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MK'HArXIA 



MICONIA 



campanuloides, L'IUt. 1,vs. huiceolato in outline; 

 miiHT oni'S sessile, aeiite, almost etaspinji: calyx with 

 n'tiexiHi apiHMulaijes shorter than the lolies; staniens S. 

 Asia Minor. H..M. 2li». Ci.C. 111. 10: 1 1 1 . CiW. ll,)). 

 IW: lo. ji. >Wo.^lt crgws 4-5 ft. hif;h, has irre);iilarly 

 tix>tluxi. bristlv-hairy fohage and lar^e cnrinus 

 droopinc fls., w^iite, tinged with purple, wheel-shaped 

 at first, later the parts reflexcd. The tl. is parted nearly 

 to the base into S-U) oblong sepnis. 1 ' 2-2 in. long. 

 This plant is a striking subject for the back of a iianly- 

 bonier. It is easily prop, by seeds (which should be 

 fresh^, and likes a well-tMiriched soil of a light character. 



TchiMtcheffii, Fisch. .V: lleldr. A stately plant, t>-7 

 ft., stout and erect, simple below: Ivs. ti-S in. long, 

 spreading and deflcxed, narrow-oblong, toothed or 

 serrate and sometimes lyrate: fls. white, in an erect 

 cylindric verj- densely fid. tenninal spike; corolla-lobes 

 8, ovate-lanceolate, the margins fimbriate. Asia 

 Minor. B.M. 7742. Gn. 71, p. 625; 77, p. 486. G.M. 

 57:.594. 0.36:22. G.W. 11, p. 198.— Described as 

 biennial, iind also as perennial if well cared for. 



WiLiiELM Miller. 

 L. H. B.f 



MICHELU (P. A. Micheli, 1679-1737, Florentine 

 botanist I. Magnoliace.v. Temperate and tropical 

 trees and shnibs, two of which (.1/. fuKcata and .1/. 

 Champaca) arc cultivated in the southern states for 

 their handsome magnolia-like foliage and red or pale 

 yellow fragrant flowers. 



Differs technically from Magnolia in the fls. mostly 

 axillary rather than tenninal, the gynophore (stipe of 

 ovary) long and the ovules usually more than 2 in each 

 carpel: fls. mostly axillary, sohtary; sepals and petals 

 similar, 9-15 or more, in 3 or more series; stamens .as 

 in Magnolia; carpels in a loose spike; stigma decurrent; 

 ovules 2 or more: fr. a long, loose or crowiled sjiike of 

 leathery carpels, which sjilit down the back; .seeds like 

 Magnolia. — ^Species about a dozen, in Asia. 



Only one michelia has attained any prominence in 

 this countr>-. This is M.fusfcata, one of the most popu- 

 lar garden shrubs in the southern states. It is known as 

 the brown-flowered or banana shrub; also Magnolia 

 funcata. It is shrubby in habit, attains a height of 10 

 to 15 feet and is perfectly hardy in the middle and lower 

 South. The shining young twigs and petioles are 

 covered with brown tomentuni. The flowers are 1 to 

 1 ' 2 inches across, brownish yellow, edged with light 

 cannine, exhaling a strong banana fragrance. The 

 flowering period extends from the end of Ajiril until 

 June. Propagate by seeds as stated for Magnolia 

 grartdiflora (p. 1965), but as seed is somewhat scarce, 

 the better method is from rijiened wood cuttings, under 

 glass and with bottom heat. The cuttings .should have 

 one or two leaves left, and be cut before very cold 

 weather. It is a very desirable conservatory shrub in 

 northern sections. (P. J. Berckmans.) 



A. Fh. pak yellow. 



Champaca, Linn. A tall tree native of the Himalayas, 

 with 7)ubesc('nt branchlets: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 ing to a long point, H-10 in. long, 2J^^ in. broad, 

 shining above, pale and glabrous or puberulous beneath; 

 petiole 1 1/2 in. long: fls. 2 in. across; sepals oblong, acute; 

 jx;tals linear: fr. .3-4 in. long. 



compressa, Sarg. (Magnolia comprissa, Maxim.). 

 Tre*;, to 40 ft., with .smooth dark bark: Ivs. oblong or 

 narrow-obovate, narrowing into long i)etioles, obtuse or 

 short-pointed, entire, coriaceous, lustrous above, 3-4 

 in. long: fls. fragrant, yellow, about 1 in. across; .sepals 

 and petals narrow-fjbovate; anthers nearly sessile; 

 hea^l of pistils stipitate: fr.-cone 2 in. long. Japan, a 

 northern species. G.F. 6:77. 



AA. Fls. broumish. 

 fuscdta, Blume (Magnolia fuscala, Andr.). Young 

 growths brown-pubescent: Ivs. ellijjtic-laneeolate or 



elliptic-oblong, smooth at niatiirity: fls. small, erect, 

 brown-|nirple, very fragrant ; none of the sepals or 

 petals linear. China. B.M. 1008. l H. B.t 



MICHOLITZIA ("sent home by Micholitz when col- 

 lecting in hulia and Burma"). Aschpiadaceu'. A 

 genus foinuled in 1909 by N. K. Browii, allied to Mars- 

 dcnia but dilTering in the calyx-lobes being valvate and 

 the corona-lobes tubercle-formed a.nd spreading. The 

 single s]iecies, M . ohrnrduta, N. E. Br., from India, is 

 s.'iid to possess no horticultural value. It is a .small 

 vmdershrub with milky juice, rather .small obcordate or 

 obovate Ivs. and small lis. with olive-green tube and 

 reddish lobes. 



MICONIA (D. Micon, Spani.sh physician). MclaMo- 

 »«(ic('.T. Glasshouse subjects, notable for the handsome 

 foliage. 



A Trop. American genus of trees and shrubs, with 

 large and showy opposite or verticillate strongly 

 veined Ivs.: fls. relatively small, usually corymbose or 



2370. Miconia magnifica. Known to the trade as 

 Cyanophyllum magnificum. 



paniculate, white, rose, purple or yellow; petals 4-8, 

 roimded at the apex, spreading or reflexed; stamens 

 variable in number and shape, but usually 8-16, the 

 anthers polymorphous: fr. a dry or leathery berry, 

 2-5-loculcd, and few- or many-seeded. — Cogniaux 

 (DC. Monogr. Phaner. 7) admits 518 species to this 

 genus, including the plants known to the trade as 

 (Jyanophyllum. Krasser (Engler & Prantl, 111:7) re- 

 duces the group to a subgenus or section of Tamonea 

 (but .subsequently restored), the latter genus compris- 

 ing at that time (1898) about 5.50 species in Trop. 

 Amer. Many species have been described recently. 

 The most popular of the greenhouse plants, Cyano- 

 phyllum magiiijlcum, is jilaced by Cogniaux among 

 the species that are imperfectly known and is not 

 described in the monograph, although it was illustrated 

 and described as long ago as 18.59. See Tamonea. 



The miconias of gardeners are conservatory or warm- 

 house subjects, grown for their large and striking foli- 

 age. They belong to the old genus Cyanophyllum, in 

 whicli the anthers are subulate and incurved and with 

 a single pore, the flowers large and the calyx oblong 



