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MACLURA 



MACROSCEPIS 



When dug. the osage plants havo very long roots, ami 

 the ends of thes»> may be i-lmppeil otT witiioiit (lisail\ an- 

 tage. If the plants !in> lulU in Innuhos ami the roots 

 choptHxl to an oven length, the setting will he an easy 

 tjisk. The tops will have been already cut olT if tix^ated 

 in tlK> way .above snggested. 



Beyond cultivation of the plants, nothing is required 

 the first year. Hy fall a good growth should have been 

 made, iUid toward spring this should be cut baek, leav- 

 ing alxMit t> inches of (lie young growth. The soa-son 

 following, nion^ care must be given to forming a heilgc. 

 When in full growth, .^ay in .luly, shear otT tlie tops of 

 the plants. Tliis will cause the side shoots to develop; 

 and it is these side shoots which will form the b;usc of 

 the hedge, .\nother light trimming should be given 

 when growth is over for the season, to bring the i)lants 

 into a hedge shaiM". Much the same work will be re- 

 quired everj' yesir, — a trimming when growth is in full 

 swing to make the hedge bushy, and another later on to 

 sha|)e it. 



The proper shape for a hedge is the conical form, 

 though it may be flat-sided or in any shajic desired, 

 provided the upper branches never overlai) the lower. 



Of late years a system of jilaiiting the osagc orange 

 differing from the one described has been followed liy 

 some. Strong two-year-tild i)lants are procured .-ukI arc 

 planted in a slanting position. As the now growth is 

 made it rises in an ui)right way as usual, and this pro- 

 duces a lattice-like api>earance of the branc'hes, and a 

 verj- strong hedge. It is certainly stronger than a ccmi- 

 mon hedge, and yet a common one properly looked after 

 forms a defensive fence, meeting all requirements, and 

 costs not nearly so much as the other. See Ihilges. 



Joseph Meehan. 



MACODES (from makos, length; on account of the 

 long labellum). Orchulacvse. A small group of orchids 

 of the habit of Ana»ctochilus. 



Terrestrial herbs, with few variegated petioled Ivs. 

 at the base, and small fis. borne in a long raceme: 

 sepals and narrower petals spreading; labellum ventri- 

 cose, with 2 small lateral lobes and 2 calli inside, 

 turned to one side; colunm short, twisted in the oppo- 

 site direction, with 2 narrow, erect appcnilagcs. — Two 

 or 3 species, with cult, requirements similar to those of 

 Anoectochilus. 



Petola, Lindl. (Anadochllus Veitchianus, Ilort. A. 

 Pitola, Hort.J. Fls. greenish, inconspicuous: Ivs. ovate, 

 2-3 in. long, reticulated, with golden yellow veins. 

 Java. R.B. 21:G1. G. 27:5.5. O.R. 17:73. 



javanica, Hook. f. Sts. creeping or suberect, 6-8 in. 

 long, rosy red: Ivs. 3 in. long, 2 in. wide, dark velvety 

 green above, with the nerves pale green and with white 

 reticulations, reddish on the lower surface: fls. orange- 

 red, white-tipped. Java. G.C. 111.39:216. B.M. 70.37. 



GEOnOE V. NA.SH.t 



MACROCHORDIUM (Inng or large tube). Bromeli- 

 aa-<E. A few >S. American plants usually referred to 

 ./Echmea. M. strictum, Beer, is referred by Mez to 

 /Echmea bromelue folia, Baker. ("See p. 222, Vol. I.) 

 The species is charafiterized by white-scurfy Ivs., simple 

 den.se, woolly spikes overtojjping the foliage: fls. with 

 yellowish green calyx and small exserted purj)le-black 

 jxjtaLs. M. liUeum, Regel & Lind.= Aichmea calyculala; 

 M . pulchrum, Beer, and M. linctorium, De Vriese, also 

 =• Aichmf'/i l/rr/melia'folia. 



