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also occurs in the form of tears on the rays 

 of the umbels. [A. A. B.] 



MARGOUSIER. (Fr.) Melia sempervi- 

 rens. 



MARGUERITE. (Fr.) Bellis perennis. 

 — BATARDE. Silphium. — BLEUE. Glo- 

 bularia. — DE LA ST. MICHEL. Aster 

 Amellus. — DOREE. Chrysanthemum se- 

 getum. —.GRANDE. Chrysanthemum Leu- 

 cntihrmitni. —.PETITE. Bellis annua. —, 

 REINE. Callistephus chinensis. 



MARGYRICARPUS. A much-branched 

 prostrate undershrub, with small pinnate 

 linear-subulate leaves, and small insigni- 

 ficant flowers sessile in their axils, form- 

 ing a genus of Rosacece, allied to Accena, 

 but without any hooked bristles on the 

 calyx, and the fruit consisting of a small 

 drupe. It is common on arid hills in Chili 

 and Peru. 



MARL A Brazilian name for the fruits 

 of Geoffroya superba. 



MARIANTHUS. A small genus of West- 

 ern Australian Pittosporacece, consisting 

 of climbing shrubs. One species, M. can- 

 didus, has alternate elliptical attenuate 

 leaves, with revolute margins, and white 

 flowers in terminal heads. These latter 

 have a small five-parted calyx, fivespathu- 

 late petals slightly cohering at the base, 

 five stamens with ovate anthers, a slightly 

 curved filiform style, and a two-celled ovary 

 containing numerous seeds. M. coeruleo- 

 punctatus has pretty pale blue spotted flow- 

 ers, and is sometimes cultivated. [R. H.] 



MARICA. This name was first impro- 

 perly substituted by Schreber for Aublet's 

 name Cipura, given to an iridaceous plant 

 found in Guiana ; and was afterwards ap- 

 plied by Ker to a closely allied plant of the 

 same order, which now constitutes the type 

 of a small genus. All the species belong to 

 tropical America, and are herbaceous plants 

 with short rhizomes, fiat leaves placed 

 edgeways, and a flat winged flower- stalk 

 ending in a leaf -like spathe. Their perianth 

 has three large spreading outer and three 

 smaller inner segments ; the stamens are 

 distinct ; the style slender below and tri- 

 angularly enlarged upwards into three 

 lobes, each with three sharp rigid crests ; 

 and the stigma is short and transverse like 

 that of Iris. [A. S.] 



M ARICHU. A Sanscrit name for Pepper. 



MARIET. Campamila urticifolia. 



! MARIETTE. (Fr.) Campanula Medium. 



| MARIGOLD. Calendula officinalis. —, 



AFRICAN. Tagetes erecta. — , BURR. 



Bidens tripartita. — , CORN. Cliri/suuthe- 



mum segetum. — , FIG. Mesembryanthe- 



mum. — , FRENCH. Tagetes patula. 



of the West Indies. Pedis punctata.. — , 

 MARSH. Caltha. — , POT. Calendula offi- 

 cinalis ; also Mesmihri/aDthemum calendula- 

 ceum. — , WATER. Bidens Beckii. —, 

 WEST INDIAN. Wedelia carnosa. 



MARILA. A genus of Ternstrijmiacece, 



differing from almost all others in its op- 

 posite leaves, and on that account placed 

 by some in Clusiacew, and by others in Hy- 

 pericacem, but the inflorescence and flowers 

 are much more those of Ternstromiacece. j 

 There are four species, South American or 

 West Indian trees, the evergreen leaves 

 elegantly marked with transverse veins 

 between the principal ones. The flowers 

 are in axillary racemes, with four or five 

 sepals and petals, numerous stamens, and 

 an oblong ovary of four or five cells. The 

 capsule contains numerous seeds, with 

 fringed wings at each end. 



MARINE SAUCE. A name sometimes 

 given to the common Laver, Porphyra vul- 

 garis. 



MARISCUS. A genus of cyperaceous 

 plants belonging to the tribe Cyperece. 

 The spikes of inflorescence are one to 

 two-flowered, rarely three to five-flowered ; 

 scales two-rowed, imbricated ; stamens 

 three ; styles three-cleft ; nuts triangular. 

 This extensive genus contains nearly a 

 hundred species, the greater part of which 

 are tropical, or bordering on the tro- 

 pics. [D. M.] 



MARJOLAINE. (Fr.) Origanum Majo- 

 rana. — A COQUILLE. Origanum ner- 

 vosum. 



M ARJOLIN. An early variety of Potato. 



MARJORAM. Origanum. — , KNOTTED. 

 Origanum Mojorana. --, POT. Origanum 

 On ites. — , SWEET. Origanum Majorana. 

 — , WINTER SWEET. Origanum heracleo- 

 ticum. 



MARKING FRUIT. Semecarpus Ana- 

 cardium. 



MARMALADE-TREE. Lucuma mam- 

 mosum. 



MARMALADE-BOX. Genipa americana. 



MARMALA-WATER. A fragrant liquid 

 distilled in Ceylon from the flowers of the 

 Bengal Quince, JEgle Marmelos. 



MARMALEIRO DO MATO. Casearia 

 ulmifolia. — DO CAMPO. Maprounea 

 brasiliensis. 



MARMELOS. Jfigle Marmelos. 



MARMORATE. Marbled ; traversed by 

 irregular veins of colour, as a block of 

 marble often is. 



MAROOL. The long fine fibre of San- 

 seviera seylanica. 



MAROUCHIN. (Fr.) An inferior sort 

 of Woad. 



MAROUTE. (Fr.) Anthemis Cotula. 



MARRAM, or MARRUM. Ammophila 

 arenaria. 



MARROCHEMIN. Marrubium vulgare. 

 MARRON. (Fr.) The fruit of Castanea 

 vesca. — D'EAU. Trapa nutans. 



MARRONETO. An Italian name for an 

 orchard of chestnut trees. 



