M A R 
from the next fpecies, which it refembles, by the helmet 
or upper lip of the corolla being emarginate or hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope; introduced in 1774, 
by Mr. Francis Maflon. It flowers from July to Sep¬ 
tember. 
to. Marrubium crifpum, or curled white horehound : 
leaves cordate, roundifh ; crenate-fubdentate; calyxes ten¬ 
toothed awnlefs. Stem fuft'ruticofe, upright; leaves pe- 
tioled, very much wrinkled, crenate, fubtomentofe, hairy 
underneath. Calyx funnel-form ; corolla purple, not 
hairy ; upper lip roundifh, blunt, entire ; lower trifid, 
"with the middle fegment bifid, the fide ones ftretched 
out. It is a different plant from that which is figured 
by Hermann, t. zoo ; that having the upper lip lanceolate 
and bearded, and the ftamens the length of the lip. Na¬ 
tive of Italy, Sicily, and Spain. 
Miller has two fpecies, crifpum and fuffruticofum. The 
firft of thefe, he fays, fends out many ftiff roundifh ftalks, 
more than two feet high, covered with a white cottony 
down ; the tube of the corolla is fcarcely fo long as the 
calyx, fo that the two lips are but jult vifible. The fe- 
cond has fhrubby ftalks near three feet high, dividing 
into fmall branches; the leaves are heart-fhaped; the 
tube of the corolla is longer, and the flowers are larger; 
they are of a pale purple colour, and the upper lip is 
ereft. It is perhaps the hirfutum of Wildenow. The 
leaves of both are rough on their upper fide, and woolly 
on their under; the whorls of flowers are large, and the 
borders of the calyx flat and hairy. 
11. Marrubium Hifpanicum, or Spanifh white hore- 
hound: borders of the calyxes fpreading, toothlets acute. 
The ftalks of this grow more ereft than thofe of the com¬ 
mon fort; the leaves are rounder and more ferrate ; the 
calyx fpreads open, and the fegments are acute; the flow¬ 
ers are like thofe of the common fort; the whole plant is 
very hoary. Native of Spain and Italy ; cultivated in 
1759 by Mr. Miller. It flowers in July and Auguft. 
14. Marrubium pfeudo-diftamnus, or fhrubby white 
"horehound: borders of the calyxes flat, villofe; leaves 
cordate, concave; ftem fhrubby. This rifes with a 
fhrubby (talk two feet high, and dividing into many 
branches. Leaves fmall, fitting pretty clofe to the ftalks. 
The whorls of flowers not fo large as thofe of the eighth 
fort; rim of the calyx flat; flowers white. The whole 
plant very hoary with a denfe compact cotton. Native 
of the ifiand of Candia; Miller fays Sicily and the iflands 
of the Archipelago. Cultivated by Gerard in 1596. It 
flowers from June to Auguft. 
13. Marrubium acetabulofum, or faucer-leaved white 
horehound : borders of the calyxes longer than the tube, 
membranaceous; the greater angles rounded. Stems 
hairy, about two feet high. Leaves heart-fhaped, rough 
on their upper fide, and hoary on their under, deeply fer¬ 
rate. Whorls large; corolla fmall, pale purple, fcarcely 
appearing out of the calyx ; upper lip ereft. The teeth 
of the calyx are acuminate. After flowering-time, the 
border of the calyx grows out till it becomes twice as 
long as the tube, and is naked and membranaceous, not 
villofe, as in the preceding fpecies. Native of the ifland 
of Candia; cultivated in 1731 by Mr. Miller. It flowers 
from June to Auguft. 
Propagation and Culture. All thefe plants are preferved 
in botanic gardens for the fake of variety; but there are 
not above two of the forts which are cultivated in other 
ardens; thefe are the tenth and eleventh forts, whofe 
alks are fhrubby. The plants are very hoary, and make 
a variety when intermixed with other plants; but they 
very rarely produce feeds in England, and are therefore 
propagated by cuttings, which, if planted in a ffiady bor¬ 
der the middle of April, will take root pretty freely. 