MACROPIPER (Itmg or large piper). PiperAcex. A 

 few shnibs of the Pacific Isls., by some inclufled in 

 Pifxjr, but 3eparat*,-d by the monojjodial rather than 

 sjTnpfKlial growth of the flowering shoots, and by minor 

 charact<-rs. Probably non(^ is in the trade, although a 

 form of the following is mentioned in recent horticul- 

 tural literature. M. excelsum, Miq. (Piper excehum, 

 Forst.;. Glabrous densely branched aromatic shrub 

 or small tree to 20 ft., in Tahiti, Norfolk Isl., New Z('al., 



and elsewhere: branches jointed and swollen: Ivs. 

 alternate, stalked, broad-ovate or broader, 7-nerved, 

 yellow-green, the ju'tiolc winged below: s|)ikes dense, 

 solitary or in 2's. bearing minute unisexual lis.; stamens 

 2 or :>; stigmas 3 or I: fr. small yellow berries, densely 

 compacted. Var. (n'irr<>-j>iciuni, Hort., has a large 

 cream-colored or yellow blotch on the If. (i.Z. 21, p. 74. 

 For M. iiicthjj.-iiicuiii, Hook & Aru., and further dis- 

 cussion, see Piper. l H. B. 



MACROPLECTRUM (Greek, hmg-.iptirred). Orchid- 

 da.T. Cauk'sceiit ])lant,s, in habit and cultural require- 

 ments like Vanda, with numerous distichous leaves, the 

 flowers with long sjjurs. 



Sepals and [letals similar, spreading; lip rigidly at- 

 tached to the base of the colunm, entire; (mlumn short 

 and thick; pollinia 2, upon separate and distinct mem- 

 branous caudicles. — Several species in Madagascar and 

 the Mascarine Isls. In. M. sesquipedalc, the long spur 

 or tail-like ajipendage is sometimes 18 in. long. Darwin 

 predicted when he saw the plant first that a moth 



2293. Macroplectrum sesquipedale. 



would be found some day in Madagascar with a 

 tongue long enough to reach down to the nectar, and 

 it was, years afterward. 



sesquipedale, Pfitz. (Angrrxcum sesquipeddle, Thouars. 

 Aerdnthus se.'iquipedalis,Lind\.). Fig. 2293. Sts. 2-3 ft. 

 tall: Ivs. oblong-ligulate, 12 in. long and up to 2 in. 

 broad, unequally 2-lobed: peduncle 2-5-fld.; fls. 5-7 in. 

 across, fleshy, ivory-white; sepals and petals similar, 

 acuminate; lip oblong-ovate, cordate, acuminate, irreg- 

 ularly serrate. Madagascar. A.G. 13:217. A. F. 7:831. 

 Gn. 2, p. 5. F.S. 14:1413. B.M. 5113. G.M. 38:294; 

 47:494; 49:95. O.R. 9:49. C.L.A. 17:429. G. 18:365. 

 G.C. III. 45:399. Gn.W. 10:421. Gt. 58, p. 55. J.H. 

 HI. 44:. 337; 64:393. 



Lednis, Nash (Angrsecum Lednis, Veitch. Aerdnlhus 

 Lcdnis, Reichb. Angrsecum Htmiblbtii, Reichb. f.). 

 Lvs. falcate, fleshy, equitant, flattened laterally : raceme 

 of 8 or less white fls., 2-3 in. across, on winged pedicels; 

 sepals and petals lanceolate; lip cordate, cuspidate; spur 

 4-<i in. long, curiously bent a part way down in the di- 

 rection of the fl. Comoro Isl. G.C. II. 24:80, 81. 



George V. N.\sh. 



MACROSCEPIS (Greek, long or large, and to cover). 

 Anclfptadnci'ii'. Tropical American climbers, somewhat 

 grown in the warmhoiise. 



Tall twining, setose-hirsute: lvs. opposite, large, 

 cordate: cymes crowded; fls. rather large and usually 

 showy; calyx about .5-parted; corolla-tube ovoid or 

 broa<lly cylindrical and constricted at the throat; 



