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Montanoa - continued. 
M. heracleifolium (Heracleum-leaved), A synonym of M. bi- 
pinnatifida. 
Fig. 587. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MONTANOA MOLLISSIMA. 
M. mollissima (very soft). ff. - heads, disk yellow ; ray white. 
August to nob oval-lanceolate, sessile, deep dull green 
above, silvery-white and pay beneath. A handsome branched 
shrub. Mexico. See Fig. 587. 
M. tomentosa (tomentose). i.-heads white, in compoun 
corymbs; throat o corolla campanulate, about equalling the 
J. cordate, oblong, t 
tube. > s > 
ube. September, „ G. ser, II. 44, under 
acute. h. 3ft. Mexico, 1828. (S. 
name of Eriocoma fragrans.) 
MONTBRETIA. Now included under Tritonia 
(which see). 
MONTEREY CYPRESS. See Cupressus ma- 
crocarpa. 
MONTEZUMA (named after Montezuma, King of 
Mexico in the fifteenth century). Ok D. Malvaceae. A 
monotypic genus. The species is a very showy stove 
evergreen tree, with a spreading habit. It thrives in a 
compost of sandy loam and lumpy peat. Propagated by 
cuttings of rather firm shoots, inserted in sand, under 
a glass, in bottom heat. 3 z 
speciosissima ish-scarlet, large, wi 
ye o somewhat rere] Goon ob ic aglar Deene y m from 
the branches beneath the leaves. l smooth, cordate, acute, 
entire, stalked. h. 30ft. Mexico, 1827. 
MONTRICHARDIA (named after Gabriel Mon- 
trichard, of Trinidad). ORD. Aroidee (Aracee). A genus 
comprising three or four species of stove aquatic or 
marsh plants, natives of tropical America. Spathe thick, 
ovate, acute, erect, convolute at base; spadix 
shorter than the spathe, sessile, acute, erect, thick, ob- 
3 inflorescence very dense, cylindrical. Leaves 
coriaceous, sagittate. Stems trunk-like. M. linifera, the 
only species yet introduced, thrives in a rich loamy soil, 
submerged, and in a moist atmosphere. Propagated by 
Seeds, or by divisions of the rootstock. 
M. linifera (thread-bearing). H. greenish-yellow. J. stalked, 
sagittate-cordate ; Ava leg h. 3ft. to 12ft. Bahia, 
M. bituminosa (bituminous), 2 yellow. 
z Stem 
MOON DAISY. 
themum Leucanthemum. 
MOON FLOWER. A common name for Chrysan- 
themum Leucanthemum. The name is also applied to 
Anemone nemorosa and Stellaria Holostea. 
MOON SEED. See Menispermum. 
MOONWORT. See Botrychium. 
MOQUILEA (from the name of one of the species 
in Guiana). ORD. Rosacee. A genus comprising about 
eighteen species of trees and shrubs, mostly natives of 
Brazil; they are also found in Guiana, Venezuela, the 
Trinity Islands, and Guadaloupe. The powdered bark 
of M. utilis (the Caraipi or Pottery-tree of Para), baked 
with an equal quantity of clay, makes vessels for 
domestic use capable of withstanding a great amount of 
heat. The species haye no horticultural value. 
MORZA (named after R. Moore, an English botanist). 
Including Vieusseuwia. ORD. Iridew. A genus comprising 
about forty species of hardy, or nearly hardy, bulbous . 
plants, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope. They 
are closely allied to Iris. Flowers lilac or yellow, usually 
very brilliant, sweet-scented ; perianth with three broad 
spreading or reflexed outer segments, and three narrower 
inner ones; stamens three, distinct; style slender, bear- 
ing three petal-like bifid or merely multifid stigmas 
opposite the stamens. Leaves few, narrow. The follow- 
ing is a selection of the species best known to cultivation; 
they are natives of the Cape, except where otherwise 
stated. Some of the species make very beautifal objects, 
when planted out in the cool conservatory. For culture, 
K., see Tris. 
M. bicolor (two- coloured). fl. yellow; outer perianth segments 
with a dark blackish-brown blotch at the ase; scape erect, 
many-flowered, branching. Summer. 1, pae 2 narrow, 
ensiform, about 2ft. long. h. 2ft. (B. R. 1404; L. B. C. 1886, 
under name of Iris bicolor.) 
A common name for Chrysan- 
April and May. 
l., lower ones spirally twisted. smooth. Branches viscid. 
h. Ift. 1787. (B. M. 1045.) 
M. bulbifera (bulb-bearing). A synonym of M. ramosa. 
M. crispa (curled). fl. blue; segments spreadi „the alternate 
ones smaller. Ma wha June. J, about the length of the scape. 
h. 6in. 1803, (B. M. 759 and 1284.) 
M. edulis (edible).* f. violet; onter segments of the perianth 
with a yellow spot at the base. May. A. aft. 1792 (B. M. 613.) 
Fic. 588. INFLORESCENCE AND FLOWER OF MORÆA IRIDOIDES, 
