. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 964 MACODES MACODES (from iiiukos, length; on account of the long labellum}. Orchiddcece. Contains but 2 or ;i spe- cies of the habit of Anoectochilus, which see for culture. Sepals and narrower petals spreading: laljelluin ventri- cose, with 2 small lateral lobes and
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 964 MACODES MACODES (from iiiukos, length; on account of the long labellum}. Orchiddcece. Contains but 2 or ;i spe- cies of the habit of Anoectochilus, which see for culture. Sepals and narrower petals spreading: laljelluin ventri- cose, with 2 small lateral lobes and 2 calli inside, turned to one side: column short, twisted in the oppo- site direction, with 2 narrow, erect appendages. Ter- restrial herbs, with few variegated petioled Ivs. at the base, and small fls. borne in a long raceme. P6tola, Lindl. (AncectochUus Veitchidinus, Hort.). Fls. greenish, inconspicuous: Ivs. ovate, 2-3 in. long, reticulated with golden yellow veins. Java. 21:61. Heinrich Hasselbrisg. MACROCHOBDIUU Etrictum, Beer, once advertised by Pitcher & Manda, is referred byMez to ^ehmea bro- meliafolia. Baker. See p. 28, Vol. I. It is Bromelia tnelanantliii. Ker-Gawl, B. R. 9:766. The species is characterized by white-scurfy Ivs., simple dense, woolly spilses overtopping the foliage: fls. with yellowish green and small exserted purple-black petals. S. Amer. MACB0SC£FIS (Greek, macros, long; skepo, to cover). Asclepiadacew. A genus of about 8 species of tall, tropical American climbers, of which M. elliptica, Hort. Sander, was int. in 1899. Sander & Co. describe it as "a new climbing stove-plant, with elliptic, light green leaves, which, together with the stems, are densely covered with soft, felt-like, yellow-brown hairs. The fls. are in clusters, each flower about 1 in. in diam., resem- bling in shape those of Hoya ortrnosa, and borne in simi- lar bunches; they are of a soft, velvety, rich brown color. Every part of the plant, when bruised or
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