MANDEVILLA 



1. across. Argentine Rep. B.R.2G:7. B.M.:!7a7. 

 p. 5:j7. (i.e. III. 2:817. P.M. l«:2sy. R.H. 



MAXGIFERA 



jbular 1 



MANDRAGORA 



ring to its -- 



Holaiidrfi' ,1 

 posed tolir 11 ! i 

 In Araerif.i iIh nn 

 apple, Pod, n, lull hi II 



Hipprocates; refer- 

 tlie market places). 

 ■iie of which is sup- 

 iri(_ieuesis,chap. 30. 

 applied to the Mav- 

 tlie.Mandrnke of his- 



larffe spindle-shaped root which 



abound in L;iiicirul pii'.Luics ■■[ il 

 which is reproduced in Fi^'. i: - 

 in America and may be lul: i 

 its folk-lore interest. M. ■"■■■ 

 some to be the true MandniUr I ;, 

 Meditfrranean region. M. cdidn 

 Hilli:d:iyas. 



Miiiiilragoras are nearly stemless, perennial herbs 

 witli thick roots and hrne. stalked, wavy-margined Ivs., 

 the later ones beiii^- u nilh ii:m r..\ver and entire, and 

 rather large fls. v:n i l.iiish through bluish 



violet and purplisli i ■ Us. are bell-sbaped, 



about 5-cut, netted V Mr. M ne in clusters among 



the tutted Ivs. Caljx dtti.lv ..ciii; sinus of the corolla 

 induplicate between the lobes. 



officiniinim, Linn. {M.officiudHs, Nil\.). Mandrake. 

 Lvs. ovate, the first obtuse, the rest acuminate: calyx 

 teeth laneenlatp. as long as the oblong berry. Woolson 

 says it needs a slia.ly \'\:\c,-. K.ll. I,s<.l7. p. i:!l, ■^'. ji. 



MANDRAKE in .Viiicr 

 phylluni) but the .Maiuli 



MANfiTTIA (Xarier 

 at Florence, born 172;t). 

 common Manettia Vine, 



:\i:ivAr 



! { Podo- 



spreacling yel- 



low tips. It is ;i T-'- 

 pillars and tr. i: 

 more or less ilr , ■ ,■ . i ..n . r ■ i ■ mi. d into 

 a bushy form. I i: . .1, ;, . I/. ,i nfi-rred 



M. hiU'O-riiliiii. uiili.iii^li liiL- i.iriiiLr is li,..- ..la.jr name. 

 William Watson writes of .)/. Iiiclor ((in. M, p. G) : "Il 

 has been in cultivation about fifty years, but until re- 

 cently it was practically lost, and its place and name 

 taken by a nmcli inferior species, the correct name of 

 wliifli I M '"'■ I'liini. I believe we are indebted to 

 Mr.<.. :, I.I :,. I iM-uvery of the true plant, he hav- 

 ing 1- I : ' nation in the United States a few 

 yenrs :iL'. .\ ; [■;m . nt I y the chief recorded diflference be- 

 tween tiiese iwti sptL-ies is that the calyx-lobes of J/, bi 

 color are lanceolate or narrower, while those of JU. lu- 

 teo-rubra are ovate. 



The Manettia Vine is a rather old-fashioned plant, and 

 generally easy of culture. It is fairly satisfactory as a 

 cool conservatory vine, but is an easy prey to red spider 

 and mealy bug. The fls. are short-lived, and not the 

 best for cutting. Some gardeners would rather have 

 Cupheas or Jucobinia Penrho-iiensis. Manettias are 

 prop, by cuttings of young growth inserted in sand with 

 bottomheat. For summer use the vines should have a 

 sheltered but sunny position. 



Manettia is a genus of about 30 species of twining 

 herbs and slender subshrubs from tropical and subtropi- 

 cal America. Glabrous or villous: lvs. usually long- 

 acurainate: fls. small or rather large, axillary, solitary or 

 in short corymbs or panicles, white, blue or red; calyx- 

 lobes 4, rarely 5, short or long,'narrow or broad; corolla 

 tube short or long, terete or angled, straight or curved, 

 glabrous or pilose within; stamens 4. "Molxea glabra 

 or Manettia" is advertised in Amer., but no Matsea ap- 

 pears in botanical treatises. 



A. Fls. red, tipped yellow. 

 B. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, narrow. 



bicolor, Paxt. Fig. 1359. Lvs. 

 lanceolate acute, slightly glaucous: 

 calyx of 4 or 8 reflexed lobes. Mts. 

 near Rio Janiero. P. M. Vol. x. 27. 

 Gn. 56:1229. F.S.2:69. E.B. 21:49. 

 Gt. 47, p. 2U.-3fai,ettia bieolor is 

 easy to grow, but it is short-lived 

 and consequently must be 

 renewed often. Well- 

 trained specimens are very 

 pretty. 



BE. Calyx-lobes orate- 

 acuminate, leafy. 



mteo-riibra, Benth. Pu- 

 bescent: lvs. ovate or ob- 

 long, acute, narrowed at 

 the base, tomentose be- 

 neath; pedicels solitary : 

 calyx not toothed in the 

 sinuses: corollatomentose 

 outside, equally tubular, 

 straight. Brazil. -The 

 above is a full translation 

 of the original description. 

 AA. Fls. red. 



cordiJdlla, Mart. (M.cor- 

 data, Hort.). Lvs. ovate, 

 cordate at base, finely pu- 

 bescent on both sides; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1-fld. 

 Brazil. B.R. 22:1860. B. 



Fla. and Calif., and makes a fine subject for pi 

 out in the North. \v 



MANFKfiDA. See Arjave. 



1359. Manettia bicolor ( 



3202. -Cult, outdoors in 

 ting 



' the liotanic garden 

 . This iiifhules the 

 r, which has scarlet. 



(T>.4tin, mango-bearing : Mango being 

 • I. f the fruit). AnacardiAce/e. A genus 

 ropical Asian trees, of which M. Indica, 



