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Megaclinium—continued. Melaleuca—continued. 
M. falcatum (falcate). f. yellow, red; upper segments of | mostly greenhouse evergreen shrubs or trees, all natives 
perianth obtuse, callous on both sides at apex ; outer lateral ones . s h 
reflexed, bidentate; inner ones or petals smaller, subulate, obtuse. of Australia, but one, M. leucadendron, also widely dis- 
J. oval, semarginate, biplicate. Pseudo-bulbs tufted, rather tributed throughout tropical Asia. Flowers red, white, 
tetragonal, two-leaved. Sierra Leone, 1822. (B. R. 989.) or yellow, closely sessile and solitary within each bract 
3 M. maximum (largest). fl. yellow, spotted blood-colour, sessile, or fioral leaf, in heads or spikes, or rarely solitary and 
appearing efte Ande per a _—_ on the 8 1 5 scattered; calyx lobes five, imbricated or open; petals 
i each side o e broad, flat, sword-sha 5 een rachis (scape), 1 ` 3 
. which arises from the base of the 83 and is Karer five, orbicular, spreading. Leaves alternate, or in a fow 
f than the leaves. June and July. . two or three, ligulate. species opposite, entire, usually coriaceous, flat, concave, 
Pseudo-bulbs oblong, angled. Sierra Leone. (B. M. 4028; B or semi-terete. The species thrive in a compost of peat 
1959.) and sandy loam. Propagated, in May, by cuttings, about 
: M. purpuratum (purple). fl. yellowish, speckled and streaked | 3in. in length, getting firm at the base, placed in a 
i with pse 3 es to rig lin. mete pale 3 compost similar to that just named. The shoots must 
a n, Sprinkled wi red-pu . . ear-Oblong, in Ts a e 2 2 
a tin of the pseudo-bulb, 3 keeled. e Africa, be freely topped while young, to induce a bushy growth. 
7 1871. (B. M. 5936.) M. armillaris (bracelet), l. white; spikes cylindrical, quite 
; glabrous. June. J. alternate, linear-subulate, mucronate, re- 
MEGARRHIZA (from megas, large, and rhiza, curved at the apex. . 6ft. to 8ft. 1788. Shrub. (A. B. R. 175, 
root; alluding to the large tuberous rootstock). ORD. under name of M. erioa/olia.) P 
; i ; f 8 M. coronata (crowned). A synonym of M. thymifolia. 
Cucurbitacew. A-curious and interesting, rather than M. (a 8 Aidi chont 
a ; decussata (decussa ; small, eithe 
handsome, a hardy tuberous perennial, now included or globular lateral heads and spikes and barren, or in oblong or 
under Echinocystis, The plant thrives in a good light cylindrical interrupted spikes and fertile. August. l. mostl 
soil. Propagated by sowing seeds, in a gentle heat, pp te, obl g1 late to almost linear, or very rarely broad, 
in spring. This species is peculiar in the thick fleshy 2268; I. B. © 1208 * 20ft. 1803. A glabrous shrub. (B. M. 
cotyledons of the large, turgid, emarginate seeds re- M. diosmifolia 
2 i TEAN ODiosma-leaved). greenish-yellow ; spikes 
maining under the ground in germination. oblong, glabrous. June. l ae oval or lanceolate, petio- 
: late, flat, crowded. J. 3ft. to 10ft. 1794. Shrub. 
(A. B. R. 476.) 
M. ericeefolia (Erica-leaved), of Andrews. A 
synonym of M. armillaris. 
M. ericifolia (Erica-leaved). jf. pale yellow; 
spikes oval, glabrous. July to September. l 
scattered, narrow-linear, spreading or somewhat 
recurved, 1788. Shrubor tree. (S. E. B. 34.) 
M. Fraseri (Fraser's). A synonym of M. striata. 
M. fulgens (glittering). fl. scarlet, as long as, or 
1 than those of 2 species; s ikes oval, 
quite glabrous. July to September. . opposite, 
lanceolate-linear, acute. A. bft. to 20ft. 1803. 
Shrub. (B. R. 103; L. B. C. 378.) 
