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MAURANDIA 



r.uviiio: siliouos booominp 3-4 in. long, erect. Medit. 

 rojiioii; jilsti Isle of Wight. — M. ghbrata, DC, is ii gla- 

 bri>us funii. 



V:ir. &nnua,Vu&s (,.V. annua. Sweet. M. grxca, Sweet). 



TeN-WKKKS. or iNTKK-MKniATK STOCKS. Fig. 2334. 

 Annu:U. less wnoily. blooming earlier. — .\ shining-lvd. 

 variety is knowni. \'ar. autumnalis, Vo.s.s. .\utuniii- 

 bUxmiing or Bronipton stocks. 



bicdrnis, DC. Half-shrubby, straggling annual or 

 biennisU: fls. smaller than those of M. iiicana, inn'iilish 

 or lilac, fnigrani b>- night, closing by day: jiod terete, 

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

 Greece, Asia Minor. (!n.M. 3:2'jr). 



.V. coronopifdtia. DC. Perennial, somewhat woody at base, 

 hoalT-puboseent : Ivs. linear-oblonp, sinnatc-lobtMi or somewhat pin- 

 natiAd: petals wavy, vinous purple. Sicily. B.M. 7750. — M, niatlcr- 

 ^n.'i.<, Lowe. Woody at b.ase, spreadinR: Ivs. lonR-lanceohite, acute, 

 goft-tomcntocse. usually entire: fls. pale violet, or violet-purple, 

 rarely white, fragrant. Madeira. Gt. 1;.354. — M. peilemontana, 

 Hort. .\pparently a form of M. varia: fls. liEht rosy purple: decora- 

 live for the rock-garden. G. C. III. 53: 149. — M. sinwWt var. oi/hi- 

 fin. Kouy. A Fouc. {M. oyensis, M6nier), is figured in U. M. 77013, 

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

 dens to ohicnsis and chinensis." The plant is from the lie d'Veu 

 (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. 

 nirta, 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 fT R 



MAURANDIA (after Maurandy, professor of botany 

 at Cartagena, Spain). .\lso written Maurandya. Srraph- 

 ulariacc^. Perennial herbs, grown for the .showy flowers 

 and for the climbing habit of some of them. 



Bofanically, this genus is near to the snapdragf)n, 

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



2335. Maurandia 

 Lophospermum. 



known to the trafle chiefly as Maurandia antirrhiniflora 

 is now referred to .Vnlirrhinurn. (Sec Antirrhinum, 

 Vol. I, p. 30.5, where this plant is described and figured.) 

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

 Maurandia.s climb by the twisting of tht^ If.- and fl.- 

 gtalk.s. They arc glahrf)us or pubescent : Ivs. alternate, 

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

 angular-lobc'l or coarsely toothed: calyx .'j-i)arl(;d; 

 segms. narrow or broa<J; corolla-tube scarct'ly bulged 

 or gibbous at the ba-se, e.s.sentially funnelform, with 

 beardc'i lines instead of a palate; posterior lip 2-cut; 

 anterior lip variou.sly parted ; stamens 4, didynamous: 

 fr, a caps, with winged or wingless stieds. — About fj or 

 8 specify of Mexican and Arizonian plants, mostly 

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



white, rose, punile and bhie, the throat usually white 

 or light -colored, snnic\vh:it 'J-lippcd. 



Tcihaps the commonest cuUi\:itcd species is M. Bar- 

 claiana, which is prociuable in a greater range of colors 

 than the others. M:uu-andi;is are ilcsirable vines for 

 winter-flowering in cool greenhouses, but^ since they 

 bloom the first year from seed, they :u'e almost wholly 

 grown for summer bloom outdoors and treated like 

 teiuler annuals. They have a slender habit and grow 

 about 10 feet in :t .sea.son. In autumn the vines may be 

 taken up :uid removed into the ho\isc if desin^d. In 

 some of the rcccMitly introiluccd species the habit is 

 prostrate or iiendulous rather than climbing. 



M;iur:mdi:i.s (•:in be incrcase<l eitlicr by .seed or cut- 

 tings. \\'hen gro\\^^ from seed, the (lans or flats shouhl 

 be given a liberal amount of crocks, and this ccjvered 

 with some coarse material. For a compost use four 

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

 well mi.xed together. Fill the pans to about ' i inch from 

 the top, finning the material. For covering t,he seed.s, 

 screen some of the comjjost and cover about three times 

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

 the pans in a house with a night temjierature of 60°. 

 Cover with glass and keep sh;ided until they start to 

 germinate. When large enough to handle, pot off into 

 2- or 2,12-inch pots, using tlie 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 G- or 7-inch iiots. For 

 these larger sliifts use a compost of four jjarts of fibrous 

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

 small amoimt 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 !i5° to 60° with a rise 

 of 10° to 1,5° 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 keej) 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. Farrcll.) 



A. Plant climbing. 

 B. Seeds tuberded, wingless: calijx-scgms. narrow: Ivs. 



hastate, not serrate. (Subgenus Eumaurandia.) 

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

 Barclaiana, Lindl. U.sually, but not originally, 

 written liarelayana. Climber, somewhat woody: Ivs. 

 angular, cordate, acuminate, the ])etioles longer than the 

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

 deep purple, personate; upper lij) of corolla with 2 

 transverse rounded lobes, the lower lip with 3 roundish 

 ovate lobes. Mex. B.H. IIOS. L.B.C. 14:1381. V. 

 5:3.53. — The following trade names advertised like 

 .species-names are presumably all color-varieties of this 

 species: M. alba, M. alhijlora, M. Emeryana, M. ro.iea, 

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

 last is a trade name for mixed varieties. 



cc. Calyx glabrous, shorter. 

 scandens, Pers. {listeria scdndens, Cav. M. semper- 

 Jlbrens, Ort.). Shnibby 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 (Lophn.fpfrmum erubiscens, Don). 



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



