984 



MARANTA 



base, very short-pointed, the surface undulate, beneath 

 purplish, above deep shining green, with a whitish 

 feathery stripe through the center. Pei-u. I. H. 19:98. 



leuconeura, E. Morr. (M. Kerchovedna, E. Morr. M. 

 Kerchovei,Hort. Calathea Kerchovedna, Hort.). Dwarf, 

 6-8 in.: Ivs. cordate-oblong, usually obtuse or very 

 short-acuminate, grayish green with oblong purple 

 spots on either side of the midrib. Brazil. I.H. 26:353. 



Massangeana, E.Morr. 

 (Calathea Massange- 

 dna, Hort.). Larger in 

 all its parts than the last : 

 Ivs. elliptic-ovate to ob- 

 ovate, rounded or trun- 

 cate at base, the apex 

 abruptly short-pointed, 

 light purplish beneath, 

 the upper part marked 

 with three colors, olive 

 green towards the mar- 

 gin, broad central band 

 of silvery gray, blotches 

 of purple or maroon be 

 tween the two. Brazil. 

 F. S. 22:2364-5 (as M. 

 leuconeura, var. Mas- 

 sangeana). J.H. III. 30: 

 499 (as var. florentina). 

 bf color, Ker-Gawl. A 

 foot high: Ivs. roundish 

 ovate, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at the base, more 

 or less wavy on the mar- 

 gin, abruptly short- 



13/1. 

 Maranta arundinacca. 



(XX.) 



ptly 



pointed, light purple be- 

 low, pale glacuous green above, with a relatively light- 

 colored central band and very dark green or brown- 

 green blotches midway between the rib and the mar- 

 gins. Brazil. B.R. 10:786. L.B.C. 10:921. 



The following names are found in American trade-lists : M. 

 Baraquirii = Calathea Baraquini ? M . Govenidna. M. ico- 

 nifera,B.ort. (a form of Calathea Makoyana?), has Ivs. about 

 6 in. long, obliquely oval, yellowish green, with oblong, deep 

 green spots or bars. Brazil. If. Lubersi. Foliage reticulated 

 with yellow. M. musdica, Hort. Lvs. 6-8 in. long, obliquely 

 cordate, shining green, marked with many transverse veins. 

 Brazil. If. Portedna. See Stromanthe. M. Sagoridna, Hort. 

 Dwarf: Ivs. oblong, pale green, with oblone-oblique, deep green 

 bars on each side of the midrib. S. America. If. sanguinea. 

 See Stromanthe. 



See Calathea for the following names: albo-lineata, argyrea, 

 Sachemiana, Chimboracensis, eximia, fasciata, Fascinator, 

 illustris, Lageriana, Legrelliana, Lietzii, Lindeni, Makoyana, 

 medio-picta, micans, nitens, ornata, princeps, pulchella, regalis, 

 roseo-lineata, rosea-picta, smaragdina, tubispatha, Vanden- 

 heckei, Veitchiana, virginalis, Wagneri, Warscewiczii, Wioti, 



zebrina. 



L. H. B. 



MAEATTIA (name from J. F. Maratti, an Italian 

 botanist of the seventeenth century). Marattidcecp . A 

 genus of large, coarse-leaved fern-like plants with the 

 sporangia borne in large, boat-shaped conceptacles on 

 the under surface of the leaf. The species are strong- 

 growing and ornamental, some of them reaching con- 

 sideiable size. 



fraxinea, Smith (M. elegans, Endl.). Lvs. bipinnate, 

 6-15 ft. long, on stalks often 1 in. or more thick; pinnules 

 4-6 in. long, %-!% in. wide, of a leathery texture and 

 naked surfaces: receptacles submarginal. West Africa 

 to Malaysia and New Zealand. L- M . UNDERWO OD. 



MAECGEAVIA is a genus of Ternstromiaceae, but 

 M. paradoxa = Monstera acuminata. 



M AECHANTIA ( Nicholas Marchant, French botanist ) . 

 Marchantidcece. A common liverwort, spreading its 

 leaf -like forking thallus on moist earth. M. polymdrpha, 

 Linn., has been offered by dealers in native plants, the 

 sods of it being sold for colonizing in rock gardens. It 

 often grows on damp sills and walls in greenhouses. 

