. 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. 978 MANDEVILLA JIANGXPERA each 2 in. across. Argentine Rep. 26:7. Gn. 29, p. 537. III. 2:817. 16:289. 1845:167. âCharacterized by a pale, fleshy pectinate ring between the base of the calyx and corolla. sff j| MANDKAGOEA (name used by Hipprocates; i-efer- ring to its growing near s
. 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. 978 MANDEVILLA JIANGXPERA each 2 in. across. Argentine Rep. 26:7. Gn. 29, p. 537. III. 2:817. 16:289. 1845:167. âCharacterized by a pale, fleshy pectinate ring between the base of the calyx and corolla. sff j| MANDKAGOEA (name used by Hipprocates; i-efer- ring to its growing near stables in the market places). ^ohnia'.'fce, A genus of 3 species, one of wljich is sup- posed to be the Mandrake mentioned in Genesis, chap. 30. In America the name Mandrake is applied to the May- apple, Podophijllum peltatum. but the Mandrake of his-. 1358. Mandrake. From an old herbal (see Mandragora). 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, 31. autumnalis is supposed by some to be the true Mandrake. Both are natives of the Mediterranean region. M. caulescens is found in the Himalayas. Mandragoras are nearly stemless, perennial herbs with thick roots and large, stalked, wavy-margined Ivs., 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. ofSicin^rum, Linn. (,Mill.). Mandrake. Lvs. ovate, the first obt
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