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JIACODES 



MACODES (from mnlcos, length; on account of the 

 long lahellum). Orehidilcew. Contains but 2 or :i spe- 

 cies of the habit of Amectochilus, which see for culture. 

 Sepals and narrower petals spreading: labellura ventri- 

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

 turned to one side: column short, twisted in the oppo- 

 site direction, with 2 narrow, erect appeudages. Ter- 

 restrial herbs, with few variegated petioled Ivs. at the 

 base, and small fls. borne in a long raceme. 



P«ola, Lindl. {AncectocMtus VeitchiAnus, Hort.). 

 Pis. greenish, inconspicuous: Ivs. ovate, 2-3 in. long, 

 reticulated with golden yellow veins. .Tnva. R.B.2l:Gl. 



MACE0CH6RDIUM strict! 

 by l^itrber&Jhuida. is,, l.n^ 



MACKOSCEPIS 



■rtised 



.: , lung ; skepo, to 



vi^r). .\ sri. i>i<nhi< ^ ■< . :i I >out 8 species of 



I, trupiral .Alnrn.M,, , , , . . vhich M. elliptica, 



n-t. Saii'irf, \\;is j : it ^ iii.|ii- A; Co. describe 



as "11 ,i,u ,■■ I ,'. : , .1,111. with elliptic, light 



een l,-.'iv, -.;:,. :, i > ii i, ili,- stcras.aredensely 



i-err,l will, . :i..>vl„own hairs. The fls. 



; in ,'liisi,M~. , ;..■.. I .ii.cii 1 in. ill diam., resem- 



•l)uncbi-s; they are of a soft, velVL-ty, rich browu color, 

 ■ery part of the plant, when bruised or pressed, is 

 •iingly odorous." 



'■Jetieric characters are; Ivs. opposite, large, cordate: 

 rnes crowded: fls. white; calyx about 5-parted; corolla 

 lie thick; limb spreading: scales of the crown 5, in- 

 xed under the throat of the fleshv corolla. 



MACEOTOMIA. Consult . 

 MACROZAMIA ((JreeU. I 



ehin. 



nil Zamiu). CijcadAceit. 

 About r,-7 Australi;ui cyoails, which, like most of the 

 members of this order, make noble foliage plants for 

 private conservatories. They have the trunk and Ivs. 

 of Cycas, except that the pinnte have no midrib but are 

 more or less distinctly striate, especially on the under 

 side, with several parallel equal veins, the whole leaf 

 occasionally twisted in some species, but not constantly 

 80 in any one. 



The genus is more nearly allied to Dioon and En- 

 cephalartos, from which it is distinguished by the fol- 

 lowing characters: Ivs. pinnate: scales of the female 

 cones peltate, the shield thickened, ascending, usually 

 produced into an erect, acuminate blade. Botanically 

 the group is very imperfectly understood. The writer 

 has followed Bentham's account in Flora Australiensis 

 6:2.50 (1873). 



Macrozamias are representative rather than useful 

 subjects, and not frequently seeu. They combine poorly 

 in any scheme of plant and flower decoration; but as 

 single specimens, they always attract attention, and in 

 a grouping of similar subjects, or with aloes, agave and 

 yuccas they make an effective combination. Their cul- 

 ture is easy. Sandy soil, with charcoal to keep the soil 

 sweet, ordinary greenhouse temperature, plenty of wa- 

 ter during the growing season, which corresponds to 

 our summer, and rest in winter, are the essentials. 



At present M. spiralis is the only name in American 

 trade catalogues, but the other kinds were offered in 1893 

 and 1895 by John Saul, and Pitcher & Manda. 



A. Pinna very narrow, often nearly terete: cones small, 



rarely ahore 4 in.: fr. very woolly. 



Paulo- GuiliMmi, Tlill & MueU.(M.plumd.ia,A. Mohr.). 



Trunk short: Ivs. 1-:) ft. Ion;,'. B.H. 1877, p.254. 



