Maurandia (mar and i a)

[NL. (Ortega, 1800), named after Dr. Maurandy, profe or of botany at Cart a gena in Spain.) A genus of plants of the natural order Scrophularineæ and tribe Antirrhineæ. It is characterized by a large corolla, which is partially gibbous at the base and open at the throat, and by the cells of the anther at length becoming confluent. The plants are climbing herbs, supporting themselves by their twisted petioles and flower-stalks. They have hastate leaves, either angularly lobed or coarsely dentate, and showy violet, purple, or rose-colored axillary flowers. There are 6 species, found in Mexico and Texas, very ornamental and frequently cultivated. The species M. erubescens and M. scandens were formerly cla ed as Lophospermum, while the old M. an tirr hin i flora is now referred to Antirrhinum.