. 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. 1036 MUCUNA MULCHING. 1434. A true moss— Polytrichum commune, MUC&NA (Brazilian name). Lecjuminbsre. Between 20 and 30 mostly twining plants, widely distributed iu the tropics, one of which is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant. The genus is allied to Glycine, which in- cludes the Soy Bean. The Ivs. are
. 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. 1036 MUCUNA MULCHING. 1434. A true moss— Polytrichum commune, MUC&NA (Brazilian name). Lecjuminbsre. Between 20 and 30 mostly twining plants, widely distributed iu the tropics, one of which is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant. The genus is allied to Glycine, which in- cludes the Soy Bean. The Ivs. are large and 3-foliolate: fls. long or oblong, large, usually dark purple (sometimes yellowish) but turning black when dried, the corolla mnch longer than the narrow-lobed calyx; the keel long, boat-shaped and usu- ally twice or thrice longer than the obtuse standard and also longer than the wings: stamens diadel- phous (9 and 1} the anthers not uni- form in kind; pod usually hairy, bristly or pubescent, containing globular pea-like seeds. The Mu- cunas are either annuals or peren- nials. The fls. are borne in axillary clusters, and the pods are usually long and beset with stinging hairs, prilriens, DC.(Odlichos pruriens, Linn. D. multifldrns, Hort.). Cow- itch. CowAGE. Fig. 1435. Annual twiner, the branchlets somewhat appressed-hairy and the Ivs. more or less silky-hairy beneath: petioles usually longer than the Ivs.: Ifts. ovate or the lateral ones rhombic- ovate, obtuse but apiculate : fls. several to many, dull purple, l}/n-2 in. long, in more or less drooping racemes: pods f-shaped (the ends curved in opposite directions), 2-4 in. long, ribbed, densely brown-or gray-bristly. — Tall - twining vine, Nat. size. (See p. 1035.) common in the tropics of both hem- ispheres. The hairs or bristles on the pods are dislodged by the touch and they are very irritating to the skin, often raising blisters. These hairs also constitute a remedy for intestinal worms, it being supposed that
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