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The Dictionary of Gardening. 



Maxillaria— conh'uued. 



. Kalbreyeri (Kalbreyer's). /., sepals and petals gxeenish- 

 white, the upper sepal and petals ligulate, the lateral sepals 

 triangular, acute ; lip greenish-white, marked mauve-purple on 

 the outer margins, oblong-ligulate, blunt, toothleted on the 

 anterior margins, a little broader towards the base. L oblong- 

 ligulate, 9in. high, lin. broad. Pseudo-bulbs about 2in. long and 

 lin. broad. New Grenada, 1885. 



M. Lehmanni (Lehmann's). /. white ; side lobes of the lip light 

 reddish-brown and covered with fragile hairs inside, pale ochre 

 with dark chestnut veins outside, the front lobe sulphur, tri- 

 angular, wavy. 1886. A showy species. 



M. macrophylla (large-leaved). A synonym of Lycastc macro- 

 phyU(u 



MELOCACTUS. To the species described on p. 348, 

 Vol. IL, the following' should now be affded : 



M. latispiniis (broad-apined). A synonym of Schinvcactus comi- 

 gerus, 



M.^ Miq[uelii (Miquel's). Jl. unknown. Stem oval, dark green ; 

 ribs fourteen, well defined ; spines in small tufts of about nine, 

 short, blackish-brown, less than ^in. long, one central, the others 

 radiating ; cap cylindrical, 5in. high, 14in. in diameter, composed 

 of layers of snow-white threads, mixed with short, reddish 

 bristles. St. Croix, West Indies. See Fig. 42. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. To the species de. 

 scribed on pp*. 355-60, Vol. II., the following should now 

 be added : 



Fig. 42. Melocactus Miquelit. 



M. molitor (producer), ft. dingy yellow ; sepals tinged brown, 

 acute, the lateral ones narrower ; petals smaller, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, often refleied at top; lip marked brown, trifid, the mid- 

 lacinia triangular, blunt, wavy, the side ones rounded ; column 

 yellow, with red spote in front. I. and psefldo-bulba as in 



Jf. grandifiora, 



SL prsestans (excellinp). /., sepals and petals honey-yellow, 

 the former ligulate, acute, the latter narrow, shorter, acuminate 

 or blunt-acute; lip tritid, the basilar lacinise whitish, with purple 

 spots, the mid-lacinia browniahryellow, very thick, cuneate- 

 oblong, acute; column yellow, spotted purple. L cuneate- 

 lifijulate, blunt-acute. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, ancipitous, with 

 convex sides. Guatemala, 1884. 



M. Sanderiana (Sander's). /. ivory white, 4in. to Sin. across, 

 the bases of the sepals and petals and the outside of the lip dark 

 ▼inous-crimson, the inside of the lip yellowish, with vinous- 

 crimson spots. L stalked, broaiUy oblong, obtuse, apiculate. 



Pseudo-bulbs compresaed, one-Ieuved. Peru, 1887. 



^; ?^^^P^ (Brown^s). fi, at first brilliant lustrous purple, 

 fading into ochreous or reddish-yellow, lin. to IJin. in diameter, 

 solitary or in threes at the ends of the branches; calyx tube 

 short, turbinate ; petals m several series, very narrowly spathu- 

 late, the Up obtuse, retuse, or notched. July. I. six to eight 

 lines long, terete, acute, pale glaucous-green ; youngest ones 

 obscurely triquetrous or semi-terete. Branches slender. A. 1ft 

 South Africa. (B. M. 6985.) Syn. if. micam, of gardens. 



M, micans (glittering), of gardens. A synonym of M, Brownii. 



MESOSPINIDIUM. Three species formerly in- 

 cluded here arc now referred to CocMioda (which see). 



^^"^^O^^^^^OS. To the species described on 

 p. ^61, Yol. II., the following variety should now be 

 added : 



> floribunda alba fbundif^.flnw^rpri M^llU^^ a ^,^,.^ •L^^a^a 



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