Miltonia—continued. 
erect and branched (differing, in this respect, from most other 
members of the genus), many-flowered. Under favourable condi- 
tions, it will blossom twice during the year. Pseudo-bulbs long, 
much flattened or compressed, dark green, bearing two leaves. 
Peru, 1869. A beautiful, erect-growing species, requiring less 
heat than the Brazilian cies, and subject, apparently, to 
considerable variation in the colour of its flowers in different 
ns. It was first sold under the name of Oncidium 
eltoni, and has also been known in gardens as Oncidium 
fuscatum and Odontoglossum Weltoni. See Fig. 574. (B. M. 5843.) 
MIMETES (from mimos, a mimic; referring to its 
resemblance to an allied genus). Including Orothamnus. 
ORD. Proteacee. A genus comprising fourteen species of 
greenhouse, evergreen shrubs, natives of South Africa. 
Flower-heads hermaphrodite; perianth narrow, often in- 
curved; limb ovoid or oblong. Nuts sessile, ovoid, 
glabrous. Leaves few, sessile, entire, or rarely dentate 
at apex. The undermentioned species, probably the only 
one yet introduced, thrives in a peat and loam soil, with 
plenty of moisture. Cuttings of the ripened shoots should 
be taken, towards autumn, or in the spring, before growth 
commences, and inserted in sand, under a glass, with- 
out bottom heat—at least, until a swelling occurs at 
their base. 
THE DICTIONARY 
M. (Zeyher’s). . -heuds one to three or more at the 
extremity of a branch, drooping; bracts glabrous, similar to 
the leaves ; leaves of involucre petaloid, rose-red, veined, villous ; 
pacan- vad of the calyx villous. July. J. alternate on the branches, 
„ imbricated, numerous, entire, elliptic, membranous, 
fi ood an ba to tt. (. M. 157 1 —5 long, margined 
with purple, h. 4 í under name of Oro- 
thamnus Zeyheri.) : 
MIMOSA (from mimos, a mimic; the leaves of many 
of the species mimic animal sensibility). Sensitive Plant. 
ORD. Leguminose. This genus, as now understood, com- 
prises about 230 species of herbs, rarely tall climbing 
shrubs, or unarmed or prickly trees, natives, for the most 
part, of the warmer parts of America, a few inhabiting 
tropical Africa and the East Indies, but none are yet 
known from Australia. Flowers small, sessile, in globose 
~ , heads or cylindrical spikes; peduncles axillary, solitary, or 
5 fasciculate. Leaves bipinnate, often sensitive, with one or 
more pairs of pinnæ, each pinna bearing two or more pairs 
S r rin te 
7 
Fig, 575. FLOWERING BRANCH AND 
e LEAF, OF MIMOSA PUDICA. $ 
of leaflets. Mimosas thrive in a compost of loam and 
at, in equal proportions, to which a small portion of 
sand may be added. Propagated by seeds, sown, during 
ring, in a hotbed; or by cuttings of rather firm young 
insərted in sandy soil, in heat. The species com- 
ia 
SINGLE FLOWER-HEAD, WITH 
monly known as the “Sensitive Plant” is M. pudica, 
hereas the true one is M. sensitiva. M. pudica is 
usually treated as an annual, but, under stove treatment, 
it assumes a perennial character. 
fi. in purplish heads on peduncles 
at purp: 
at least ce as long as the e Summer. J. pinnate ; leaflets 
OF GARDENING, 
Mimosa continued. 
with ciliated margins, Extra-tropical South America. A hand- 
some prostrate shrub, producing long slender shoots, which have 
an elegant appearance, if allowed to hang down from the rafters 
of a conservatory. 
M. pudica (chaste).* Humble Plant. fl. red. Summer. J. some- 
5 — digitately pinnate, with four pinne, each pinna bearing 
many pairs of linear leaflets. Stem herbaceous, prickly, with the 
etioles and peduncles more or less beset with stiff hairs or 
ristles. R. 1ft. Tropical America (naturalised in many parts of 
tropical Africa and Asia), 1638. A well-known plant, even 
more sensitive than the true M. sensitiva, See Fig. 576. 
(A. B. R. 544.) 
M. scandens (climbing). A synonym of Entada scandens. 
M. sensitiva (sensitive). fl. purple. Summer. Z., leaflets ovate, 
acute, clothed with adpressed hairs beneath, but glabrous above, 
not so sensitive to the touch as those of M. pudica. Stem and 
petioles prickly. A. 3ft. to 6ft. Tropical America, 1648. An 
evergreen shrub, (B. R. 25.) 
MIMULUS (from mimo, an ape; in reference to the 
ringent corolla). Monkey Flower. Including Diplacus. 
ORD. Scrophularinee. A genus comprising about forty 
specied of hardy or half-hardy, erect or decumbent, 
glabrous, pilose, or viscid, herbs, rarely tall or shrubby. 
They are dispersed over the extra-tropical or mountainous 
parts of America, Asia, Australia, and Africa, being 
numerous in Western America; but the genus is totally 
absent from Europe and the whole Mediterranean region. 
Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate, superior ones some- 
times racemose; corolla bilabiate; upper lip erect or 
reflexed, bilobate; lower lip trilobate. Leaves opposite, 
undivided, entire, or toothed. The species are showy and 
ornamental, and their culture is very simple. All the 
herbaceous species thrive best in a rather moist situa- 
tion, and are well worth naturalising in damp_ borders, 
by the margins of streams, and in similar situations. The 
shrubby species do best under pot culture in a cool 
greenhouse. The seed, being generally very small, must 
be sown on the surface, and only very lightly covered 
with soil. When the seedlings are lin. or so high, they 
should be transferred singly to 6in. pots, and again into 
the next larger size just previous to flowering. An 
excellent compost for pot culture is two parts loam, 
one leaf soil, and one cow manure. The common Musk, 
M. moschatus, is a well-known and favourite plant, 
both for outside borders and for pot culture in spring. 
Its variety, Harrisonii, is a strong-growing, large-flowered 
form, which has become equally as popular as the type. 
It makes an excellent pot plant. Propagation of Mimulus 
may also be effected by cuttings and by divisions. 
M. aurantiacus (orange). A synonym of M. glutinosus. 
Fic. 576. UPPER PORTION OF PLANT AND DETACHED FLOWER 
— OF MIMULUS CARDINALIS. 
cardinalis (cardinal).* fl. red, large; pedunzles longer than 
the leaves, June to August. 2 e ovate, with erosely 
toothed margins. h. lit. to 3ft. Oregon to California and Mexico, 
