. 

 30:16. M. pitmila, Fedde (Berberis pumila, Greene). Allied to 

 M. repens. A foot high or less: sts. upright, rigid, not sarmentose: 

 Ifts. 1-5, thick, ovate to round-ovate, coarsely spiny-toothed, 

 reticulate: racemes short: berries smaller, very glaucous. Calif., 

 Coast Range. M. tenuifdlia, Fedde (Berberis tenuifolia, Lindl.). 

 Lfts. 3-7, lanceolate, entire: racemes nodding, very long and loose. 



Mex. B.R. 30:26. M. trifoliolata, Fedde (Berberis trifoliolata, 

 Moric. B. trifoliata, Hartw.). Allied to B. Fremontii. Lfts. 3, 

 sessile, rigid, pale; coarsely spiny-toothed: racemes short, few-fld. 

 Texas to Mex. B.R. 31:10. F.S. 1:56. M. Wilcoxii, Rehd. (B. 

 Wilcoxii, Kearny. Odostemon Wilcoxii, Heller). Allied to M. Aqui- 

 folium, but Ifts. smaller, very coriaceous, oval or ovate with only 

 3-5 spreading spiny teeth on each side. Ariz. 



ALFRED REHDER. 



MAIANTHEMUM (Greek, Mayflower). Syn. Uni- 

 folium. Liliacese. Small spring-blooming woodsy peren- 

 nials, good for colonizing. 



Con vallaria- like, with slender rootstocks and 1-3- 

 Ivd. sts. that are 3-8 in. or more high and bear a few 

 white 4-parted small fls. in a raceme; segms. separate or 

 practically so, spreading or reflexed, deciduous; sta- 

 mens 4, inserted at base of segms; ovary 1; style 1, 

 2-lobed : fr. a globular 2-celled and 1-2-seeded berry. 

 Species 2 (by some considered only 1), in the cool parts 



of northern hemi- 

 sphere. They make 

 interesting mats or 

 colonies in shady 

 places. M. c ana- 

 dense, Desf. (Uni- 

 folium canadense, 

 Greene), native in 

 moist cool woods 

 from Newfoundland 

 to N. C. and west, 

 usually has 2 (1-3) 

 ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate sessile or 

 very short-petioled 

 Ivs. on the st. and 

 many radical lys. 

 in the spreading 

 colony, cordate at 

 base with narrow 

 sinus: raceme 1-2 

 in. long, usually 

 many - fld . , rather 

 dense; fls. white, the 

 segms. longer than the stamens: berry pale red, speckled: 

 foliage dies in summer. M . bifolium, DC. (M . Conval- 

 Idria, Web.) is the European and Asiatic species: Ivs. 

 2, stalked, triangular-cordate: st. 6-8 in. high from a 

 filiform root: raceme spike-like. Var. kamtschdticum, 

 Jepson, Calif, to Alaska and Siberia, is 4-14 in. high, 

 often stout: Ivs. ovate or triangular-cordate, the petiole 

 of the lower one sometimes longer than the blade, the 

 radical If. very long-petioled and almost as tall as 

 fl--st- L. H. B. 



MAIDENHAIR FERN: Adiantum. 

 MAIDENHAIR TREE: Ginkgo. 

 MAIZE: Corn and Zea. 



MAKART DECORATIONS and bouquets are dried 

 grasses and everlastings, whether dyed or not. The 

 celebrated painter, Hans Makart, once decorated his 

 salon with dried palm leaves, pampas grass and the 

 like, to the delight of the Emperor of Austria, who 

 visited the artist's studio; hence the name. See Ever- 

 lastings and G.C. III. 6:714. 



MALACOCARPUS (Greek, soft and fruit). Cac- 

 tacese. A genus commonly combined with Echinocactus. 

 As usually understood, it consists of globose plants: 

 fls. slightly funnel-shape, usually yellow; ovary with 

 scales bearing in their axils bristles and wool; stigma- 

 lobes red: fr. soft, rose-colored or crimson. Six species 

 have been assigned to this genus; but if it is to be 

 retained, more species are doubtless to be referred to it. 

 It is native of the east coast of S. Amer. M. Selldwii, 

 Schum., is offered in the European trade under the 

 name of Echinocactus Sellowii. j N. ROSE. 



2304. Mahonia Fremontii. ( X Yz) 



