MAUKAXDIA 



MAXILLAHIA 



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gular in outline, sprrato: petiole as well as podiinolc 

 twining: fis. :i in. lonfj, rosy pink. Mcx. H.M. '.iO'A", 

 303S (as L..sc(im/ai.s). B.R. laSl.Ci.C. 11.20:501.— Cult. 

 in S. Calif. 



re. CoroUa-lubcs iiwrc acute. 

 Lophospermum, Bailey, nom. nov. {M. scdndens, 

 Gray, not, I'ers. LophoKpiTmnm scihidcnn, D. Don). 

 Fig. 233.5. IVrhap.s a botanieal variety of the preeeding. 

 Br.inches long and slender, glanilular-pube.scent : Ivs. 

 oi)po.-;ite below and alternate above, (cordate, subacute, 

 miequally toothed, the ]ietiole tw'ining: corolla twice 

 as long !is caly.x, rose-purple, obscurely dotted outside, 

 the tube white; lobes triangular ovate, acute or the 

 lower ones nearly obtuse. B.M. 3650. — A handsome 

 plant. A hybrid nith the preceding is showTi in B. 5: 

 242. The plants passing in gardens .as M. scandens 

 need to be worked over botanically. 



AA. Plant not climbing, although with pendulotis or lop- 

 ping growth. 



Purpusii, Brandegee. Ascending, pendulous or pros- 

 trate, 12- U) in., leafy, with tuberous rootstock: Ivs. 

 long-stalked, more or less triangular-ovate: fls. axillary, 

 long-peduncled, punjle-carmine, beautiful. S. W. Mex. 

 • — A. showy tender perennial, blooming the first year 

 from seed, of bushy growth; tubers may be stored in 

 winter. Differs from M. erubescens in being more 

 glabrous and bearing smaller fls.; Ivs. often entire- 

 margined. 



^f. Comdttii, Hort.. that has been listed in S. CaHf.=M. scan- 

 dens, Pers. L. H. B.t 



MAURITIA (after Prince Moritz, of Nassau, 1567- 

 1665, patron of Piso and Marcgraf ; by his aid a Natural 

 History of Brazil wa.s published). Palmacex, tribe 

 Corijphinie. Very graceful fan palms, very little grown 

 in America except in botanic gardens. 



Stems very slender, obscurely ringed, almost spine- 

 less: Ivs. pinnately flabelliform, semi-circular, orbicu- 

 lar or wedge-shaped, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate; 

 rachis long or short; petiole cylindrical: ovary perfectly 

 3-celled. — There are 6 or 7 species, all Trop. American. 

 Mauritia must be grown in rich soil in a very hot moist 

 house with a day temperature of 80-85°. The pots of 

 small plants are often partly submerged in water. 

 G.C. 11. 26:491. 



fiexuosa, Linn. f. Moriche Palm. It.-i Palm. 

 Sts. without stolons, in nature often 90 ft. tall: Ivs. 20- 

 30, erect-spreading, 9-16 ft. long; blade 2'^-^ ft. long, 

 yellowish beneath; lobes ys-lH in. wide; petiole stout, 

 rigid, semi-cylindrical, equaling the blade: fr. nearly 2 



in. long, depressed-globose; seed IJ 



long. Trop. 



Brazil.— Offered in 1889 by Reasoncr Bros. In the 

 .Amazon delt.a this palm grows to 150 ft. or more in 

 height, with a trunk often 30 in. diam. at base. "The 

 fr. is spherical, the size of a small apple, and covered 

 with rather small, smooth, brown, reticulated scales, 

 beneath which is a thin coating of pulp. A spadix 

 loaded with fr. is of iirunen.se weight, often more than 

 two men could carry between them." — Wallace, "Palms 

 of the .Amazon." It forms extensive forests, and pro- 

 vides material for subsistence and arts of the Indians. 



N. Taylor, t 

 MAUROCENIA (.1. F. Mauroceni, Venetian senator 

 and horticulturist). Cdnatracesp. One shrub in S. Afr., 

 producing a drupe as large as a cherry and called 

 "Hottentot cherr>-," M . frangularia, Mill. (A/, capen^a, 

 Sond. Caufsine Mauroc'enia, Linn.). Glabrous, 4-6 ft., 

 with 4-angIed twigs: Ivs. eoriaceou.s, opposite, entire, 

 .suborbieular to elliptical or obovate: fls. small, green- 

 ish to white, in a.xillar>' clusters; calyx very small, 5- 

 p.irted; petals 5, exceeding the calyx; disk ring-like; 

 stamens 5, exceeding the petals: dnii)e somewhat juicy, 

 with a hard stone. Cape of Good Hope region. — Appar- 

 ently not in the tra<le. 



MAXILLARIA (Latin, maxilla, jaw; referring to llie 

 mentvun). Orclddacese. Mostly p.seudobulbous epi|)hy- 

 tic uri'hids, resembling lycaste in general apjjearance. 



Rhizomes short or long, creeping or erect, and clothed 

 with distichous Ivs. : |iseudobulbs clustered or scattered 

 on the rhizome, 1-2-lvd. or densely distichophyllous at 



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2336. MaziUaria grandiflora. ( X nearly ^ 



the apex of the rhizome: Ivs. leathery or subfleshy, 

 plicate or plane and keeled, distichous: sepals subcqual, 

 free from each other but united with the foot of the 

 column and forming a projecting mentum; petals 

 similar or smaller; labellum 3-lobed, movably articu- 

 lated to the foot of the column; lateral lobes erect; 

 middle lobe with longitudinal callosities; the scape 

 ari.ses apparently from the base of the pseudobulb, on 

 the very young leafy axis, but lower down than the 

 corresponding new growth; pollinia 4, seated on a 

 broad, scale-like stipe. — Over 1(X) species, dispersed at 

 various altitudes in Mex., Brazil and the W. Indies. 

 About 15 species are offered by dealers in .\mcr. 

 Many of these have small fls. and are of value only 

 in collections. They are, however, easily grown, and 

 blossom profusely. Among those given below, the 

 large white-fld. M. grandiflora and M. venu.sla, and 

 the white and purple .1/. Sanderiana are probably the 

 best s[)ecies. The disti(thous arrangement of the Ivs. 

 distinguishes this g(^nus from Lycaste. For AI. Ilar- 

 riaoniu' and M. tetragona, see Lycaste. 



Maxillarias are of Ciisy culture, and can be grown 

 under various metlK)ds of treatment with fair success. 

 The best compost consists of clean peat fiber taken 

 from the several spcc^ies of Osmunda, and live .sphag- 

 num, both chopped rather fine and well mixed together. 

 .\fter the receptacle is half filled with clean <lrainage and 

 the plant properly placed, the compost should be pressed 

 firiidy in around the roots, interspersing it with nodules 

 of charcoal. In their native habitats, many of the 



