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MAHERNIA. A genus of Sterculiacece 

 only differing from Hermannia in the fila- 

 ments of the stamens being dilated in the 

 middle; also very slightly in the inflo- 

 rescence, the peduncles being usually two- 

 flowered and terminal or opposite to the 

 leaves. There are above thirty species, all, 

 like the majority of Hermannia, natives 

 of the Cape Colony. 



MAHLIB. The fragrant kernels of Ce- 

 ramics Mahaleb, which are strung as neck- 

 laces, and much valued by the women of 

 Scinde and other parts of India. 



MAHOB. Paritium tiliaceum ; also Ster- 

 culia caribcea. — , BLUE or COMMON. 

 Paritium datum. —.BOMBAST. Ochroma 

 Lagopus. — , CONGO. Hibiscus clupeatus. 

 — , GREY or MOUNTAIN. Paritium da- 

 tum. — , NEW ZEALAND. Melicytus 

 ramiflorus. — , SEASIDE. Thespesia po- 

 pulnea. 



MAHOE-PIMENT. Daphnopsis caribaa. 



MAHOGANY. Sioietenia Mahagoni. — , 

 AFRICAN. Khaya senegalensis. — , BAS- 

 TARD. Ratonia apetala. — , BAYWOOD. 

 A Honduras name for Swietenia Mahagoni. 

 — , EAST INDIAN. Sovmida febrifuge.. 

 — , INDIAN. Cedrela Toona. — , MOUN- 

 TAIN. Betula lenta. — , MADEIRA. Per- 

 sea indica. — , SENEGAL. Kliava senega- 

 lensis. — , SPANISH. Swietenia Mahagoni. 

 — , QUEENSLAND SWAMP. Angophora. 

 —, WHITE or WILD. Stenostomum bifur- 

 catum. 



MAHONILLE. (Pr.) Malcolmia mari- 

 tima. 



MAHOREE. A Bengal name for Ani- 

 seed. 



MAHVA-TREE. Bassia butyracea and 

 atifolia. 



MAI-DENG. A hard heavy red wood of 

 Siam, well adapted for furniture. 



MAIDENHAIR-TREE. Salisburia adi- 

 antifolia. 



MAIDEN-LIP. Echinospermum Lappula. 



MAIDS-HAIR. Galium verum. 



MAIMUNNA. A fruit-bearing rhamnad 

 of Affghanistan. 



MAIS. (Fr.1 ZeaMays. -DE GUINEE. 

 Milium nigricans. 



MAI-TAKLOU. A heavy timber of 

 Siam, supposed to be that of Nauclea ori- 

 entalis, considered to be incorruptible, and 

 bearing a sacred character from being 

 much used in the construction of temples. 



^ MAI-TIKIEN. A valuable timber of 

 Siam, obtained from Metrosideros vera. 



MAITHES. Pyrethrum Parthenium. — , 

 RED. Adonis autumnalis. 



MAIZ DEL AGUA. Victoria regia. 



MAIZE. Zea Mays. — , WATER. Vic- 

 toria regia. 



MAIZENA. A fine flour prepared from 

 the Maize or Indian corn, Zea Mays. 



MAJOE-BITTER. Pier amnio. Antides- 

 mia. 



MAJOON. A confection of Hemp, being 

 a compound of butter, sugar, flour, milk, 

 and bhang. 



MAJORANA. Origanum Majorana, the 

 Sweet Marjoram. 



MAKANA. An Indian name for Euryale 

 ferox. 



MAKEBATE. Polemonium cceruleum. 

 MARKER, or MAKER. An Abyssinian 

 name for Bosicellia papyrifera. 



MALABAR LEAF. Cinnamomum ma- 

 labathrum. 



MALACH. A Turkish name for Hemp, 

 Cannabis sativa. 



MALACHADENIA clavata. An orchid 

 from Rio de Janeiro, of which Mr. Bate- 

 man remarks: *It is the only epiphytal 

 orchideous plant I know which emits a 

 positive stench, and that too at all hours 

 by night and day. In the stove it resembles ] 

 the foulest carrion.' It is the only species 

 of the genus, and has a creeping rhizome 

 bearing one-leaved pseudobulbs, and slen- 

 der scapes with five or six small greenish 

 brown-spotted flowers turned upside down. 

 These latter have the side sepals joined, 

 except at their reflexed apices, and the 

 other one large, heart-shaped, and pointed ; 

 extremely minute petals ; a fleshy ovate 

 reflexed lip, articulated with the column, . 

 which has a prolonged foot and two cirri | 

 in front ; and two waxy pollen-masses ses- 

 sile on a large soft cubical gland. [A. SJ | 



MALACHIUM. A genus of Caryophylla- 

 ceai, founded on Cer ostium aqvoticum. It 

 differs from C'erastium in having the cap- 

 sule ovoid, and the teeth joined in pairs ; 

 and from Stellaria,of which it has the habit, 

 by the latter character, and by having five 

 styles. M. aquaticum is a common English 

 plant, resembling chickweed, but larger ; 

 and also Stellaria nemorum, but the flowers 

 are not so large, and the ovate leaves have 

 shorter stalks. [J. T. S.] 



MALACHODENDRON. Stuartia Mala- 

 chodendron. 



MALACHRA. A genus of malvaceous 

 plants, consisting of herbs or undershrubs, 

 natives usually of marshy places in tropical 

 regions. The stems have lines of hairs run- 

 ning down them, and the leaves are like- 

 wise covered with pungent hairs, while the 

 yellowish flowers are grouped in heads, 

 surrounded by an involucre. The calyx is 

 five-cleft, the corolla flve-petaled, the sta- 

 in inal tube divided into about twenty fila- 

 ments, the ovary five-lobed and five-celled, 

 and the fruit of five carpels. [M. T. M.J 



MALACOID. Having a mucilaginous 

 texture. 



MALAPOO. The dried flowers of Cedrela 

 Toona. 



MALAQU1E. (Fr.) Malachium. 



