ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 309 



soil. Serrated leaves in tufts, growing about 6 inches high. 

 Slender racemes of white-fringed flowers from April to June. 



M. pentandra. — For a shady spot in peaty soil. Forms a good 

 tuft of palmate leaves, and spikes of yellowish flowers on slender 

 stems. Sows itself about freely. 



MoDioLA GERANioiDES (Malvaceae), syn. Malvastrium 



GiLLIESII 



A trailing plant, growing 4 to 6 inches high, with rosy-purple 

 flowers, with a dark line in the centre, borne singly on slender 

 stalks. Quite hardy, and of easy culture in light, well-drained soil. 

 Increased by division. 



MOEHRINGIA MUSCOSA (CaRYOPHYLLACEAe) 



A dwarf evergreen plant for a damp spot in fine sandy loam. 

 It grows 2 to 3 inches high, with prostrate stems clothed with very 

 narrow leaves. Small white, solitary flowers, produced in May and 

 June. Increased by seed or division. 



MOLTKIA PETRAEA {sce LiTHOSPERMUM PETRAEA) 



MONESES grandiflora (syn. Pyrola uniflora) 



Hardy perennial plant for a half-shady position in moist, spongy 

 peat and sandy loam. Forms flat rosettes of leaves about 6 inches 

 high. Solitary pink or white flowers about | of an inch across. A 

 very difficult plant to cultivate. 



MORISIA HYPOGAEA (CrUCIFERAE) 



One of the most charming little rock plants. It likes a very well- 

 drained, sandy soil in an open position. I find it does best in a 

 fairly cool spot not baked by the sun. It forms flat little tufts of 

 glossy leaves, and the flowers, which bloom in April, are of a bright 

 clear yellow and about i inch across, borne singly on very short 

 stalks. Quite hardy, and a little gem for association with the 

 choicest rock plants. Increased by seed and careful division. 



Muehlenbeckia nana (Polygonaceae) 



A dwarf evergreen shrub of trailing habit, forming a carpet only 

 a few inches high. Sunny position in well-drained, sandy soil. The 

 leaves are small and of a dark green colour, and borne on slender, 

 wiry stems. Other varieties, suitable only for clothing very large 



