422 METAMORPHOSIS 



Metamorphosis, change of form and structure, whether ontogenetic as 



in Astragalus, Geitm, or phylogenetic. 

 Metanarthecium Maxim. Liiiaceae (i). i Japan. 

 Metaplexis R. Br. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). "3 E. As. 

 Metaporana N. E. Brown. Convolvulaceae (i). 2 trop. Afr. 

 Metastelma R. Br. Asclepiadaceae (n. i). 50 trop. Am. 

 Metharme Phil. Zygophyllaceae. i Chili. 

 Metopium (P. Br.) Engl. Anacardiaceae (3). 2 W.I. Yields a 



purging resin (doctor gum) from the stem. 

 Metrodorea A. St Hil. (Esenbeckia BH.}. Rutaceae (i). 5 Rio de 



Janeiro. 

 Metrosideros Banks. Myrtaceae(n 2). 20 S. Afr., Sunda Is., Austr., 



Polynes. Some furnish useful timber. 

 Metroxylon Rottb. Palmae (in). 7 Siam to New Guinea. M. Rumphii 



Mart, and M. laeve Mart, are the sago palms, cult, in Malaya. 



Small trees whose stems die after producing their large term, monoec. 



infls. (cf. Corypha, &c.), but form rhiz. branches below. The fr. 



takes 3 years to ripen. The tree is cut down when the infl. appears, 



and the sago is obtained from the pith by crushing and washing. 

 Mettenia Griseb. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 6). 2 Jamaica, Cuba. 

 Metteniusa Karst. Icacinaceae. i Colombia. 

 MetternicMa Mikan. Solanaceae (4). 3 Brazil, Colombia. 

 Meu, Meum athamanticiim Jacq. 

 Meum (Tourn.) Adans. Umbelliferae (in. 5). i Eur. (incl. Brit.), 



M. athamanticum Jacq. (meu or bald-money). 

 Mexican aloe, - fibre. Agave ; - poppy, Argemone mexicana L. ; - rubber, 



Castilloa elastica Cerv. ; - sunflower, Tithonia diversifolia A. Gray; 



- tea, Chenopodinni anthelminticum L. 



MeyeniaNees (Thimbergia^.^. BH.}. Acanthaceae (m). i Indomal. 

 Meyeria DC. =Calea L. p.p. (Comp.). 

 Mezereon, Daphne Mezereum L. 



Mezia Schwacke. Malpighiaceae (i). i Minas Geraes. 

 Meziella Schindler. Haloragidaceae. i Austr. 

 Mezilaurus O. Ktze. (Silvia Allem). Lauraceae (n). 2 Brazil. 

 Mezoneurum Desf. Leguminosae (n. 7). 12 palaeotrop. 

 Mezzettia Becc. Anonaceae (i). 3 Malaya. 

 Mezzettiopsis Ridl. Anonaceae (i). i Borneo. 

 Mi, Bassia longifolia L. 



Mibora Adans. Gramineae (8). i W. Eur. (incl. Brit.). 

 Michaelmas daisy, Aster. 

 Michauxia L'Herit. Campanulaceae (i). 6 E. Medit. Fl. 7 10- 



merous throughout. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Michauxia Raeuschel. Inc. sed. i, habitat? 

 Michelia L. Magnoliaceae. 1 5 trop. As., China. There is a gynophore 



between sta. and cpls. M. Chainpaca L. is cult, for its perfumed 



fl., used as offerings. Several yield useful timber. 

 Micheliella Briquet (Collinsonia p.p.). Labiatae (vi). 2 S.E. U.S. 

 Micholitzia N. E. Brown. Asclepiadaceae (n. 3). i India. 

 Michoxia Veil. Inc. sed. i Brazil. 

 Miconia Ruiz et Pav. (Tamonea Aubl.). Melastomaceae (i). 600 trop. 



Am., W.I. 



