. 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. MBDINILLA MELALEUCA 999 species described below are glabroiis, with opposite, sessile Ivs. and long, terminal, pendulous, bracted pani- cles, with floral parts in 5's. A. FJs. coral-red or rosy pinh. magnifica, Lindl. Figs. 13S5-G. Lvs. with9-13 nerves, which run from various points along the midrib to the marg
. 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. MBDINILLA MELALEUCA 999 species described below are glabroiis, with opposite, sessile Ivs. and long, terminal, pendulous, bracted pani- cles, with floral parts in 5's. A. FJs. coral-red or rosy pinh. magnifica, Lindl. Figs. 13S5-G. Lvs. with9-13 nerves, which run from various points along the midrib to the margin or apex, ovate or ovate-oblong: bracts 1-4 in. long. Philippines. 4533. 6:572 and 9:968 (splendid). Gn. 51. p. 394. :421. 1857, pp. 319, 343, and 1896, pp. 102, 103. 7 interesting features are the whorled branches, each one 4-ridged or winged, and the dense ring of short, fleshy processes at the joints between the lvs. It can be propa- gated by seeds or cuttings of young wood in heat. AA. Fls. white. Ciirtisii, Hook. Lvs. with 2 nerves beside the midrib which run from the base to the apex of the leaf: bracts about 3 lines long. Sumatra. 6730. II. 20:021. —John Saul says it blooms in autumn, -yy^ ]y[_ MediniUa magnifica is a fine stove plant, even when not in flower. It remains in bloom from April to July. The writer has kept a tree-shaped specimen for. it from that genus "by its thick perennial roots, its large, turgid, immarginate seeds and its thick, fleshy- cotyledons which remain under ground in germination. The fruit in some species appears to be wholly indehis- ; There are five species described in the Botany of California. One of these, M. Cali!6rmca, Torr. [Echiitocystis fabacea, Naud.),is sometimes grown in fine collections and botanic gardens. It is a tendril- climber, reaching 20 to 30 ft. in its native haunts: lvs. deeply 5-(-lobed: fls. monoecious: fr. densely spinose, globose or ovoid, 2 in. lon
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