. 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. 968 MAGNOLIA MAINE. 1348. Mahernia verticiUata. or ovate, rusty brown and pubescent, 3-4 in. long. May- Aug. 1:1 and angustii61ia, Loud. {va,r. salicifdUa,ilovt.). Lvs. lanceolate, wavy. Var. lanceolata, Ait. {va,i\ UxonUnsis, Loud.). Lvs. oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, less rusty
. 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. 968 MAGNOLIA MAINE. 1348. Mahernia verticiUata. or ovate, rusty brown and pubescent, 3-4 in. long. May- Aug. 1:1 and angustii61ia, Loud. {va,r. salicifdUa,ilovt.). Lvs. lanceolate, wavy. Var. lanceolata, Ait. {va,i\ UxonUnsis, Loud.). Lvs. oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, less rusty beneath. 1952. 9:814. There are many othernamed varieties, of which var. Galissoui^nsis, Hort., has proved the hardiest in Europe. For other pictures, see 6n. 22, p. 28; 24, pp. 509, 511; 33, p. 538. M. coTnpressa, Maxim. =Michelia compressa.—JJ/. fuscata, fuscata.—ii/. salicifblia, Maxim. Small, de- ciduous tree: lvs. elllotic toovate-hinceoKate, , 4-7 iu. long: fls. unknown. Japan. 6:67. Alfred Eehdek. MAH£RNIA (anagram of fl"cn«am»ija). StercxtUclcem. More than 30 herbs and subshrubs of S. Africa, mostly with incised lvs. and droop- ing, bell-shaped lis. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft; petals 5, with hollow claws, twisted in the bud ; stamens 5, op- posite the petals, the fila- ments prominently enlarged or dilated at about the mid- dle (and thus differing from Hermannia, which has no sudden enlargement in the filaments),the anthers long: ovary 5-loculed, ripening into a coriaceous capsule with many seeds. Monogr. in Harvey and Sender's Flora Capensis. By some the genus is united with Hermannia. A few of the Mahernias are cult, as pot- plants for the profusion of their bell-like fls. and the sweet odor. verticiUata, Linn. (M. odor&ta, Hort, not of botan- ists, which is Hermannia Presliana). HoKEY Bell. Fig. 1348. Very common plant in conservatories, and sometimes seen in window-gardens (see Bouse Plants): half wood
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