. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1351. Virgi MALPlGHIA (llaroello Malpighi, 1628-1693, distin- guished anatomist at wrote on the anatomy of plants). Malinijhit\ce(e. About 20 species of small trees or shrubs, mostly natives of tropical America, one of which is the Barbadoes Cherry, M. gla
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1351. Virgi MALPlGHIA (llaroello Malpighi, 1628-1693, distin- guished anatomist at wrote on the anatomy of plants). Malinijhit\ce(e. About 20 species of small trees or shrubs, mostly natives of tropical America, one of which is the Barbadoes Cherry, M. glabra. The fruit is about the size and shape of a small northern cherry, but inferior in quality. It has an acid taste. It Is borne on a shrub, which grows about 6 ft. high and has handsome crimson fls. of a distinct appearance. The fl. is about % in. across, and the 5 petals have a claw about as long as the fringed blade. This shrub is a native of the West Indies and is cult, in all the Islands as well as S. Amer. It is also offered in S. Fla. Malpighias have opposite, short-stalked lvs., glabrous or tomentose, entire or spiny-toothed: fls. axillary, clus- tered or corymbose, rarely solitary, red, rose or white; calyx 5-parted, 6-10-glandular; stamens 10: ovary 3- celled: styles 3, distinct: drupe 3-stoned, the stones with or without 3-5 crests or wings on the back. glabra, Linn. Barbadoes Cherky. Lvs. ovate, gla- brous, entire, usually pointed, having a few biscuspi- date hairs which disappear early: umbels S-o-fld.: ca- lyx 6-8 glandular: stones obtusely 4-angled. 813. MALUS. SeePy<»s. MALVA (old Latin name from Greek wia^ncAe,- refer- ring to the emollient lvs.). Malv(icee,l: fls. purple-rose. Eu., temp. Asia, wa\; N . Aintr. 13 advertised. See J/. :â '..'..., m mentary list. Var. Hauritl&na (M. Jlfinrfinnni, ) has long been cult, in cottage gardens aljroaci as the Tree Mallow. It is taller, smoother and has more obtuse lobes.
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