mayaceæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. mayac(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot .: Mayacs, an order of Endogens, tribe Xyridales. It consists of mo -like plants, with narrow leaves and small white, pink, or violet flowers, creeping over damp places. Spiral ve els, chiefly in the flower stalks; sepals, petals, and stamens, three; anthers, one-celled; ovary, one-celled, with three parietal placente. Fruit, a membranous capsule, covered by the permanent sepals and petals, one-celled, three-valved. Found in marshes in America. Only one known genus; species four. ( Lindley.) mayde-weed, s. [Eng. mayde, obsolete form of maid, and weed.] Bot.: Pyrethrum parthenium . Red Maydeweed : Bot.: Adonis autumnal is . a supe