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Mormodes—continued. 
dotted outside, lanceolate; lip yellow, copiously spotted with 
purplish-brown ; column white, spotted with purple ; racemes 
many-flowered. J. ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Pseudo-bulbs 
pyriform. Colombia, 1891. (L. vi., t. 273.) 
M. luxata eburnea (ivory-like).* _/l. wholly ivory-white. 1886. 
(I. H. ser. v. 35.) A beautiful variety. SYN. M. Williamsii. 
M. 1. punctata (dotted). #. whitish, the sepals and petals 
marked with small, reddish spots. 1885, 
M. 1. purpurata (purple). fl. light mauve-purple, with dark 
purple lines and spots on the sepals and petals; side lobes of 
the lip much darker than the central part. 1886. 
M. macrantha (large-flowered). A synonym of M. Colossus. 
M. Oberlanderianum (Dr. Oberlander’s). j., sepals and 
petals light yellow, spotted with rose; lip apricot-coloured, 
darker below, entire. January. J. oblong, cuneate, acuminate, 
and conspicuously veined. Orocue, 1899, (G. C, xxviii., p. 318.) 
M. cenantha (wine-flowered). This species closely resembles 
M. Buceinator in form, but the flowers are of a claret-purple 
tint. 1898. 
M. pardina aurantiaca (golden). b 
yellow sepals and petals, and a lighter yellow lip. 
t. 144.) Fig. 574 represents the handsome type. 
aH melanops (dark-looking). jl. very dark brownish-purple. 
1886. 
A variety having golden- 
He xxxix., 
M. platychila (broad-lipped). jl. pale buff, upwards of lin. 
in expanse ; lip marked with many dull purple stripes ; racemes 
compact, erect. 1887. A distinct species. 
M. punctata (dotted). (., sepals and petals yellowish-brown, 
speckled with dark brown, lin. long; lip yellow, with 
numerous chestnut spots, stalked, the blade triangular; 
column yellowish-white, with minute light purple spots. 
Habitat not recorded, 1891. 
M. Rolfeana (R. A. Rolfe’s).* #. large, handsome, and 
strongly scented; sepals and petals pale green, with darker 
green stripes, and tinted with brown; lip brownish-crimson 
above, greenish-yellow below, striped with green, fleshy; 
column crimson at back, white in front; raceme lax. Peru, 
om (B. M. 7438; G. C. 1892, xi., p. 203, f. 30; L. vii, 
t. \)} 
M. vernixia (varnished). . blackish-purple; sepals and petals 
broad, shining; lip having the mid-line a little lighter, with 
blackish-purple spots; column light mauve-purple, with 
numerous dark spots. Guiana, 1887, Allied to M. Buccinator. 
M. Wendlandi (Wendland’s). j., sepals and petals yellowish, 
lanceolate, with cinnamon lines which are sometimes inter- 
rupted; lip yellow, with dark purple-dotted lines, rhomboid- 
dilated, clawed at base ; pedicels brown, much dotted ; peduncle 
more than lft. long, racemose. Central America. 
M. Williamsii is synonymous with M. luxata eburnea. 
MORNA. A synonym of Waitzia (which 
M. nitida being identical with W. aurea. 
MOROCARPUS. A synonym of Debregeasia 
(which see). 
MORUS. To the species described on p. 385, 
Vol. II., the following varieties should be added : 
M. alba aurea (golden). This variety is distinguished from 
the type by its yellow leaves and branches. 1896, 
M. a. globosa (globular). A form of hemispherical habit. 1896, 
M. a. nervosa. A variety with prominent veins to the foliage, 
and bearing large fruits. 
M. a. pendula (pendulous). 
slender, drooping growths. 1897. 
M. a. tatarica (Tatarian). This is the Russian Mulberry, 
which bears small and poor-flavoured fruits. 
M. nigra tomentosa (tomentose). A variety having downy 
leaves beneath. 
MOSS, SPANISH. See Tillandsia usneoides. 
MOSS CAMPION. See Silene acaulis. 
MOSS ROSE. See Rosa centifolia muscosa. 
MOSSY-CUPPED OAK. See Quercus Cerris. 
MOTH MULLEIN. See Verbascum Blattaria. 
MOTH ORCHID. See Phalenopsis. 
MOTHERWORT. See Leonotis. 
eo oe A synonym of Patrinia (which 
see). 
MOUNTAIN DAMSON. See Simarouba amara. 
MOUNTAIN GREEN or MOUNTAIN PRIDE, 
WEST INDIAN. See Spathelia simplex. 
MOUNTAIN MINT. See Pycnanthemum. 
MOUNTAIN PLUM. See Ximenia americana. 
