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MALACOTHHIX 



MALORTIEA 



MALACOTHRIX iOrot-k wortls, meaning soft hair). 

 I'limposit.r. Anniml sunl poroiiniiil horbs of W. N. 

 Amor., one of whicli is lisli'il; sin'cics probably 20: 

 loafy-stomnnil or soaposo. usually with a radical clusliT 

 of ivs.: lu'juls yollow^ wliito or iiinkish, ))iihiiulril, 

 visually noiliiing in Inul; rccoptaclc naUi'il or bristly; 

 rts. all lipilato, honnaiiliroilito: arlu'iu' short, tiMcto, 

 ribbotl, with soft pappus-bristles. M. califomica, DC". 

 Annual, acauK'scent. bearing sinpU' rathor larm- liuhl 

 yellow heads on scapes I (i in. high: Ivs. proniineiilly 

 woolly when youni;, piniiatiliil, the lobes linear to 

 almost filiform: involucre-bracts narrow-linear or 

 subulate, in about 3 series. Saudy soils, Calif. 



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MALAY APPLE: Euoenui Jambos. 



MALCOMIA (Wm. Malcolm, English horticulturi.st 

 of the eighteenth century). .Mso written Malcolmia, but 

 it was originally spelled Malcomia. Crticifcrx. Flower- 

 garden annvials. 



Malcomia is a genus of branching herbs, the branches 

 often prostrate: Ivs. alternate, entire or pinnatifid; fls. 

 white, purplish or reddish, in a loose raceme; i)etals 

 long and linear or long-claweel: pods rather terete, long 

 or awl-shaped ; seeds in 1 series or in 2 series at the base 

 of the cells, not marginatc. — Species about 30, Medit. 

 region. 



maritima, R. Br. Virginian Stock. Mahon Stock. 

 Figs. 2.TO.5, 230G. St. erect, branching: Ivs. ellii)tic, 

 obtuse, entire, narrowed at the base, pubescence 

 appressed, 2-4-parted: jjcdicels rather shorter than the 

 calyx; fls. shades of lilac and red to white, the limb 

 veined: pods pubescent, long-acuminate at tlie apex. 

 Medit. region. B.M. Kit) (as Cluiraidhns maritimux, 

 showing red fls., changing to purple before fading). 

 J.H. III. 59:30. — It is a charming hardy anmial of the 

 easiest cult, growing about a foot high, with a more 

 branching and open habit than the common stock 

 (MatthioTa), and 4-petaled fls. each about M'n. across. 

 Red, white and crimson-fid. kinds are offered in Amer., 

 while rose and lilac fls. ajipear in the mixtures. There 

 seem to be no double forms. It is an excellent plant 

 for the front of a border, as it may be easily had in 





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230S. Malcomia maritima. — Virginian stock, Crimson King. 



blofim from spring to fall by means of succcssional sow- 

 ings. .S»;cds are best sown in the fall, as they give ear- 

 lier blof)in. Seeds may be sown thinly. 



3/. frUoUjrr, HoiiiH. A IJ(.*Iflr. Low. al>out ti in., pul)(;.HCont; lv8. 

 oblonK-lancpolat*: to ovat*;. nearly <-ntirc: fls. pinli, yellowish at 

 baae. Mountains, Greece. Ot. 1:220. — M. littdrcn, R. Hr. .Six to 

 12in.r Iva. hoary. lanee-Iinear. nearly entire: fls. large. i(ink-i>urple, 

 the MpfH'iint^ limb not prominently veined. W. .Medit. region. 



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 MALLOTUS ffJreek, woolly, from the long white 

 BpincM iix\ the fruit of some species). Euphorbiaceof. 

 Trees or .shrubs, some rarely cultivated for their 



econotviic products, but very little known as horticul- 

 tin':il subjects. 



