500 FOREST CULTURE AND 
Europe, North and Middle Asia, North America. Pe- 
rennial, suited for damp forest-land particularly, the 
pastoral capabilities of which it enhances. On river- 
banks it attains a height of 6 feet. It is relished by 
cattle. The seeds can be used like millet, the stems 
for the manufacture of superior straw hats. 
Mimosa rubicaulis, Lamarck. — India. A hedge- 
bush, almost unapproachable. It has proved hardy 
at the Botanic Garden of Melbourne. 
Monarda didyma, Linné.—North America. A pe- 
rennial, odorous herb, producing the medicinal osnego, 
or bee-balm tea. M. punctata, L., is also of very strong 
scent, and so M. fistulosa, L., with several others. 
Monetia barlerioides,  Heritier.—South Africa. A 
hedge-shrub. 
Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertner.—The Horse-rad- 
ish-tree of India, abundant into the middle regions of 
the mountains. The long pods are edible; the seeds 
are somewhat almond-like, and rich in oil. M. apte- 
ra, Gaertner, occurs from Abyssinia and Egypt to Ara- 
bia and Syria. 
Morchella esculent, Persoon. (M. conica, Persoon). 
—Kurope, Asia, North and Central America. With 
M. semilibera this Morel has been found in Victoria 
and New South Wales ; its spread should be encour- | 
aged by artificial means, as it is a wholesome esculent. 
European superior species, probably admitting of 
introduction, are: M. Gigas, Pers., M. deliciosa, 
Fries, which extends to Java, M. patula, Pers., the 
Bell-Morel ; and several others occur there or in other 
parts of the globe, Though these fungi show a predi- 
lection for pine forests, they are not dependent on 
them ; thus the writer found M, esculenta in our Eu- 
