Archive image from page 509 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 978 MANDE VILLA each 2 in. across. Argentine Rep. :7. Gn. 29, p. 537. III. 2:817. 16:289. 1845:107. —Characterized by a pale, fleshy pectinate ring between the base o£ the calyx and corolla.
Archive image from page 509 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . 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 cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 978 MANDE VILLA each 2 in. across. Argentine Rep. :7. Gn. 29, p. 537. III. 2:817. 16:289. 1845:107. —Characterized by a pale, fleshy pectinate ring between the base o£ the calyx and corolla. jyj MANDBAGOEA (name used by Hippocrates; refer- ring to its growing near stables in the market places). SolanAcew. A genus o£ 3 species, one of which is sup- posed to be the Mandralie mentioned in Genesis, chap. 30. In America the name Mandralie is applied to the May- apple, Poflophiillum pelliitiim. but the Mandrake of his- tory was a plant with a large spindle-shaped root which was supposed sometimes to become forked and resemble the human form. In this condition it was used as an aphrodisiac. The plant was also called Love-apple, and many superstitions about it still survive. The old herbals abound in fanciful pictures of the Mandrake, one of which is reproduced in Fig. 1358. is sold in America and may be cult, in the hardy border for its folk-lore interest. M. autiimnalis is supposed by some to be the true Mandrake. Both are natives of the Mediterranean region. AI. caiilescens is found in the Himalayas. Mandragoras are nearly stemless, perennial herbs with thick roots and large, stalked, wavy-margined Its., the later ones being usually narrower and entire, and rather large fls. varying from whitish through bluish violet and purplish shades. The fls. are bell-shaped, about 5-cut, netted-veined and borne in clusters among the tufted Ivs. Calyx deeply 5-cut; sinus of the corolla induplicate between the lobes. oSficinilrum, Linn. {M. officinalis, NiU.). M
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