Meaning of manita | Babel Free

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The tree Chiranthodendron pentadactylon, or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces.

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“[…] The manita tree,* so named from the singular formation of its flower, a drawing of which is placed as the frontispiece of this book, is a species of plant⟳ almost unknown in the catalogues of botanists. Manita means a little hand.”

“Tradition states, that though the Indians did not actually worship⟳ the manita tree, yet they regarded the flower with a sort⟳ of religious veneration.”

“The curious manita, or ‘hand tree,’ near the city of Mexico, is another of these curiosities.”

“[…] with high walls on every side but open⟳ at the top and certainly not exceeding 80 feet square, and this is the botanic garden of the palace of Mexico; a few shrubs and plants and the celebrated manita tree, are all that it contains.”

“Close⟳ by was a plant⟳ of the manita, a flower which the Aztecs used to worship⟳ ; it is in the form⟳ of a hand, with four fingers and a thumb : this they imagined to be the hand of one of their most powerful deities, and adored it ; its colour is a brilliant scarlet.”

“Here one finds among remedies for every organ and ailment, manita, whose red flower, shaped like⟳ thumb and four fingers gives its name⟳ “the little hand.””

“A sign⟳ nailed to a manita tree read⟳ “Jardín Botánica.” Edmund surveyed this pathetic place⟳ in disbelief. The botanic garden of the Palace of Mexico was cramped, airless, light-starved, and populated with meager, untended specimens — […]”

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