A.\. Piiinir fhtt, iiisrrliil nti the margins of the rachis, 



rniitnirlnl at the liiise : cones 4-10 in., glabrous. 



B. J,'<irhi's of Ivs. usually raised longitudinally between 



the pinnm : cone scales much flattened. 



spiralis, Miq. Trunk short: Ivs. 2-4 ft. long: insertion 



of trie pinnre mostly longitudinal; points of the scales 



usuilly short. G.C. III. i:]:7i. - M.cyliiidrica, C.Moore, 



MAGNOLIA 



is a distinct species according to Index Kewensis, but 

 Bentham considered it a doubtful variety of M. spiralis, 

 being smaller, with the narrow foliage nearly of M. 

 Paulo-Guilielmi, but with a glabrous trunk and more 

 terete rachis. 



BB. Rachis of Ivs. very flat between the pinna and often 



broad: cone scales very thic/c. 



Miqu61ii,DC. Cult, abroad. John Saul advertised J/. 



Macqui, presumably a typographical error either for 



M. Miquelii or else M. Macleayi, Miq., which = Jf. 



AAA. Pinnte inserted by their broad base along the cen- 

 ter of the upper surface of the rachis, scarcely 

 separated by a very narrow line : cones targe, 

 pithi'.icent, the scale points broad and often 

 recurved. 

 Peroffskyana, Miq. {M. Perowskiihia, F. Muell.). 

 Largest and most distinct : trunk 18-20 ft. high : Ivs. 

 7-12 ft. long. T. D. Hatfield and W. M. 



MADDER. The root of liubia tinctorum . 

 MADEIRA VINE is Boussingnultia. 



MADIA I Mn.li 



cies). '' . 



conflni-il t" I M 

 Their IN. ■< , 

 and opcT,iiiL;- in i 

 called Tarwecds 



lu-rbs 



'liilean name of the t 

 Mu species of yello 

 part of the American confini-nt. 

 '!•■ for closing in the sunshine, 

 ,, riling or evening. They are all 

 their glandular, viscid, heavily- 

 scented foliage, the common Tarweed of Calif, being 

 var. congesta of M. sativa, which is a useful 

 plant for sheep pastures 



M. elc 

 an- 



siH, ,11,1 try. unasagrace- 

 ful open habit (see Fig. 

 1343) and distinctfls. (Fig. 

 1344), which become more 

 numerous as the summer 

 advances. The nearest 

 genus of garden value is 

 Layia, from which Madia 

 is distinguished by the 

 following characters: in- 

 volucre deeply sulcate, 

 bracts strongly involving 

 the akenes of the rays: 

 akenes of the disk fertile 

 or sterile. 



A. Rays showy. 

 B. Plant annual: Ivs. 

 chiefly alternate: 

 pappus none. 

 «eganB, D. Don. Figs. 

 1.343-4. Height 1-2 ft.: 

 Ivs. linear or lanceolate, 

 mostly entire : rays acutely 

 3-lobed, yellow throughout 

 or with a brown spot at 

 the base. Ore. to Nev. I 

 Needs a shady place. 

 BB. Plant perennial; Ivs. mostly opposite: pappus 



present in disk fls. 



Nattami,Gray. Height 1-2 ft. ; Ivs. linear-lanceolate, 



sometimes dentate. Woods, B.C. to Monterey, Calif. 



-Adv. 1881 by E. Gillett. Procurable from Californian 



collectors. 



AA. Rays inconspicuous, about 3 lines long. 

 sativa, Molina. Height 1-3 ft.: Ivs. from broadly lan- 

 ceolate to linear: rays 5-12. Ore., Calif., Chile, w. M. 



UAGNdLIA (after Pierre Magnol, professor of medi- 

 cine and director of the botanic garden at Montpellier, 

 1(1.38-1715). Magnol idcew. Highly ornamental and 

 popular deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs, with 

 alternate large, entire leaves and large white, pink or 

 purple, rarely yellowish flowers, often fragrant; the 



M. 3548. B.R. 17:14,58. 



