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Musa—continued. 
The seeds are made into necklaces by the natives. (G. C. 1896, 
ii., p. 467, f. 85.) 
M. Carolinze (Caroline’s). A synonym of M. rosacea. 
M. chinensis (Chinese). A synonym of M. Cavendishii. 
M. discolor (two-coloured). jf. in a drooping panicle as long 
as the leaves ; bracts reddish. fr. reddish-violet, very palatable. 
i. narrow-oblong, smaller and firmer than in M, sapientum, 
rounded at base, tinged with violet or red beneath when young; 
» petioles lft. or more in length. Stem slender, 6ft. to 10ft. 
ong. New Caledonia; widely cultivated. 
M. Fehi (native name, Fei). #. sessile, six to eight in a 
cluster ; panicle long, erect. fr. yellow when ripe, 5in. to 6in. 
long, lin. thick, many in a bunch, angled, “excellent when 
cooked.” 2. larger and firmer that in M. sapientum; petioles 
lft. to 14ft. long. Trunk cylindrical, 15ft. to 20ft. long, full 
of violet juice. Tahiti, 1888. M. Seemanni (G. C. 1990, ii., 
p. 162, f. 28) is probably the same species. 
M. Hillii (Hill's). 1. white, in a dense, erect panicle; calyx 
about lin. long; bracts 3in. to Yin. long; peduncle 3in. thick. 
Jr. ovoid, 2in. to 2ksin. long, densely crowded, not edible. 
“ oblong, arcuate, 12ft. to 15ft. long, 2ft. broad. Stem 
cylindrical, very robust, 30ft. high, 1sft. in diameter. 
Queensland, 1895. (B. M. 7401.) 
M. japonica (Japanese). A garden synonym of M. Basjoo. 
M. kewensis (Kew).* jl. in a short, erect, shortly pedunculate 
spike; bracts crimson, tinged with mauve, 4in. to 6in. long; 
calyx yellowish, lin. long. June; October. J. oblong, obtuse, 
24ft. long, 6in. to 10in. broad, paler beneath. Stem “it. long. 
1895. The first hybrid Musa, the parents being M. Mannii and 
M. rosacea. 
M. Mannii (Mann’s). /. yellow, the females in clusters of 
three; male bracts pale crimson, crowded, 3in. to 4in. long; 
peduncle (with spike) erect, 6in. long. March. fr. green, 
small, angular. 1. few, oblong, spreading, 3ft. long, Tin. broad. 
Stem slender, cylindrical, 2ft. long, tinged with black. 
Assam, before 1893. (B. M. 7311.) 
M. Martini (Martini’s). 7. bright rose-red. 7. oblong, long- 
petiolate, firm, bright green above, glaucous beneath, with 
reddish veins. Canary Islands, 1892. This has the habit of 
M. sapientum ; it is hardier than M. Ensete. 
M. ornata (ornate). A synonym of M. rosacea. 
M. paradisiaca is a form of MW. sapientum. 
M. rubra (red). l., calyx yellow, lin. long; bracts bright 
red, the lower ones lft. long; peduncle and panicle erect, the 
Jatter at first dense. fr. liin. to 2in. long, in clusters of three 
or four. 7. oblong-lanceolate, 14ft. to 2ft. long, 6in. to Qin. 
broad ;_ petioles slender, lft. long. Rangoon, 1896. Habit of 
M. coecinea, (B. M. 7451.) 
M. sapientum. The following are now classed as varieties of 
this species : M. Champa (of gardens), M. Dacca, M. martabanica, 
M. paradisiaca, M. Troglodytarum (Syn. M. Uvranoscopos), 
M. violacea (of gardens), and M. zebrina. 
M. Seemanni (Seemann’s). Probably identical with WM. Fehi. 
M. sinensis (Chinese). A synonym of M. Cavendishii. 
M. speciosa (showy). A synonym of M. rosacea. 
M. Troglodytarum (Troglodyte). A form of M. sapientum. 
M. ventricosa (swollen). 7. in a dense, drooping, oblong- 
lanceolate panicle; fertile ones 2in. long; petal entire. 
l. oblanceolate-oblong, acute, 4ft. to 5ft. long, much thicker 
than in M. sapientum, with a pale midrib; petioles very short 
and stout. Stem much swollen, 4ft. in diameter at base. 
h. 8ft. to 10ft. Angola. (G. C. 1881, i., p. 435.) M. africana is 
probably a young form of this. 
