. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. ecies of annuals fromthe ]\Iediterranean region, one of which is cult, under-the name of M. grandiflora. It grows 1-3 ft. high, andbears red or white, 5-petaled fls. 2H-3 in. across, in sum-mer and fall. The genus is allied to Althaea, which itresembles in having solitary ascending
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. ecies of annuals fromthe ]\Iediterranean region, one of which is cult, under-the name of M. grandiflora. It grows 1-3 ft. high, andbears red or white, 5-petaled fls. 2H-3 in. across, in sum-mer and fall. The genus is allied to Althaea, which itresembles in having solitary ascending ovules, but hasthe carpels crowded into a sort of head without order,while in Althiea the carpels are in a single whorl. Also,Malope has 3 bractlets, while Althaea has 6-9. Herbs 970 MALOPE glabrous or pilose; Ivs. entire or 3-cut : fls. usuallyviolet or rosy; bractlets large, cordate; calyx 5-cut;column of stamens divided at the top into easy. See Annuals. trifida, Cav. Lvs. 3-nerved, 3-cut, dentate, glabrous;lobes acuminate : peduncles axillary, 1-fld. Spain, granditldra, Paxt. (J/, grandifldra, P. ), is said to be much superior to thatyefi, with in. across, deep rosy red, vefned inside 21, p. 145. 1:177. Jf. gramUflora alba is also? 1351. Virginian Stock—Malcomia maritima. size. (Seep. 960.) HALFfOHIA (Marcello Malpighi, 1028-1693, distin-guished anatomist at Boulogne,who wrote on the anatomyof plants). Malpiijhiiiferv. About 20 species of smalltrees or shrubs, mostly natives of tropical America, oneof which is the Barbadoes Cherry, M. glabra. The fruitis about the size and shape of a small northern cherry,but inferior in quality. It has an acid taste. It is borneon ashrub,which grows about G ft. high and has handsomecrimson fls. of a distinct appearance. The fl. is about% in. across, and the 5 petals have a claw about as longas the fringed blade. This shrub is a native of the WestIndies and
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