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MATTHIOLA 



MAURANDIA 



raceme: siliques becoming 3-4 in. long, erect. Medit. 

 region; also Isle of Wight. M. glabrdta, DC., is a gla- 

 brous form. 



Var. annua,Voss (M.dnnua, Sweet. M. grasca, Sweet). 

 TEN-WEEKS, or INTERMEDIATE STOCKS. Fig. 2334. 

 Annual, less woody, blooming earlier. A shining-lvd. 

 variety is known. Var. autumnalis, Voss. Autumn- 

 blooming or Brompton stocks. 



bic6rnis, DC. Half-shrubby, straggling annual or 

 biennial: fls. smaller than those of M. incana, purplish 

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

 long, 2-horned: Ivs. pinnatifid, or the uppermost entire. 

 Greece, Asia Minor. Gn.M. 3:226. 



M. coronopifolia, DC. Perennial, somewhat woody at base, 

 hoary-pubescent: Ivs. linear-oblong, sinuate-lobed or somewhat pin- 

 natifid: petals wavy, vinous purple. Sicily. B.M. 7750. M. mader- 

 insis, Lowe. Woody at base, spreading: Ivs. long-lanceolate, acute, 

 soft-tomentose, usually entire: fls. pale violet, or violet-purple, 

 rarely white, fragrant. Madeira. Gt. 1:354. M. pedemontdna, 

 Hort. Apparently a form of M. varia: fls. light rosy purple: decora- 

 tive for the rock-garden. G. C. III. 53: 149. M. sinuata var. oySn- 

 sis, Rouy. & Fouc. (M. oyensis, Menier), is figured in B. M. 7703, 

 where it is said that "the name oyensis has been corrupted in gar- 

 dens to ohiensis and chinensis." The plant is from the lie d'Yeu 

 (Insula Oya, whence the name) on the coast of France. It is an 

 annual or biennial, with sinuate-toothed Ivs., hairy, and with large 

 white fragrant fls. Not known to be in cult, in this country. M . 

 vdria, DC., Italy and Greece, a variable species, some forms of 

 which may appear in cult. Perennial: Ivs. linear, obtuse, entire, 

 canescent: petals oval, undulate, purplish. T TT R 



MAURANDIA (after Maurandy, professor of botany 

 at Cartagena, Spain). Also written Maurandya. Scroph- 

 ulariacese. Perennial herbs, grown for the showy flowers 

 and for the climbing habit of some of them. 



Botanically, this genus is near to the snapdragon, 

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



2335. Maurandia 

 Lophospermum. 

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known to the trade chiefly as Maurandia antirrhinifiora 

 is now referred to Antirrhinum. (See Antirrhinum, 

 Vol. I, p. 305, where this plant is described and figured.) 

 It is a climber and requires the cult, of maurandia. 

 Maurandias climb by the twisting of the If.- and fl.- 

 stalks. They are glabrous or pubescent: Ivs. alternate, 

 or the lower ones opposite, triangular or halberd-shaped, 

 angular-lobed or coarsely toothed: calyx 5-parted: 

 segms. narrow or broad; corolla-tube scarcely bulged 

 or gibbous at the base, essentially funnelform, with 

 bearded lines instead of a palate; posterior lip 2-cut; 

 anterior lip variously parted; stamens 4, didynamous: 

 fr. a caps, with winged or wingless seeds. About 6 or 

 8 species of Mexican and Arizonian plants, mostly 

 climbers, with showy, irregular trumpet-shaped fls., 



white, rose, purple and blue, the throat usually white 

 or light-colored, somewhat 2-lipped. 



Perhaps the commonest cultivated species is M. Bar- 

 claiana, 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 feet in a season. In autumn the vines may be 

 taken up and removed into the house if desired. In 

 some of the recently introduced species the habit is 

 prostrate or pendulous rather than climbing. 



Maurandias can be increased either by seed or cut- 

 tings. When grown from seed, the pans or flats should 

 be given a liberal amount of crocks, and this covered 

 with some coarse material. For a compost use four 

 parts new loam, two parts leaf-mold, one part sand, 

 well mixed together. Fill the pans to about Y^ inch from 

 the top, firming the material. For covering the seeds, 

 screen some of the compost and cover about three times 

 the size of the seed. Water with a fine rose. Place 

 the pans in a house with a night temperature of 60. 

 Cover with glass and keep shaded until they start to 

 germinate. When large enough to handle, pot off into 

 2- or 2^-inch pots, using the same compost, adding 

 about one-fourth part of well -decayed cow-manure. 

 When intended for the conservatory, they should be 

 shifted along until they are in 6- or 7-inch pots. For 

 these larger shifts use a compost of four parts of fibrous 

 soil, one part each of cow-manure and leaf -mold, and a 

 small amount of bone-meal. Maurandias can also be 

 grown from cuttings taken any time after the middle of 

 January, using an intermediate propagating-bed and 

 grown on as above stated. For their general culture, 

 they like a night temperature of 55 to 60 with a rise 

 of 10 to 15 with sun heat. Water should be given 

 when they show a dryness at the roots. On bright days 

 they should receive a good syringing to keep the foliage 

 clean and healthy. When they have filled the soil 

 with roots, liquid manure given about once a week 

 will keep them vigorous. Train the shoots and give 

 them additional room as they may require. Maurandias 

 are largely grown for baskets, vases and the like. The 

 most troublesome insects are red-spider and aphids. 

 Syringe to keep the former in check and fumigate fre- 

 quently for aphids. (J. J. M. Farrell.) 



A. Plant climbing. 



B. Seeds tuberded, wingless: calyx-segms. narrow: Ivs. 



hastate, not serrate. (Subgenus Eumaurandia.} 



C. Calyx distinctly glandular-pilose; segms. long-attenuate. 

 Barclaiana, Lindl. Usually, but not originally, 



written Barclayana. Climber, somewhat woody: Ivs. 

 angular, cordate, acuminate, the petioles longer than the 

 blades and twining: fls. about 3 in. long, downy outside, 

 deep purple, personate; upper lip of corolla with 2 

 transverse rounded lobes, the lower lip with 3 roundish 

 ovate lobes. Mex. B.R. 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, M. albiflora, M. Emeryana, M. rosea, 

 M. Luceyana, M. purpurea grandiflora, M. varius. The 

 last is a trade name for mixed varieties. 



cc. Calyx glabrous, shorter. 



scandens, Pers. (Usteria scdndens, Cav. M. semper- 

 flbrens, Ort.) . Shrubby below : Ivs. halberd-shaped, long- 

 acuminate, the margins not toothed: fls. lavender-col- 

 ored; throat white. Mex. B.M. 460. Cult, in S. Calif. 



BB. Seeds with a lacerated or irregular wing: calyx-segms. 

 leafy and broad: Ivs. triangular-ovate, serrate. 



c. Corolla-lobes obtuse or even notched. 

 erubescens, Gray (Lophospermum erubescens, Don). 

 Woody climber, glandular-hairy: Ivs. somewhat trian- 



