164 MARIGOLD 



MARIGOLD continued. 



of Tage'tes, the African or French marigolds 

 (though hailing from South America and Mexico), 

 and Dimorphothe' ca pluvia'lis, the great Cape 

 Marigold. (See under their respective headings.) 



MARTYN'IA Unworn Plant, or Elephants Trunk Plant 

 (named after Dr John Martyn, sometime Professor 

 of Botany at Cambridge). Nat. Ord. Pedalinece. 



A small tribe of pretty half-hardy annuals from 

 Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and the warm parts of N. 

 America. It may be characterised as branching in 

 habit, covered with clammy hairs and bearing at 

 the top roundish leaves and short racemes of 

 purplish or yellow tube-like flowers spreading 

 1J ins. in length. It takes its name of Unicorn 

 Plant or Elephant's Trunk from the very curious 

 shaped seed-pod (particularly M. proboscidea), which 

 is a woolly, wrinkled capsule armed with two long 

 hook-like appendages. A warm, sunny position is 

 essential. The principal species are : 



M. an'nua. Syn., M. probos' cidea. 



M. fra'grans, 2 ft. high, has sweet-smelling 

 mauve flowers streaked with yellow. July. 

 Mexico, 1840. 



M. lousia'na, Syn., M. probos' cidea. 



M. lu'tea, 1^ ft. high, has yellow flower clusters 

 in July. Brazil, 1825. 



M. probos' cidea, about 10 ins. high, is the most 

 robust member of the family, with heavily- 



