. 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. 1351. Virginian StockâMalcomia marittma. Natural size. (See p. 9G9.) MALPlGHIA (Marcello Malpighi, 1G28-169:{, distin- guished anatomistatBoLilogne,who wrote on the anatomy of plants). Malpif/ht(}ce(e. About 20 species of smafl trees or shrubs, mostly natives of tropical America, one of which is the Barljadoes
. 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. 1351. Virginian StockâMalcomia marittma. Natural size. (See p. 9G9.) MALPlGHIA (Marcello Malpighi, 1G28-169:{, distin- guished anatomistatBoLilogne,who wrote on the anatomy of plants). Malpif/ht(}ce(e. About 20 species of smafl trees or shrubs, mostly natives of tropical America, one of which is the Barljadoes Gherry, 31. glabra. The fruit is about the size and shape of a small northern cherry, but inferior in quality. It has an acid taste. It is borne on a shrub, which grows about G ft. high and has handsome crimson fls. of a distinct appearance. The fl. is about % in. across, and the 5 petals have a claw about as long as the fringed blade. This shrub is a native of the West Indies and is cult, in all the Islands as well as S. Amer. It is also offered in S. Fia. Malpighias have opposite, short-stalked lvs., glabrous or tomentose, entire or spiny-toothed; tls. axillary, clus- tered or corymbose, rarely solitary, red, rose or white; calyx 5-parted, G-10-glaudular; stamens 10: ovary :-i- celled: .styles 3, distinct: drupe 3-stoned, the stones with or without 3-5 crests or wings on the back. glabra, Linn. Barbadoes Gherhv. Lvs. ovate, gla- brous, entire, usually pointed, having a few l)iscuspi- <iate hairs which disappear early: nml)els H-5-tld.: ca- lyx 6-8 glandular: stones obtusely 4-angled, 813. W. M. MALUS. See Pi/ms. MALVA (old Latin name from Greek malache; refer- ring to the emollient lvs.). Malc(tce(:e. About IG species of herbs, widely scattered, 4 of which are cult, in America and have escaped from old gardens, while one, Ji/. rotnn- (IIfolia (Fig. 1352), the common Mallow, is a familiar weed. These plants are of the easiest culture, aud bloom all summer and fall, ha
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