Mazus
(from mazos, a teat; tubercles closing the mouth of corolla). SYN. Hornemannia. ORD. Scrophularineae. A small genus (four species) of low, hairy or glabrous, herbaceous plants, inhabiting India, Eastern Asia, the Malayan Archipelago, and Australia. Corollas pale bluish or white; pedicels alternate; racemes terminal, sub-secund. Lower leaves and those of the young shoots opposite, those of the floral branches commonly alternate, inciso-crenate or thickly toothed. The undermentioned species is the best. It is an interesting, distinct, and pretty perennial, with a vigorous habit, rapidly forming dense tufts, scarcely 3in. in height. It thrives in pots or cold frames, or in the open air, and is best placed in firm, open, bare spots on rockwork, in free, sandy soil, in warm positions. Propagated by divisions. M. pumilio (dwarf).* fl. pale violet, borne on very short stems. Early summer. l. spathulate, slightly waved at the edges. Australia, &c., 1823.