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Martynia (John Martyn, 1699-1768. professor of botany at Cambridge, botanical author). Including Proboscidea. Martyniaceae. Coarse annuals and perennials from the warmer parts of America, a few of which are cultivated for pickles or for ornament.

Martynia (John Martyn, 1699-1768. professor of botany at Cambridge, botanical author). Including Proboscidea. Martyniaceae. Coarse annuals and perennials from the warmer parts of America, a few of which are cultivated for pickles or for ornament.

Rank branchy plants of heavy odor, viscid-pubescent, mostly sprawling on the ground: lvs. large, likely to be opposite and alternate on same plant, petioled, broad and subcordate, entire or lobed: fls. large and funnelform-campanulate in short loose terminal racemes; calyx more or less swollen -campanulate, deeply and unequally 5-parted, often split on the anterior side; corolla violet-purple, pale yellow or whitish mottled, oblique, decurved, the limb somewhat bilabiate but the 5 spreading lobes nearly equal; fertile stamens 2 in the genus Martynia as defined by Stapf (Engler & Prantl, Die Pflanzenfamilien, including one species apparently not in cult.), and 4 in the genus or group Proboscidea which is here included in Martynia and to which the cult, species belong; ovary 1-celled, the 2 parietal placenta- extended inward and meeting at the middle as if 2-celled: fr. a 2-valved caps., more or less fleshy, hairy, with a long curving beak; seeds large.—-Species about 8, U. S. to S. Amer. The closely allied Craniolaria (which see, in Vol. II) is distinguished by the long slender corolla- tube (Martynia Craniolaria, Glox.=Craniolaria annua). The trade names need revision.

Rank branchy plants of heavy odor, viscid-pubescent, mostly sprawling on the ground: lvs. large, likely to be opposite and alternate on same plant, petioled, broad and subcordate, entire or lobed: fls. large and funnelform-campanulate in short loose terminal racemes; calyx more or less swollen -campanulate, deeply and unequally 5-parted, often split on the anterior side; corolla violet-purple, pale yellow or whitish mottled, oblique, decurved, the limb somewhat bilabiate but the 5 spreading lobes nearly equal; fertile stamens 2 in the genus Martynia as defined by Stapf (Engler & Prantl, Die Pflanzenfamilien, including one species apparently not in cult.), and 4 in the genus or group Proboscidea which is here included in Martynia and to which the cult, species belong; ovary 1-celled, the 2 parietal placenta- extended inward and meeting at the middle as if 2-celled: fr. a 2-valved caps., more or less fleshy, hairy, with a long curving beak; seeds large.—Species about 8, U. S. to S. Amer. The closely allied Craniolaria (which see, in Vol. II) is distinguished by the long slender corolla- tube (Martynia Craniolaria, Glox.=Craniolaria annua). The trade names need revision.

Martynias are sometimes grown in gardens for their bright large flowers, abundant foliage and odd pods. They are treated as half-hardy annuals. They are also grown in the vegetable-garden for the small tender pods which are made into pickles the same as cucumbers. The plants grow 1 ½  feet or more high, and spread widely. They should be started in a hotbed in the North and transplanted to the open. In the middle and southern states seed may be sown in the open 3 feet apart each way where the plants are to remain. They need a warm open soil and sunny exposure. The fruits have a very distinct appearance by reason of the long-curved horn which splits from the top as the capsule hardens.

Martynias are sometimes grown in gardens for their bright large flowers, abundant foliage and odd pods. They are treated as half-hardy annuals. They are also grown in the vegetable-garden for the small tender pods which are made into pickles the same as cucumbers. The plants grow 1 ½  feet or more high, and spread widely. They should be started in a hotbed in the North and transplanted to the open. In the middle and southern states seed may be sown in the open 3 feet apart each way where the plants are to remain. They need a warm open soil and sunny exposure. The fruits have a very distinct appearance by reason of the long-curved horn which splits from the top as the capsule hardens.