984 



MARANTA 



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

 purplish, above deep shining green, with a whitish 

 feathery stripe thr.jiiyh tlie iiiitir. P.ru. l.H. 10:98. 



leuconeira, E. M-nv. i M. K, ,./,,,,, ,;„./, E. Morr. M. 

 Kercliovei.Hort. I'.il.iiln,, A, ,-/...r, ,(„.,, Hurt.). Dwarf, 

 C-8 in.: Ivs. cordatf-..l.long, usually obtuse or very 

 short-acuminate, grayish green with oblong purple 

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

 Massange&na, E.Morr. 

 (Calathea Massange- 

 uiia, 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 



vards the 



ad central band 

 of silvery gray, blotches 

 of purple or maroon be 

 tween the two. Brazil. 

 F. S. 22:23G4-5 (as M. 

 lenconeura, var. Mas- 

 snngeana). J.H.III. 30: 

 499 (as var. «0)-<!»(iHa). 

 bicolor, 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- 

 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. 





Brazil.— j/. Portedna™'See''si 

 Dwarf: Ivs. oblong, pale grc i 

 l.:irs on erifl. side of the mi.l 



I "1- ihe following nauir- 

 '' "iboracensia, eximi<i, ■ 

 '"". LeurelUana, Liri:i< I 

 "ifs, niteii8,om<ita,prini' I s 

 -sea-picta, smaragdina. tub 

 na, virginalis, Waoneri, ll't 



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

 botanist of the seventeenth century). Maraltidcea. 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- 

 siderable size. 



fraxinea, Smith (.V. {legans, Endl.). Lvs. bipinnate, 

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

 4-6 in. long, K-lVi in. wide, of a leathery texture and 

 naked surfaces: receptacles submarginal. West Africa 

 to Malaysia and New Zealand. l. ji_ Underwood. 



MARCGEAVIA is a genus of Ternstr(3miacea>, but 

 M. paradojra = Monsti'ra acuminata, 



MARCHANTIA( Nicholas Marchant, French botanist ) . 

 Marc]iantiAce(p, A common liverwort, spreading its 

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

 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 



MARGUERITE or PARIS DAISY is Chrysanthemum 

 friilescrii.i. Blue Marguerite is Felicia amellodes. 

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



MARGYRICARPUS (Greek, peaWj/ fruit; referring to 

 the white berries), lios&ceo'. 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 geuus 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. 



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

 Int. by Franceschi. Hardy in England. Sometimes 

 called Pearl Fruit. 



MARlCA (meaning doubtful; the author of the genus 

 did not explain). Iriddcete. 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^ in. 

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

 inner ones smaller, with complicated and beautiful color- 

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

 winter covering. The genus is nearest to Cypella, but 

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

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

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

 Baker, Iride», 1892. 



A. Outer segments pure white. 

 gracilis, Herb. Lvs. 1-lK ft. long, }^-l in. broad: 

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



AA. Outer segments white, marked at the base with 



brown and yellow. 

 Korthiina, Ker. Lvs. lH-2 in. broad: fls. 3^ In. 

 across. B.M. 054. l.H. 42:40 (var. splendens). 



AAA. Outer segments blue. 



caerMea, Ker. Lv.s. l-l>i; in. broad: fls. .3-4 in. across. 

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

 313. K.W. 1:40. 



.V. Cnlifoniira. See Sisyrinehium. 



MARIGOLD. The oldest kind is the Pot Marigold, the 

 drill! Ms. of which are used to season soups. It is also 

 cult, for ornament. See Calandula officinalis. The 

 French Marigold is Tagetes patula ; the African, T. 

 erectti. 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 Bimorphothecn. For Fig Marigold, 

 see Mesembryanthemum. Marsh Marigold is Caltha 

 palustris. 



MARINE IVY. Cissns incisa. 



MARIPOSA LILY. See Calochortus. 



MARIPOSA TULIP. Calochortus. 



MARJORAM, SWEET. Origamim. 



MARKERY, MERCURY. See Chenopodium. 



MARROW, VEGETABLE. See Squash. 



MARR&BIUM (old Latin name of obscure meaning). 

 LabitittE. 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 lvs., and axillary whorls of small whitish 

 fls. It is 8 native of Europe, Asia and northern Africa, 

 now foun t as an escape from gardens in waste places 

 of nearl ' every country of the world. Horehound is 



