532 THE 
DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Mesembryanthemum—confinued. 
eight lines long, terete, acute, pale glaucous-green; youngest 
ones obscurely triquetrous or semi-terete. Branches slender. 
h. lft. South Africa. (B. M. 6985.) Syn. M. micans (of gardens). 
A showy species. 
M. candens alba. A white varicty of the type. 
also a pink one—rosea. 
M. capitatum (headed).* /. yellow, large; calyx urceolate, 
the lobes slightly longer than the attenuated petals. Summer. 
t. crowded, equilaterally triquetrous, 5in. to Tin. Jong, only 
din. broad, glaucescent, purplish and larger at base. Stem 
suffruticose, simple or branched. ik. 4in. to 6in. South Africa. 
M. Ecklonis (Ecklon’s). #. white, 4in. across, somewhat 
trichotomous, usually ternate or biternate. September and 
October. 7. almost connate, depressed-triquetrous, six to 
ten lines long, spreading-recurved, mucronulate’ Stem and 
branches pubescent, at length glabrate. Root woody. A. 13ft. 
Plant branched from the base. (M. A. S., §49, f. 5.) 
M. faleatum (sickle-shaped). 7. pink, small, ternate ; peduncles 
ljin. to 2in. long. July. din. long, crowded, somewhat 
triquetrous-compressed, sub-faleate, pellucid-dotted. Stem 
suffruticose, much-branched; branches filiform. 1805. 
M. ficiforme (Fig-like). Plant stemless, obpyramidal or Pear- 
shaped, pale glaucous, lin. high, retuse and obtuse at apex, 
often distinctly green-dotted. 1819. This is often miscalled 
M. nuciforme in gardens. 
M. hirtum is a form of M. polyanthon. 
for sunny rockeries and hot, dry banks. 
M. intonsum (unshorn). The correct name of M. introrsum. 
M. lepidum (neat). 1. white, showy, longer than the peduncles; 
calyx lobes acuminate. 7. somewhat recurved at apex, slightly 
mucronate. Branches and branchlets numerous, erect. h. 2ft. 
An erect, slender sub-shrub. 
M. micans (glittering), of gardens. A synonym of WM. Brownii. 
M. mucronatum (mucronate). #7. pink. /. jin. long, oblong- 
ovate, triquetrous at apex, connate at base, glaucescent, 
ending in a white mucro. Stem sub-shrubby, lin. to 2in. 
long, erect, much-branched. 1794. 
M. nuciforme (nut-like), of Haworth. A synonym of M. minutum. 
In gardens this name is also often erroneously applied to 
M. jficiforme. 
M. productum (produced). #7. pale pink, showy, bigeminate 
or ternate; calyx lobes unequal; petals lanceolate. November. 
i. crowded, sub-distichous, lin..to l4in. long, semi-terete, 
erect-incurved, glaucous, smooth, mucronulate. Stem lin. to 
2in. high; branches erect. 1822. 
M. roseum (rosy). jl. pale rose, ternate or twin, showy ; petals 
Zin. long, in two series; peduncle about 2in. long. July. 
7. liin. long, gin. broad, incurved, glaucous, compressed- 
triquetrous, mucronulate, dotted. Stem 14ft. to 2ft. high; 
branches spreading, leafy. 1795. Under-shrub. 
M. serrulatum (slightly serrated). The correct spelling of 
M. serratulum. 
M. tricolor (three-coloured), 
M. tricolorum. 
M. tricolorum album (white). A pretty variety, having 
white, Daisy-like flowers with purple centres. 3in. Annual. 
MESOCHIL. In Orchids with a lip divided into 
three portions, the central division is called the Mesochil. 
See Epichil and Hypochil. 
MESOSPINIDIUM. See also Cochlioda. 
MESPILUS. WM. Smithii (Syn. M. grandiflora) is 
now regarded by some botanists as Crategus grandiflora. 
