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colour, but slightly clouded, and with a 

 whitish irregular line near the outer edge, 

 with an orange-coloured, kidney-shaped 



spot near it, and a roundish dark spot 

 near the centre. The under-wings are 

 dusky-white, with the veins and a cre- 

 scent-shaped spot in the centre all dusky. 

 Mamestra brass'ica. During the latter 

 part of the evenings of May and June, a 

 middle-sized, brown moth may be seen 

 very often flying in our gardens, and 

 visiting our beds of cabbages and lettuces, 

 of which its caterpillars are most destruc- 

 tive. This is the Cabbage Moth (Mamestra 

 brassica, and Noctua brassica of some 

 naturalists). It measures about one inch 

 andthree quarters acrossthe opened fore- 

 wings, which are dusky-brown, clouded 

 with darker shades, and marked with 

 pairs of dark spots on their front edge ; 

 from these spots proceed the streaks 

 which mark the wings across ; there are 

 various spots on the wings, some yellowish, 

 and those in the middle surrounded with 

 white, the kidney-shaped one with a 

 whitish-grey crescent round it, and black- 

 ish beyond; the wings have a grey, yel- 

 lowish-striped fringe, and near this, at the 

 point farthest from the body, they have a 

 row of black, triangular marks ; the hind- 

 wings are light brownish-grey, with dark 

 veins ; the body and head are of various 

 shades of blackish-grey, with a darker 

 stripe of the same colour down the centre 

 of the back. During the day this moth 

 rests on the shady sides of the stems of 

 trees, or the branches of hedge -row 

 "bushes, and even by the side of clods on 

 the soil. 



The caterpillar is green, variously 

 marked with grey or black, with a dark 

 stripe down the back, and a dirty-yellow 

 one down each side; the spiracles (breath- 

 iug-holes) are white, surrounded with 

 black, and close above the yellow stripe. 

 The caterpillar is found in July, August, 

 and September, feeding upon the hearts 

 of cabbages and lettuces. The only re- 



medies are destroying the moths when- 

 ever seen, and hand-picking the cater- 

 pillars. The latter bury themselves in 

 the ground, and remain in the pupa or 

 chrysalis state all the winter. The Cot- 

 tage Gardener. 



MANGLE'SIA. (Named after Captain 

 Mangles, and his brother, Robert Mangles, 

 Esq., of Sunning Hill, distinguished pa- 

 trons of botany. Nat. ord., Proteads [Pro- 

 teaceee]. IAun.,4:-Tetrandrial-Monoyynia t 

 Allied to Grevillea.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from Swan River. 

 Cuttings of ripe shoots in sand, under a glass, and 

 in heat, after the base of the cutting begins to 

 swell ; sandy loam and fibry peat. Winter temp., 

 35 to 45. 

 M. glabra'ta (smooth). 5. White. May. 1838. 



purpu'rea (purple). Purple. May. 183Q. 



vesti'ta (clothed). Purple. May. 



MANGO GINGER. Curcu'ma ama'da. 



MANGOSTEEN. Garci'nia. 



MANGO-TREE. See MANGI'FERA. 



MANGROVE. Rhizo'phora. 



MANICA'RIA. (From manica, a glove, rs- 

 ferring to the spathe, or rolling leaf which 

 surrounds the flower-stem. Nat. ord., 

 Palms [Palmacesej. Linn., %IMoncecia 

 9'Enneandria.) 



Stove Palm. Seeds in a strong heat, in a hot- 

 bed ; rich, sandy loam. Winter temp., 55 to Stf ; 

 summer, 65 to 80. 



SI. sacci'fera (bag-bearing). 30. S. America. 

 1823. 



MA'NIHOT. (The Brazilian name of 

 the root. Nat.ord., Spurge worts [Euphor- 

 biacese]. IArm.,2l-Moncecia7-Heptandria. 

 Allied to Jatropha.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, except digit a' fa, which 

 only requires a greenhouse; all the species placed 

 under Jani'pha should be restored to this genus. 

 For culture, see JANI'PHA and JA'TKOPHA. 

 M. digita'ta (finger-tewed). Blue, green. July. 

 Australia. 1820. 



gra'cilis (slender). Brown, green. July. Brazil. 



1822. 



sinua'ta (wavy-erfg-ed). Brown. July. Brazil. 



1824. 



tenuifo'lia (thin-leaved). Blue, brown. June. 



Brazil. 18*22. 



MANNA. Allui'gi. 



MANNA ASH. O'rnus rotundifo'lia. 



MANTI'SIA. Opera Girls. (Named after 

 an insect, Mantis, to which the flowers 

 have been compared. Nat. ord., Ginger- 

 ivorts [Zingiberacese]. IAnn.,I-Monandria 

 l-Moiwgynia. Allied to Ginger.) 



Stove herbaceous evergreens, from the East In- 

 dies. Division of the roots, as growth commences ; 

 sandy peat and fibry loam, well drained. Winter 

 temp., 48 to 55; summer, 60 to 85. 



M. saltato'ria (dancing). 1. Purple. July. 1808. 

 - spathuititn (spatulate). 1. Blue. Juue. 1823. 