MOUNTAIN TOBACCO. See Arnica montana. 
MOURNFUL WIDOW. See Scabiosa atro- 
purpurea. 
see), 
A graceful form, with long, 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
tacit aa Included under Isoloma (which 
see). 
MOUSTACHE PLANT. Sce Caryopteris Mas- 
tacanthus. 
MOWING. An important operation for keeping 
lawns, verges, banks, golf-links, and similar places in a 
neat condition. The introduction of lawn-mowers has 
made the work easier than was the case when the scythe 
alone was employed: it js also better done. The majority 
of lawn-mowers perform their work most expeditionsly 
and best when the grass is dry ; but when the scythe is 
used, the early morning, while the dew is on, is prefer- 
able. The grass is then erect, offers the greatest resist- 
ance to the scythe, and is thus more easily ent. See 
Lawn Mowers. 
MUCEDINES. See Mould. 
MUCUNA. WM. sempervirens, originally introduced in 
1816, was reintroduced to Kew from China, in 1890; it 
is not in general cultivation. 
MUDAR-PLANT. See Calotropis gigantea. 
MUDDING. A preparation of clay and water made 
of a thin consistency, in which the roots of young vege- 
table plants, small trees, and shrubs were at one time 
dipped to keep them moist until planted. 
MUEHLENBECKIA. WM. depressa is a misprint in 
a Continental publication for M. adpressa. 
M. varians (variable). (#1. disposed in solitary or twin racemes 
about lin. long, simple or bifid at base, at the tips of the stems. 
1. petiolate, ovate, acute, truncate-sub-cordate at base; petioles 
din. a Tee long. Stems very slender, twining. Habitat not 
recorded. 
MULE. A cross between two species or genera. See 
Hybridising. 
MULTI-. In compound Latin words, this prefix 
denotes ‘‘many’’; e.g., Multidentate, having many teeth ; 
Maltijugate, furnished with many pairs of leaflets. 
MUNDI-ROOT. See Chlorocodon. 
MURAL. ‘This term is applied horticulturally to 
plants that grow and thrive on walls. 
MURICE. A native name for the bark of seyeral 
‘species of Byrsophyllum. 
MURRAIN BERRIES. See Tamus communis. 
MURRAYA. Bergera (which 
hereunder by Bentham and Hooker. 
correct name of Bergera Kenigii. 
MUSA. To the species and varieties described on 
pp. 392-38, Vol. II., the following should be added. 
M. textilis and its variety amboynensis.are largely grown 
in the Philippines. They yield the Manila Hemp. A very 
large trade has also’ sprung up in Bananas, which are 
chiefly the products of M. sapientuwm and its varieties, and 
M. Cavendishii. For further information on the genns, the 
reader is referred to J. G. Baker’s ‘‘Synopsis of the 
Genera and Species of Musa” (‘‘Journal of Botany,” 
1893, vii., pp. 189-222), and to the Kew Gardens “Bulletin,” 
Aug., 1894. 
M. africana is probably a young form of M. ventricosa. 
M. aurantiaca (orange).* A very handsome plant, closely 
allied to M. sanguinea, but having bright orange-yellow 
flowers and bracts. jr. green, glabrous. Stem rather short. 
Assam, 1894. 
M. Bakeri (Baker’s). 7., males in clusters of nine to twelve ; 
spike short; bracts deep crimson inside, intensely paces 
outside; spike short. fr. trigonous when immature, dropping 
off before ripening. 7. 7ft. long, 2ft. broad; petioles 2ft. long. 
Stem 10ft. high, 8in. in diameter. Cochin China, 1898. Allied 
to M. sapientum. (B. M. 7627.) 
M. Basjoo (native name).* Japanese Banana. j. in a dense 
panicle lft. to 1ft. long; calyx whitish, 2in. long; peduncle 
arched, lft. long. fr. din. long. ¢. oblong, thin, bright green, 
6ft. to 9ft. long, lift. to 2ft. broad, deltoid at base; petioles 
stout, about lft. long. Stem cylindrical, 6ft. to 9ft. long. Liu- 
Kiu Archipelago, Japan, 1890. As hardy as M. Ensete. (B. M. 
7182.) SYN. M. japonica (of gardens). 
M. calosperma (beautiful-seeded). 1. white, numerous, fin. to 
lin. long; raceme thyrsoid, pendulous. fr. pale yellow, Sin. 
long, not edible; seeds twenty-four_to twenty-eight, black, in. 
long. J. 8ft. to 10ft. long, 2ft. to 3ft. across. A. 15ft. to 25ft. 
New Guinea. It is doubtful if this species is yet in cultivation. 
see) is included 
M. Kenigii is the 