There is 
An excellent plant 
of gardens. A synonym of 
MESSERSCHMIDIA. Included under Tourne- 
fortia (which see). 
IMETACHILUM. A synonym of Appendicula 
(whith see). 
METALASIA (from meta, on the other side, and 
lasios, hairy ; some of the species have the leayes woolly 
beneath). Including Erythropogon. Orv. Composite. A 
genus embracing about twenty species of small, erect 
or spreading, greenhouse shrubs, endemic in South 
Africa. Flower-heads cylindrical or turbinate, rarely 
solitary, mostly corymbose or fascicled; florets purple 
or whitish. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear or oblong. 
About ten of the species have been introduced, bnt it 
is doubtful if any of them are still cultivated. 
METEORIC. A term applied to flowers which open 
or close owing to atmospheric influences. 
METHYSCOPHYLLUM. A synonym of Catha 
(which see). 
METROSIDEROS. To the species described on 
p. 361, Vol. II., the following variety should be added. 
Several species formerly included hereunder are now 
referred to Callistemon. 
Metrosideros—continwed. 
571. 
Fic. METROSIDEROS FLORIBUNDA. 
M. floribunda. A trade name for Callistemon Tanceolatus. See 
Fig. 571. 
M. f. alba (abundant-flowered, white). fl. pure white. 1885, 
METROXYLON. In addition to the species 
described on p. 361, Vol. IL, M. amicarum, a native of 
the Friendly Isles, is grown at Kew, but it is not in 
general cultivation. 
M. elatum (tall), of gardens. 
elata (which se). 
M. elatum (of Martius). 
METROXYLON (of Sprengel). 
Raphia (which see). 
MEXICAN LILY. See Hippeastrum Regine. 
MEXICAN POPPY. See Argemone. 
MEYNIA (of Roxburgh). A synonym of Vangueria 
(which sée). 
MEZEREUM. Included onder Daphne (which see). 
MICHAUXIA. Syn. Mindium. To the species 
described on p. 362, Vol. II., the following should be added : 
M. Tehihatcheffi (I'chihatcheff’s).* 1. white, Campanula-like, 
very numerous, sub-sessile; spike 2ft. or more in length. 
June and July. 7. toothed; lower ones broadly oblong, 
undivided or lobed at base; cauline ones oblong and ovate, 
amplexicaul. h. 6ft. to 7ft. Orient, 1896. A very handsome 
annual or biennial.. (B. M. 7742; G. C. 1897, i., p. 55, f. 53.) 
MICHAURXIA (of Necker). .A synonym of Relhania 
(which see). 
MICHELIA. WM. fuscata 
Magnolia fuscata. 
MICONIA. Cyanophyllum (which see) is included 
hereunder by the authors of the ‘‘Genera Plantaram.” 
To the species described on p. 362, Vol. IL, the 
following should be added: 
M. staminea (full of stamens). 
M. Teysmanniana. 
M..velutina (velvety). 7 ample, opposite, petiolate, ovate, 
acute, with three to five prominent nerves, entire, of a 
beautiful dark green, velvety, and zoned with white above; 
lower surface purplish-red ; petioles red. Stems reddish-brown. 
Brazil, 189% | According to Rodigas, this is a variety of 
M. (Cyanophyllum) magnisica. 
M. vesicaria (bladder-like). 2 opposite, ovate, petiolate, 
hairy, about 6in. long, deep green, shaded with violet. Peru, 1895. 
MICRANTHERA. A synonym of Tovomita 
“(which see), the correct name of M. clusixfolia being 
T. Choisyana. 
MICRANTHUS (from mihkros, small, and anthos, a 
flower; in allusion to the size of the blossoms). Orp. 
Iridex. A small genus (two species) of greenhouse plants 
with tunicated corms, natives of South Africa. Flowers 
A synonym of Heterospathe 
A synonym of Piga/setta elata. 
A of 
Synonym 
is the correct name of 
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