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MALAXIS— MECO'NO PSIS. 
cordofta, (y, M. leaves broad, oval or 
ovate-lanceolate, at base slightly cordate, 
Bomew^hat tomentose beneath ; "petals ob- 
ong-lanceolate, acute. 40-50 f. S. 
pyramida'ta, (Ap. leaves rhomb ob- 
oval, abruptly acute, both sides colored 
alike, sub-cordate and auricled at the base ; 
lobes divaricate ; petals lanceolate, gradu- 
ally acute. S. 
MALAX"IS. 18—1. (Orchidece.) [From mal- 
akia, softness, from the delicacy of the 
plants.] 
liliift/ha, (twayblade, w. y. p. J. 2i.) 
scape 3-cornered ; inner petals filiform, re- 
fiexed, 2-colored ; lip concave, obovate, 
mucronate ; leaves 2, lanceovate, or oval. 
4-8 i. 
longifo'lia, (y-g. J. 21.) leaves broad lan- 
ceolate, longer than the scape ; spike ob- 
long; lip cordate, concave, channeled, 
shorter than the petals ; bulb roundish ; 
scape 2-leaved. 3-7 i. 
MALAClIODEN"DRON. 15—5. (Durantia.) 
[From malake, soft, dcrtdron, tree.] 
ova'tum, (w. M. leaves ovate, acute ; 
flower solitary, sub-sessile. 6-12 f. iS. 
MAL"OPE. 15—12. {Malvar.ea.) 
malacoi'des, (y. %) leaves oblong, acute, 
entire, crenate, glabrous on the upper sur- 
face ; peduncles solitary, axillary. 12-18 i. 
S. 
MAL"VA. 15—13. (MalvacecB.) iFrom mollis, 
soft.] 
rotundifo'Ua, (low^ mallows, r. w. J. 2X-) 
leaves heart-orbicular, ob.soletely 5 lobed ; 
peduncles bearing the fruit declined; stem 
prostrate. Probalily introduced. 
sylves"lris, (mallows, r-b. J. ^ . and I/.) 
stem erect; leaves about 7-lobed, acutish; 
peduncles and petioles hairy. Ex. 
cris"pa, (curled mallows, Au. @.) stem 
erect ; leaves angular, crisped ; flowers ax- 
illaiy. glomerate. Ex. 
cocciu"ea, (r. Au. 2^.) hoary-tomentose, 
covered with stellate hairs; racemes ter- 
minal ; stem diifuse. S. 
moscha'ta, (musk m alio w.s, 2^.) erect; 
radical leaves reniform, gashed ; cauline 
leaves 5-parted, pinnate, many-cleft ; leafets 
of the involucre linear. Naturalized. 
virga'ta, (whip stalk mallows, r. 11.) 
leaves deeply 3-lobed, toothed, cuneate at 
the base ; peduncles in pairs, longer than 
the petioles. Ex. 
abutUoi'dest, leaves with 5 angular lobes, 
tomentose ; peduncles 2-cleft, generally 4- 
flowered; axillary capsules many-seeded. 
S. 
carolin"iana, (r. Au. @.) leaves 5-lobed 
or palmate, notched and toothed ; pedun- 
cles lor.ger than the petioles ; petals entire ; 
fruit villose ; stem prostrate, branching. S. 
triangula'ta, (p. Ju.) hirsute, sub-decum- 
bent; lower leaves triangular cordate ; up- 
per ones 3-5-lobed, irregularly toothed; 
flowers racemed. 12-18 i. <S. 
peda'ta, {II- V-) somewhat scabrous with 
stellate hairs; leafets pedately ."i-T-parted ; 
segments laciniately toothed ; flowers on , 
elongated peauncles in a loose pani>jle 
calyx naked, slightly hirsute. 2-4 f. S. 
MAL'VAV1S"CUS. 15—12. (Malvactec.) 
fiorida'nns, (r. 2^.) pilose, hirsute, her- 
baceous ; leaves cordate-ovate, crenate- 
obtusish, small, short-petioled ; peduncles 
axillary, nodding, towards the end of the 
branches. Florida. 
MARCIIAN"TIA. 21—3. (Hepatica.) [From 
Marrliant, a naturalist.] 
poI//mo/'pha, (brook liverwort, g-y. Ju. 
11.) pistillate receptacles radiated : stami 
nate ones peduncled, peltate ; fronds crowd- 
ed together, lobed, nerved, and covere d 
with small decussate veins ; pistillate ped- 
uncles very long ; nerves of the frond gen- 
erally brown. On earth and stones, in wet 
or damp places. 
MARRU'BIUM. 13-1. (Labtata.) [Ftom a 
Hebrew word, marrob, a bitter juice. i 
vulga'rc, (horehound, w. Ju. ^.) leavea 
round-ovate, toothed, rugose, veined ; ca- 
lyx toothed, setaceous, uncinate. Introdu- 
ced. 
iVlARSHAL"LTA. 17—1. (Corymbiferce.) 
lanccolu' to , (p. M. 2^.) stem simple, leafy 
below, naked near the summit ; leaves of 
the root obovate, of the stem long, lanceo 
late ; scales of the iuvolucrum oval; chafF 
spatulate. 18-24 i. S. 
latij'o'lia, (Au. 2^.) stem simple ; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 nerved, 
lowest ones sheathing ; scales of the invol- 
ucrum acute ; chaft'of the receptacle linear. 
S. 
angnstifo'lia, (p. Ju. 2L(.) stem branch- 
ing ; lower leaves narrow-lanceolate, upper 
ones linear ; scales of the involucrum rigid, 
subulate ; chafi' linear. Yax.cyananf'thera, 
corolla pale purple ; anthers sky blue ; stem 
simple, angular, very pubescent near the 
top ; leaves lance-linear, 3-nerved ; scales 
of the calyx lanceolate, acuminate. 2 f. 
s. 
MARTYN"IA. 13—2. (Bignonicc.) [In honor 
of the botanist, Martyn.] 
probosci'd^M, (martinoe, w. p. y. Ju. ^.) 
stem short, branching; leaves alternate, 
cordate, entire, villose ; pericarp termina- 
ting in a long proboscis. 1-2 f. S. 
MATRICA'RIA. 17—2. (Corymbifera.) [Na- 
med from its efficacy in the diseases of fe- 
males.] 
chamomiV'la, (wild chamomile, w. M. 
leaves bi-pinnate; scales of the involucre 
obtusish. Ex. 
MECONOP"SIS. 12-1. (Papaveraccae.) [From 
mekon, a poppy, opsis, aspect, resembling a 
poppy.] 
diphyVla, (y. m. T? .) leaves 2, glaucous, 
sessile, hairy ; lobes rounded and obtuse , 
capsules 4-valved-echinate. 1 f. 
petiola' turn, stem 4-8ided; leaves very 
broad, long-petioled, pinnatifid-lobed. 8- 
hel.eroph't/l"la, (r. 2^.) leaves few and re- 
mote, pinnately divided ; segments of the 
lower ones ovate, inciseii and petioled ; ol 
the upper linear, entire, somewhat conflu- 
ent. 