Le;ives :iUernate or in a few species o|)po.site, broad, 

 simi)le, p;dmately nerved: fls. din'cious, small, in spikes 

 or panicles; calyx valvate or imbricate; no petals, disk 

 or rudiment of ovary in the 

 staminate fls.; st;imens numer- 

 ous, anther-cells oblong; the 3 

 styles almost free at base, elon- 

 gated; ovules 1 in eai^h cell: caps, 

 sepaniting into 2-3 i)arts. — 

 About SO '.)() species in the Old 

 World tropics. Related to Mer- 

 curialis ;in<l Macaranga. 



japonicus, Muell. Arg. {Rntl- 

 Ura japonica, Spreng.). A small, 

 rather .scurfy tree with large, 

 ovate, alternate, glabrous or 

 glandular, subtrilobed, reddish 

 Ivs.: spikes branched, termin;d; 

 fls. 2-3 lines wide; stamens 

 60-70: caps. J'iin. diam., pubes- 

 cent with weak jiricklcs. Japan 

 and China. R.Ii. 1894, p. 103. 



philippinensis, Muell. Arg. 



M()NKEY-l'\\(^E TkKE. KaMII.A 



Thick. Lvs. broadly ovate, 

 rough, entire or nearly so, alter- 

 nate: caps, not jirickly but 

 covered with red-brown glands 

 which furnish the kamila (or 

 kani;ila) <lyc of commerce, used 

 in dyeing silks. India to Austral. 



J. B. S. Norton. 2306 Malcomia 



maritima. ( X ^4) 



MALLOW: Malva rotuudififlia, and other speciea. 

 MALLOW, FALSE: Malmslrum. 



MALOPE (name used by Pliny for some kind of 

 mallow). Malvaccse. Flower-garden annuals. 



Cilabrous or pilose herbs, with entire or 3-parted 

 alternate lvs., and peduncled often showy violet or 

 pink or white axillary fls. subtended by 3 large cordate 

 distinct bracts: calyx 5-parted; eolunm of stamens 

 divided at the top into many filaments: carjiels numer- 

 ous, 1-secded, congested into a head, indehiscent. — 

 About a dozen species have been described, jjrobably 

 reducible to 3, in the Medit. region. They are of 

 simple cult, in any ordinary garden soil; .sow early. 



trifida, C^av. Fig. 2307. Plant 2-3 ft. high, bearing 

 ro.s(r :ind purple fls. 2-3 in. across, the center usually 

 d;irker, blooming most of the summer: Ivs. 3-nerved, 

 3-lobe(l, (Icntiite, glabrous; lobes acuminate: peduncles 

 axillarv, 1-fld. Spain, N. Afr. Gn.W. 25:.5S4. H.U. 

 2:160." Var. grandiflora, Paxt. (A/, grandiflbra, F. O. 

 Dietr.), is said to b(^ superior to the type, with fls. 

 large, deep rosy red, veined inside darker. Gn. 21, p. 

 H."). P.M. 1:177. G.W. 1.5, p. 21.3. Var. alba, Hort., 

 has whiti! fls. V:ir. rdsea, Hort., has rose-colored fls. 

 G. 27:.5fJ3. Seeds are ofTered scjjarately in white, rose 

 and red. 



malacoides, Linn. An old garden annual, but appar- 

 ently not now cult, to any ext('nt: 1-3 ft.: lvs. oblong- 

 ovate to hmceolate, crenate or pinnatifid, t;ipering or 

 cordate at base: fls. large, purple-violet, solitary. Var. 

 r6sea, Hort., has rose-red fls. S. Eu., Asia Minor. 



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MALORTIEA (E. von Malortie, Germany). Pal- 

 mitrcn-. A small group of diminutive palms of Cent. 

 Amer., by some atithorities referred to Reinhardtia as a 

 subgenus, with fi-r2 stamens. They are spineless plants, 

 with alternate lvs. which are simple or 2-lobed at the 

 end, margins entire or dentate or erose on the ends: fls. 

 vmisexual, in brani-hed s[);idices or spikes that .irise 



