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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING. 
Maxillaria—continued. 
M. Kalbreyeri (Kalbreyer's). _/l., sepals and petals greenish- 
white, the upper sepal and petals ligulate, the lateral sepals 
triangular, acute; lip greenish-white, marked mauve-purple on 
the outer margins, oblong-ligulate, blunt, toothleted on the 
anterior margins, a little broader towards the base. J. oblong- 
ligulite, 9in. high, lin. broad. Pseudo-bulbs about 2in. long and 
lin. broad. New Grenada, 1885. 
M. Lehmanni (Lehmann’s). jl. white; side lobes of the lip light 
reddish-brown and covered with fragile hairs inside, pale ochre 
with dark chestnut veins outside, the front lobe sulphur, tri- 
angular, wavy. 1886. A showy species. 
M. macrophylla (large-leaved). 
phylla. 
A synonym of Lycaste macro- 
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MELOCACTUS. To the species described on p. 348, 
Vol. II., the following should now be added: 
M. latispinus (broad-spined). A synonym of Echinocactus corni- 
gerus. 
M. Miquelii (Miquel’s). . unknown. Stem oval, dark green; 
ribs fourteen, well defined ; spines in small tufts of about nine, 
short, blackish-brown, less than }in. long, one central, the others 
radiating ; cap cylindrical, 3in. high, 14in. in diameter, composed 
of layers of snow-white threads, mixed with short, reddish 
bristles. St. Croix, West Indies. See Fig. 42. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. To the species de- 
scribed on pp. 355-60, Vol. II., the following should now 
be added : 
Fic, 42, MELocACtUuS MIQUELII, 
M. molitor (producer). /. dingy yellow; sepals tinged brown, 
acute, the lateral ones narrower ; petals smaller, oblong-lanceo- 
late, often reflexed at top; lip marked brown, trifid, the mid- 
lacinia triangular, blunt, wavy, the side ones rounded ; column 
yellow, with red spots in front. J. and pseudo-bulbs as in 
M. grandiflora, 
M. prestans (excelling). jl., sepals and petals honey-yellow, 
the former ligulate, acute, the latter narrow, shorter, acuminate 
or blunt-acute ; lip trifid, the basilar lacinie whitish, with purple 
spots, the mid-lacinia brownish-yellow, very thick, cuneate- 
oblong, acute; column yellow, spotted purple. 7. cuneate- 
ligulate, blunt-acute. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, ancipitous, with 
convex sides. Guatemala, 1884. 
M. Sanderiana (Sander’s). (l. ivory-white, 4in. to 5in. across, 
the bases of the sepals and petals and the outside of the lip dark 
vinous-crimson, the inside of the lip yellowish, with vinous- 
crimson spots. JU. stalked, broadly oblong, obtuse, apiculate. 
Pseudo-bulbs compressed, one-leaved. Peru, 1887. 
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M. Brownii (Brown’s). #. at first brilliant lustrous purple, 
fading into ochreous or reddish-yellow, lin. to l}in. in diameter, 
solitary or in threes at the ends of the branches; calyx tube 
short, turbinate ; petals in several series, very narrowly spathu- 
late, the lip obtuse, retuse, or notched. July. /. six to eight 
lines long, terete, acute, pale glaucous-green; youngest ones 
obscurely triquetrous or semi-terete. Branches slender. h. 1ft. 
South Africa. (B. M. 6985.) Syn. M. micans, of gardens. 
M. micans (glittering), of gardens. A synonym of M. Brownii. 
MESOSPINIDIUM. Three species formerly in- 
cluded here are now referred to Cochlioda (which see). 
METROSIDEROS. To the species described on 
p. 361, Vol. II., the following variety should now be 
added : 
M. floribunda alba (bundle-fiowered, white). 
a, pure white. 
