. 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. 994 MATTHIOLA bicdrnis, CG. Half-shrubby, straggling annual or bi- ennial; fls. smaller than those of M. incaiui, purplish or lilac, fragrant by night, closing by day: pod terete, long, 2-horned: Ivs. pinnatifid, or the uppermost entire. Greece, Asia Minor. ',
. 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. 994 MATTHIOLA bicdrnis, CG. Half-shrubby, straggling annual or bi- ennial; fls. smaller than those of M. incaiui, purplish or lilac, fragrant by night, closing by day: pod terete, long, 2-horned: Ivs. pinnatifid, or the uppermost entire. Greece, Asia Minor. ', ^-n- <«, Rmiy & youc, is figured 7703 <1900), wIm IV II I, ,,hl ihai "the name Oyensis has been cor- I â I^ and ; The plant is f rem the lie I I the ; the ( II ' II I, r liiennial. with sinuate-toothed Ivs., Li.,u .Uuu- fragrant fls. Not known to be in cult, in tliis tuuutry. L. H. B. MATTEANDIA (after Maurandy, professor of botany at Cartagena, Spain). Also written J/niiraHrfi/n. Scroph- ularidcete. About 5 species of Mexican climbers, with usually halberd-shaped Ivs. and showy, irrejjjiilar trum- pet-shaped fls., white, rose, purple and blue, the tlu-oat usually white or light-colored. The lis. are .somewliat 2- lipped. The commonest species is M. Baixhiiana, which is procurable in a greater range of colors than the others. Maurandias are desirable vines for winter- flowering in cool greenhouses, but since they bloom the first year from seed, they are almost wholly grown for summer bloom outdoors and treated like tender annuals. They have a slender habit and grow about 10 ft. in a season.* In the fall the vines may be taken up and re- moved into the house if desired. Botanically, this genus is nearest to the snapdragon, though the throat of the flower *s not closed. The plant known to the tradechiefly as Maurandia antirrhiniflora is now referred to Antirrhinum. (See Antirrhinum, where this plant is figured.) It is a climber and
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