M. zebrina is a form of M. sapientum. 
MUSCARI. 'l'0 the species and varieties described 
on pp. 393-4, Vol. II., the following shonld be added: 
M. Aucheri lingulatum (Aucher’s, tongue-shaped). A synonym 
of M. lingulatui, 
M. azureum (azure-blue). A synonym of Hyacinthus ciliatus 
according to “Index Kewensis,” but of H. azuwreus by many 
bulb specialists. 
M. comosum tenuiflorum (slender-flowered). /l. of two 
kinds; lower ones olive-green, pear-shaped, pendulous; upper 
ones deep violet-blue, nearly cylindrical, on longer stalks. 
1889, 
M. conicum. Of this well-known species there is a garden 
variety, HEAVENLY BLUE, which is one of the finest Muscari in 
cultivation. See Fig. 575. 
M. latifolium (broad-leaved). 1. blue, ten to twenty in an 
oblong, rather loose raceme about 2in. long; sterile ones 
narrow-tubular, sessile ; fertile ones obovoid-oblong, urceolate ; 
scape erect, lft. or more in height. J. solitary, oblong-lanceolate, 
long-attenuated, flat. Bulb small, ovate. Orient. 
M. lingulatum (tongue-shaped). #l. blue, din. long; raceme 
dense, sub-spicate, twenty- to thirty-flowered, nearly lin. long 
and jin. broad; scape 2in. to Sin. long, livid-blue upwards. 
Muscari—continued. 
¢. two or three, narrow-lingulate, fleshy-herbaceous, glabrous 
2sin, to Sin. long. Asia Minor. SyN. M. Aucheri lingulatum. 
M. luteum is a form of MW. moschatum. 
M. Maweanum (George Maw’s). . bright blue, oblong, 
slightly constricted at the throat, with white segments: 
racemes - dense, 2in. long, lin. in diameter. J. spreading, 
linear, 6in. to 8in. long, 4in. broad, slightly glaucous, deeply 
channelled down the face. Armenia, 1889. 
M. monstrosum (monstrous). A form of M. comosum. 
ce Tel pea carneum (flesh-pink). A variety having pretty 
pik flowers. 
M. suaveolens (sweet-scented). A synonym of M. moschatum. 
M. tenuifiorum (slender-flowered). A form of M. comosum. 
M. commutatum and M. neglectum are two species closely 
allied to M. racemosum, and M. atlanticum to M. armeniacum. 
Fic. 575. MUSCARL CONICUM HEAVENLY BLUE. 
MUSCARIA. Included under Saxifraga (which see). 
MUSK HYACINTH. A common name for Muscari 
moschatus. 
MUSLIN MOTH. 
thastri. 
MUSSZINDA. To the species described on p. 401, 
Vol. IL., the following shonld be added: 
M. capsulifera (capsule-bearing). white, fragrant, in 
terminal, corymbose cymes; corolla tube lin. . long, 
hairy within, the limb jin. broad, April and July. jr. a 
loculicidal capsule. J. Ijin. to 2sin. long, opposite, oblong- 
lanceolate or obovate; petioles short. A. lift. or more. 
Socotra, 1887. (B. M. 7671.) 
M. erythrophylla (red-bracted), . three or four, sulphur- 
yellow, funnel-shaped, born on short pedicels ; bracts dazzling 
searlet, roundish-ovate, 3sin. long, din. broad, /. opposite, 
roundish-ovate, bright green. Congo, 1888. A shrub, wholly 
covered with silky pubescence. 
M. theifera (Tea-bearing). A form of M. uniflora. 
MUSSINIA. A synonym of Gazania (which see). 
MUSTARD BEETLE. See Phaedon betule 
(Kunst). 
MUTISIA. To the species described on p. 401, 
Vol. II., the following shonld be added: 
M. breviflora (short-flowered). fl.-heads lin. in diameter; ray 
florets orange-red, jin. long, nearly 4in. broad, obtuse; disk 
yellow. 7. pale green, ovate-oblong, retuse or emarginate, 
cordate at base, 24in. long, ljin. broad, the margins armed 
with somewhat distant, spiny teeth, the midrib produced into 
a tendril. Chilian Andes, 1885, Greenhouse, scrambling shrub. 
(R. G. 1163, f. 1.) 
M. speciosa is the correct name of M. arachnoidea. 
M. versicolor (various-coloured). l.-heads, ray florets orange, 
banded with dark brown, Ijin. long, din. broad, linear, 
spreading; disk yellow; involucre cylindrical. J. lineare 
subulate, armed, revyolute-margined, rigid, produced in a short, 
See under Spilosoma Men- 