They are fomewhat tender, and in very fevere winters are 
killed, unlefs they are fcreened from the hard frofts, ef- 
pecially thofe plants which grow in good ground, where 
becoming luxuriant in fummer, their branches are more 
replete with juice, and very liable to fuffer by cold; but, 
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when in a poor dry rubbifh, the roots being fliort, 
firm, and dry, are feldom injured by cold, and will con¬ 
tinue much longer than thofe in better ground. The 
other forts are eafily propagated by feeds, which fliould 
be fown on a bed of poor earth in the fpring, and when 
the plants come up they muft be kept clean from weeds ; 
and where they are too clofe they fliould be thinned, leav¬ 
ing them a foot and a half afunder, that their branches may 
have room to fpread ; after this they require no other cul¬ 
ture. They may alfo be propagated by cuttings, in the 
fame manner as the other two forts. If thefe plants are 
upon a dry poor foil, they will live feveral years, but in 
rich land they feldom laft above three or four. See Bal- 
lota, Leonurus, Lycopus, and Stachys. 
MARRU'BIUM, in ancient geography, a town of Italy, 
and capital of the Marfi; feated on the eaft bank of the 
lake Fucinus. The inhabitants of this town, as well as 
the Marfi in general, were famous for difregarding and 
healing the bites of ferpents, and for being excellent 
fwimmers, Its ruins at St. Benedotto prefent to the in- 
veftigation of the curious an arena, and traces of the cir¬ 
cuit of a fpacious amphitheatre. 
MARRUCI'NI, in ancient geography, a people of 
Italy, in the Adriatic gulf, between the Veftini and the 
Frentani. Their country was watered by the Aternus. 
In their origin they were Sabines. Their principal town 
was Teate, feated on a mountain. 
To MAR'RY, v. a. To join a man and woman, as per¬ 
forming the rite.—What! fliall the curate controul me? 
Tell him, that he fliall marry the couple himfelf. Gay's 
What d'ye call it. —To difpofe of in marriage.—When Au- 
guftus confulted with Mecaenas about the marriage of his 
daughter Julia, Mecaenas took the liberty to tell him, 
that he muft either marry his daughter to Agrippa, or 
take away his life; there was no third way, he had made 
him fo great. Bacon. —To take for hufband or wife.— 
You’d think it ftrange if I fliould marry her. Shakefpcare . 
To MARRY, v. n. To enter into the conjugal itate.— 
Virgil concludes with the death of Turnus; for, after that 
difficulty was removed, .tineas might marry , and eftablilh 
the Trojans. Dryden's Dufrefnoy. 
He hath my good will, 
And none but he, to marry with Nan Page. Shakefpeare. 
MAR'RY, inter] . [from Mary] An expreffion of an- 
er, furprife, or contempt; as. Marry come up ! or of af- 
rmation 5 as Aye, marry ; Yes indeed. 
MAR'RYING, f. The aift of joining in wedlock; the 
a& of giving in marriage. 
MARS, one of the planets. See vol. ii. p. 384..— 
Mars is the lead bright and elegant of all the planets ; its 
orbit lies between that of the Earth and Jupiter, but very 
diftant from both. Adams. 
Mars his true moving, even as in the heavens, 
So in the earth, to this day is not known. Shah. Hen.VI. P.I. 
The red colour of this planet, according to Mr. Brew- 
fter,is owing to the fame caufe as the rednefs of the morn¬ 
ing and evening clouds. When a beam of white light 
pafles though any medium, its colour inclines to red, in 
proportion to the fpace through which it has travelled, 
and the denfity of the medium. The momentum of 
the red or lead refrangible rays being greater than that 
of the violet or moft refrangible rays ; the former will 
make their way through the refilling medium, while the 
latter are either reflected or abforbed. The colour of 
the beam, therefore, when it reaches the eye, muft par¬ 
take of the colour of the lead refrangible ray; and the 
rednefs of this colour muft increafe with the number of 
the violet rays that have been obltrufled. Hence we fee, 
that the fun, moon, and ftars, appear red when in the ho¬ 
rizon ; and that every luminous object feen through a 
milt is of a ruddy hue. Now the planet Mars is allowed 
to have an atmofphere of great denfity and extant, as is 
manifelt from the dim appearance of the fixed ftars that 
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