MUSA 435 



Mucro, a sharp term, point ; cf. Leaf, fig. G, b. 



Mucuna Adans. Leguminosae (in. 10). 35 trop. and subtrop. Some 



have stinging hairs on the pods. M. prttriens DC. is the cowage or 



cowitch, a var. of which is the Florida velvet bean, a useful fodder. 

 Mudwort, Limosella aqnatica L. 

 Mudar fibre, Calotropis gigantea Ait. 

 Muehlbergella Feer (Wahlenbergia Schrad.). Campanul. (i. i). 



r Cauc. 

 Muehlenbeckia Meissri. Polygonaceae (in. i). 15 Austr. to S. Am. 



M. platyclados Meissn. has flat green phylloclades with transv. bands 



at the nodes, and green 1. which drop early. Fls. polyg. or dioec. 

 Muehlenbergia Schreb. Gramineae (8). 65 N. Am., Andes, Japan, 



Himal. Some are useful fodder-grasses. 



Muellera L. f. (Conblandia Aubl.). Leguminosae (in. 8). 2 trop. Am. 

 Muellerargia Cogn. Cucurbitaceae (2). i Timor. 

 Mug-wort, Galium, (Am.) Artemisia. 

 Muilla S. Wats. Liliaceae (iv). 3 California. 

 Mukia Arn. = Melothria L. p.p. (Cucurb.). 

 Mulberry, Morns - fig, Ficus Sycomorus L. ; Indian -, Morinda dtri- 



folia L. 



Mulgedium Cass. (Lactuca BH.}. Compositae (13). 22 N. temp. 

 Mulinum Pers. Umbelliferae (i. 2). 20 char. pi. of southern Andes. 

 Mullein , Verbascii in . 

 Multi- (Lat. pref.), many; -farious, many ranked ; -jugate, with many 



pairs; -parous, pleiochasial ; -partite, much cut; -plefr., the product 



of several fls., combined into one fr., Artocarftis, Broussonetia, Ficus, 



Madura, Moraceae, Morns, Platanus. 

 Multiovulatae Aquaticae and M. Terrestres (BH.). The 2nd and 3rd 



series of Incompletae. 



Mumeazalea Makino (Azaleastrum p.p.). Ericaceae (i. 2). i Japan. 

 Munbya Pomel (Psoralea p.p. EP.}. Leguminosae (in. 6). 2 Algeria. 

 Mundtia (Mundia) H. B. et K. Polygalaceae. i S. Afr. 

 Mundulea Benth. Leguminosae (in. 6). 12 trop. Afr., Madag., Ceylon, 



S. Ind. 



Mung (India), green gram, Phaseolus Mnngo L. 

 Munroa Torr. Gramineae (10). 3 S. U.S., Argentina. 

 Munronia Wight. Meliaceae (in). 7 Ceylon to China. 

 Muntingia Plum, ex L. Elaeocarpaceae. 3 trop. S. Am., W.I. 

 Muralis (Lat.), growing on walls. 

 Muraltia Neck. Polygalaceae. 45 S. Afr. 

 Muretia Boiss. Umbelliferae (in. "5). 3 W. As. 

 Muricaria Desv. Cruciferae (2). i N. Afr. 

 Muricate (dim. muriculate), rough with short firm outgrowths. 

 Muricauda Small (Arum p.p.). Araceae (vii). i Atl. N. Am. 

 Murraya Koen. ex L. Rutaceae (v). 4 Indomal. The timber is 



useful, and the 1. are used in curries. 



Murtonia Craib. Leguminosae (between in. 7 and in. 10). i Burma. 

 Musa L. Musaceae. 30 palaeotrop. Large herbs (to 10 ft.) with 



rhiz. and ' false ' aerial stems (see fain.). The infl. springs from rhiz. 



and emerges at the top of the aerial 'stem.' Fls. oo , in the axils of 



leathery, often reddish-coloured bracts, the fruit-forming ? firs, at the 



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