MELITOTUS, 



^^^'^ Sweet-scented Clover 



MEDICAGO, 



LUPULiNA Medick 



MEDEOLA, 



\^iRr.iNiANA Cucumber Root 



Named for the sorceress, Medea, from the im- 

 ag-inary notion that it possesses great medicinal 

 virtues. Always found growing with Orchids. 



MENTHA, 



SYLVKSTRis HoTse Mint 



PIPERITA Pepper Mint 



AQUATiCA Water Mint 



viRTDiS Spear Mint 



ARVKNSis Corn Mint 



MERTENSIA, 



ViRGiNicA Blue Bells 



MELANTHIUM, 



ViRGiNicuxM Bunch Flower 



MICHELLA, 



REP^^s Partridge Berry 



The white fragrant flowers are rarely 

 dimorphous or completely confluent in one. 

 Cross fertilized mainly by small butterflies and 

 bees. The scarlet berries are edible remaining 

 through winter. This evergreen plant is com- 

 mon in America, Mexico, Asia and Japan. 

 Supposed to have had common origin, being 

 separated by descent of glacial periods. 



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