MEGA CLINIUM 4 1 5 



Mayacaceae. Monocots. (Furiuosae; Coronarieae BH.}. Only gen. 



Mayaca, q.v. 



Mayepea Aubl. (Linociera Sw.)- Oleaceae. 50 trop. and subtrop. 

 Mayna Aubl. (Oncoba p.p. BH.). Flacourtiaceae (2). 8 trop. S. Am. 

 Mayodendron Kurz. Bignoniaceae (2). i Burma. 

 Maytenus Molina. Celastraceae. 75 S. Am. 

 Mazus Lour. Scrophulariaceae (n. 6). 10 China to Austr. 

 Meadow beauty (Am.), Rhexia; - crane's bill, Geranium pratcuse L. ; 



-crocus, Colchicumautumnale'L..', -grass, Poa\ -rue, Thalictrum ; 



- saffron, Colchiatm autnmnale L. ; - sweet, Ulmaria palustris 



Moench. 



Mealies (S. Afr.), Indian corn, Zea Mays L. 

 Mearnsia Merrill. Myrtaceae (n. 2). i Phil. Is. 

 Mechanisms, floral, cf. Floral Mechanisms. 

 Mechowia Schinz. Amarantaceae (2). i S.W. Afr. 

 Mecomischus Coss. ex Benth. et Hook. f. Compositae (7). i Algeria. 

 Meconella Nutt. (Plalystigma Bent-h.). Papaver. (n). 5 Pac. N. Am. 

 Meconopsis Yig. Papaveraceae (n). 15 N. temp. M. cambric a Vig., 



the Welsh poppy, in Brit. Cult. orn. fl. 

 Mecopus Bennett. Leguminosae (ill. 7). i Java. 

 Mecranium Hook. f. Melastomaceae (i). 8 W.I. 

 Medemia Princeps Gulielmusde Wurtemberg et A. Br. Palmaceae (n). 



4 E. Afr. 



Medeola Gronov. ex L. Liliaceae (vn). i N. Am. 

 Medial, central, middle. 



Medica Tourn. ex L. = Medicago Tourn. (Legum.). 

 Medicago Tourn. ex L. Leguminosae (in. 4). 50 Eur., Medit., S. Afr.; 



6 in Brit, (medick, nonsuch, burweed). The fl. has an explosive 



mech. like Genista (q.v.}. The fr. is usu. twisted, often spirally 



coiled up into a ball or disc, and frequently provided with hooks 



enabling animal distr. M. sativa L. (lucerne or alfalfa), M. hipnlina 



L., and others, are useful fodders. 

 Medicosma Hook. f. Rutaceae (i). i E. Austr. 

 Medinilla Gaudich. Melastomaceae (i). 120 palaeotrop. 

 Medinillopsis Cogn. Melastomaceae (i). 2 Malaya. 

 Mediocalcas J. J. Smith (Cryptochilns p.p. EP.}. Orchid, (n. 5). 



2 Mai. 

 Mediterranean region, the region round the Medit. Sea, including the 



Sahara, Egypt, N. Arabia to the Panjab, Asia Minor, the Balkans, 



Italy, and Spain. 



Medlar, Pynts germanica Hook. f. 

 Medulla, pith. 



Medusagyne Baker. Guttiferae (inc. sed.) (Ternstr. BH.}. i Seychelles. 

 Meehania Britton (Cedronella p.p.). Labiatae (vi). i E. U.S. 

 Mega- (Gr. pref.), large; -sporangium, -spore, the larger when there 



are two kinds, Pteridophyta. 



Megabaria Pierre ex De Wild. Euphorbiaceae (A. I. i). 2 trop. Afr. 

 Megacarpaea DC. Cruciferae (2). 5 C. As., China. Sta. >6 in some. 

 Megacaryon Boiss. Boraginaceae (iv. 5). i W. As. 

 Megaclinium Lindl. Orchidaceae (ll. 16). 20 trop. and subtrop. Afr. 



Cult. 



