. 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. M MAACKIA. See Cladrasiis. MABA (native name). Eienticetn. A genus of about 60 species of trees and shrubs found in the warmer regions of the woi-ld. They mostly have hard, ebony- like wood. Closely allied to Diospyros, the floral parts mostly in 3's instead of 4'3 or 5's. The Ivs. are usually smaller than in D
. 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. M MAACKIA. See Cladrasiis. MABA (native name). Eienticetn. A genus of about 60 species of trees and shrubs found in the warmer regions of the woi-ld. They mostly have hard, ebony- like wood. Closely allied to Diospyros, the floral parts mostly in 3's instead of 4'3 or 5's. The Ivs. are usually smaller than in Diospyros. Lvs. alternate: fls. axillary, solitary or in short cymes, usually dioecious; corolla bell-shaped or tubular. NataUnsis, Haw. Much-branched shrub, with flexuous branches: Ivs. %-'i in. long, C-7 lines wide, ovate, ob- long or elliptical, obtuse, dark green above, paler be- neath, glabrous, netted-velnedbeneath: female fls. soli- tary; calyx cup-shaped, glabrous, entire; abortive sta- mens G-7: ovary glabi'ous. Natal; offered in S. Fla.— Presumably the plant in cult, is the female. MACADAMIA (after John Macadam, , secretary Philosophical Institute, Victoria, N. S. W.). Protedeece. Two or 3 species of Australian trees or tall shrubs, one of which produces the Australian nut, which has aflavor like a filbert or almond, and is cult, in S. Calif. In fa- vorable localities it in 7 years. The genus has no near allies of horticultural value. Lvs. whorled: fls. small, pedicelled in pairs, racemose, hermaphrodite; perianth not recurved; stamens afflxed a little below the blades: disk ringed, 4-lobed or 4-parted. temifaiia, F. Muell. Australian Nut. Tree, attain- ing 60ft.: foliage dense: lvs. sessile, in whorls of 3 or i. oblong or lanceolate, serrate, with flue prickly teeth, glabrous and shining, a few inches to 1 ft. long: ra- cemes often as long as the lvs.: fr. with a 2-valved, leathery covering; nut often over 1 in. thick. Australia. 1870:1181. MACHaiEIU
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