 The flat thallus is often 4-5 in. long and 1 in. or more 

 wide, from which rise peduncles 1 in. high, bearing the 

 antheridial disk or shield and the star-like carpoceph- 

 alum on similar stalks 1-3 in. high. 



MARRUBIUM 



MAEGUEEITE or PAEIS DAISY is Chrysanthemum 

 frutescens. Blue Marguerite is Felicia amellodes. 

 Eeine M., of the French, is China Aster. 



MAEGYEICAEPUS ( Greek, pearly fruit; referring to 

 the white berries), ftosdceve. Five species of South 

 American subshrubs, of which M. setosus is a heath- 

 like plant cult, in rockeries for its numerous small 

 white berries, which are seen to best advantage against 

 dark background. The nearest genus of garden value 

 is Acaena, which has fls. in heads, while those of Mar- 

 gyricarpus are solitary and axillary. Branching shrubs 

 with inconspicuous fls. which are sessile and have no 

 petals. Lvs. alternate, crowded, overlapping : calyx 

 tube persistent; lobes 4-5: ovules solitary, hanging from 

 the top of the cell. 



setdsus, Ruiz & Pav. Low-growing. Peru, Chile. 

 Int. by Franceschi. Hardy in England. Sometimes 

 called Pearl Fruit. 



MARICA (meaning doubtful; the author of the genus 

 did not explain). Iriddcece. Eleven species of tropical 

 American plants allied to Iris, but with shorter-lived 

 flowers and convolute inner segments. Three species 

 are procurable from Dutch dealers. The fls. are 2-4 in. 

 across, the outer segments large, white or blue, th( 

 inner ones smaller, with complicated and beautiful color 

 ing. They are planted in the fall, and are hardy wit 

 winter covering. The genus is nearest to Cypella, but 

 the style crests are petal-like, while in Cypella they at 

 spur-like or flattened. Rootstock a short rhizome: Ivs. 

 sword-shaped, 2-ranked: fls. blue, yellow or white. 

 Baker, Iridese, 1892. 



A. Outer segments pure white. 



gracilis, Herb. Lvs. 1-1K ft. long, i^-l in. broad: 

 fls. 2 in. across. B.M. 3713. 



AA. Outer segments white, marked at the base with 

 brown and yellow. 



Northiana, Ker. Lvs. l%-2 in. broad: fls. 3-4 in. 

 across. B.M. 654. I.H. 42:40 (var. splendens). 



AAA. Outer segments blue. 



caerulea, Ker. Lvs. 1-1 /^ in. broad: fls. 3-4 in. across. 

 B.M. 5612 (as Cypella ccerulea). B.R. 9:713. Gn. 25, 

 313. K.W. 1:40. 



M. California. See Sisyrinchium. 



MAEIGOLD. The oldest kind is the Pot Marigold, th< 

 dried fls. of which are used to season sou'ps. It is als< 

 cult, for ornament. See Calandula officinalis. The 

 French Marigold is Tagetes patula ; the African, T. 

 erecta. The African Marigolds are mostly pure lemon- 

 or orange-colored; the French ones have these colors 

 and brown also, and are often striped. For Cape 

 Marigold, see Dimorphotheca. For Fig Marigold, 

 see Mesembryanthemum. Marsh Marigold is Caltha 

 palustris. 



MAEINE IVY. Cissus incisa. 

 MAEIPOSA LILY. See Calochortus. 

 MAEIPOSA TULIP. Calochortus. 

 MAEJOEAM, SWEET. Origanum. 

 MAEKEEY, MEECUEY. See Chenopodium. 

 MAEEOW, VEGETABLE. See Squash. 



MARRUBIUM (old Latin name of obscure meaning). 

 Labidtce. A genus of about 40 Old World species, in- 

 cluding the common Horehound, a hardy, perennial, 

 bitter-aromatic herb, growing 1-3 ft. high, with whitish, 

 hairy, crenate Ivs., and axillary whorls of small whitish 

 fls. It is a native of Europe, Asia and northern Africa, 

 now found as an escape from gardens in waste places 

 of nearly every country of the world. Horehound is 