M. genistifolia (Genista-leaved). fl. red, in 
loose oblong or cylindrical spikes ; very 
deciduous, June. l, scattered, lanceolate or 
linear-lanceolate, rigid, acute, and often ent- 
penon, h. 4ft. (in its native habitats, to 
t.] 1793. A b or pub t shrub or 
tree. (S. E. B. 55.) 
M. — plete rpc (Hypericum-leaved), fl. of a 
dua tc Beet ae socom ae 
une s „ e: C- 
oblong, 8 margin. h. 10ft. to Bolt. 
1792. Shrub or small tree. (A. B. R. 200; L. B. C. 
R 
M. incana (hoary). f. yellowish-white, rather 
; oar z dense, (eee: ovoid z ae ee 
Fig. 532. MEG FORNI showing Flowering Stem with the uly. J. scatte or irregular’ or 
Racemose Male Hosea Aai ihe Solitary Fertile Ones from the same whorls of three, very spreading, often crowded. 
Axils ; detached Fruit ; and Section of Seed. h. 3ft. 1817. A hoary-tomentose or 
shrub. (B. R. 410.) 
M. californica ifornian males small, racemose ; females M. leucadendron (white-tree). Cajuput-tree. fl. white, in 
solitary, "produced on — ag base of the — of the spikes, rather distant, glabrous; flowering branches ulous. 
males. dis long, about 2in. in length, densely l. alternate, long-lanceolate, acu te. h. 15ft. to 
8 with spines, "and 2 mbing a, sweet tained Cajuupet Oil, a DBU, Mey oaio oll, of A pala PDR. 
ü c ut. . i iforni . aine upu „ a limp ery v e oil, oi ý 
. See Fig. 888. . a een . its properties are stimulant, antispasmodic, and 
a : i 3 : di horetic when administered internally, and externally applied 
MEGASEA. Included under Saxifraga (which see). it ce rn te he The annually shed bark of the type is used by 
making 8 
i i i i tinder, for hields and 
MEIRACYLIUM (from meirakyllion, a small boy; the Australian aborigines for i 
probably in reference to the size of the plants). Orp. | ano, and for the covering lng a 
Orchidew. A small genus of stove epiphytal orchids, age e to — 1 fi poem o — gg et a 
A natives of Mexico and Central America. Flowers small, oblong, obtuse. h. 2ft. to dt. E e it B.C. st = 
licellate; peduncles one or two-flowered; sepals | M. squamea (scaly). f. reddish-purple, white, or yellowish, 
; erecto-patent, sub-equal; petals similar; lip continuous rather a, in 3 — i gel — me 
ith the base of the short, thickish column. Leaves | Atmostlinear. f. aft. 1809. Shrub. See rig. 888. (B. R. 477, 
short, broad, sessile, thickly fleshy. The undermentioned L. B. C. 412.) > 3 
Species is a very pretty and interesting little orchid. (squarrose). fl. yellowish-white, sessile, in oblong 
It should block of wood. F al eal spikes of from lin. to 2in.; bracts sometimes almost 
n be grown on a bloc MEOE EE goner like the stem leaves. June to August. l. mostly opposite or 
culture, see Pleurothallis. S 1o cvate-tanceolate, rigs 
nearly so, from broadly ovate-cordate to ovate-lanceolate, rigid, 
M. , (gem). . amethyst-coloured, solitary, few, shortl acute, almost pungent. f. 6ft. to 10ft. 1794. A handsome erect 
i kate. (l 2 broad-Cordate. Stems very short, from 4 shrub. (B. M. 1936; L. B. C. 1130.) 
creeping rhizome. Mexico. M. striata (striped). fl. pink, in dense, oblong or cylindrical, ter- 
‘ 5 ikes. June. l. alternate, lanceolate or linear, acute, 
CA (from melas, black, and leukos, white ; TT aan t-pointed, flat. k. 4ft. 1803. Shrub, with 
MELALEU 
the trunk is black, and the branches are white). ORD. young shoots silky, at length glabrous. Syn. M. Fraseri (under 
TBE naii U 
Myrtacech. A genus comprising about 100 species of itis in B. M. 3210 
