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MEASURES 



M. pi'cta (painted). }. Orange, red. December. Brazil. 



ma'jor (larger). Yellow, white. December. 

 Brazil. 1837. 



placanthe'ra (couch-anthered). See M. VIRIDIS. 



porphyroste'le (purple-handled). J. YeUow, deep 

 purple. Brazil. 1873. 



prce'sians (excelling). Dull yellow, with brown spots. 

 Guatemala. 1885. 



psittaci'na (parrot-like), i. Red, yellow. October. 

 Mexico. 1835. 



pu'lla (blackish). -}. Straw-yellow, striped red- 

 brown. Colombia. 1903. 



pu'mila (dwarf). J. Deep purple. British Guiana. 



puncta'ta (spotted). \. White-spotted. October. 

 Brazil. 



a'lba (white). White-spotted. October. Brazil. 

 1838. 



purpu'rea (purple). Purple-spotted. October. 

 Brazil. 1839. 



pu'ncto-stria'ta (dotted-striated). Spotted and lined 



brown-red. Guatemala. 



pu'ngens (prickly). See BIFRENARIA HARRISONS. 

 pusi'lla (puny). Brownish-green, dark purple. 1908. 

 racemo'sa (racemed). See BIFRENARIA RACEMOSA. 

 reichenheimia'na (Reichenheimian). Pale yellow, 



purple. Costa Rica. 1871. 

 revoluta (revolute). See M. VARIABILIS. 

 Rollisso'nii (RoUisson's). See ZYGOPETALUM ROLLIS- 

 SONII. 



rufe'scens (reddish). Reddish-brown. Trinidad. 1836. 



fia'vida (yellow). Yellow, red. Trinidad. 1869. 



sanderia'na (Sanderian). Ivory-white, vinous-crim- 

 son, yellowish. Ecuador. 1887. 



,, fuerstenbergia'na (Fuerstenbergian). Ivory-white, 

 with few purple spots. 1894. 



,, *<zrttftog/o'ssa(yellow-tongued). Spots very numer- 

 ous ; lip yellowish. 1893. 



sangui'nea (blood-red). Red-brown, yellow, purple- 

 crimson. Central Amer. 1895. 



scabrili'nguis (rough- tongued). See XVLOBIUM 



SCABRILINGUE. 



scu'rrilis (buffoon-like). Sepals and petals blotched 

 with blackish-brown. 1900. 



seti'gera (bristle-bearing), i. White, yellow. July. 

 Colombia. 1846. 



pa'llida (pale). 



Skinne'ri (Skinner's). See LYCASTE SKINNERI. 



specio'sa (showy). Yellowish, spotted with black- 

 purple. Colombia. 1876. 



sple'ndens (splendid). White, yellow. Peru. 1870. 



squa'lens (dirty). See XYLOBIUM SQUALENS. 



squama'ta (scaly) of gardens. See M. MUELLERI. 



stapelioi'des (Stapelia-like). See ZYGOPETALUM STAPE- 

 LIOIDES. 



Stee'lii (Steel's). See SCUTICARIA STHELII. 



strict 'ta (striated). Greenish-yellow, striped brownish- 

 purple ; lip white. Peru. 1893. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). Larger, white, lined 

 purple. 1896. 



tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved), i. Purple, yellow. June. 

 Vera Cruz. 1837. 



tetrago'na (four-angled). See LYCASTE TETRAGONA. 



triangula'ris (three-angled). Brown, crimson. Guate- 

 mala. 



trilo'ris (three- thonged). Dusky-brown. S. Amer. 

 1870. 



varia'bilis (variable). Brownish- yellow. Mexico. 

 1852. 



lu'tea (yellow). Yellow. Mexico. 



me' diet (intermediate). 



varico'sa (varicose). Bolivia. 1883. 



venu'sta (lovely). Yellow, white, red. Colombia. 

 1862. 



vi'fidis (green). . Green. May. Brazil. 1835. 



vittelli'na (yolk-of-egg-coloured). See BIFRENARIA 



VITELLINA. 



Wagene'ri (Wagener's). See XYLOBIUM CORRUGATUM. 



warrea'na (Warre's). See WARREA TRICOLOR. 



xa'nthina (yellow). See ZYGOPETALUM XANTHINUM. 



MAXIMILIA'NA. (Named after Prince Maximilian. 

 Nat. ord. Palms [Palmaceae]. Linn. 2$-Polygamia, i- 

 Moncecia. Allied to Cocos.) 



Stove Palms. Seeds, in a hotbed ; rich, sandy loam. 

 Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 85. 



M. cariba'a (Caribaean). W. Ind. 

 ,, insi'gnis (remarkable). Brazil. 

 Ja'gua (Jagua). Colombia. 

 ,, martia'na (Martian). Brazil and Guiana. 

 ,, re'gia (royal). See M. MARTIANA. 



MAY. Cratcz'gus Oxyaca'ntha. 



MAY APPLE. Podophy'llum pelta'tum. 



MAY BUG. Melolo'ntha vulga'ris. 



MAY FLOWER. Convalla'ria tnaja'lis and Lce'lia 

 maja'lis. 



MAYTE'NUS. (From maiten, the Chilian name. Nat. 

 ord. Spindle-trees [Celastraceae]. Linn. 2^-Polygamia, 

 2-Dioecia. Allied to Celastrus.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a glass, in May ; sandy 

 peat and fibrous loam. Winter temp., 35 to 45. 

 M. Boa'ria (Boaria). 10. White. Chili. 1822. 

 chile'nsis (Chilian). 12. Green, yellow. May. Chili. 1829. 

 octogo'na (eight-angle-stemmed). 6. White. October. 



Peru. 1786. 

 verticilla'ta (whorled). 6. White. October. Peru. 1823. 



MAZE. See LABYRINTH. 



MA'ZUS. (From mazos, a teat ; referring to the 

 tubercles in the opening or mouth of the flower. Nat. 

 ord. Figworts [Scrophulariaceae]. Linn. i^-Didynamia, 

 z-Angiospermia. Allied to Dodartia.) 



Hardy and half-hardy perennials, with runners, below 

 ground in the case of M. Pumi'lio, and above, in the case 

 of M. rugo'sus. Seeds in hotbed, in March ; seedlings 

 hardened off, and transferred to the open ground in May. 

 M. Pumi'lio (dwarf). J. Pale purple. June. Van 



Diemen's Land ; New Zealand. 1823. 

 rugo'sus (wrinkly). J. Yellow. Spring and summer. 

 Himalaya ; Malaya ; China. 1780. 



MEADOW-RUE. Thali'ctrum. 

 MEADOW-SAFFRON. Co'lchicutn. 

 MEADOW-SWEET. Spirce'a Ulma'ria. 



MEASURES. 



CORN MEASURE. 



LAND MEASURE. 



The English statute acre contains 4840 square yards ; 

 the Scotch, 5760 ; the Irish, 7840 ; the Devonshire, 

 customary, 4000 ; the Cornish, 5760 ; the Lancashire, 

 7840 ; the Cheshire and Staffordshire, 10,240 ; the Wilt- 

 shire tenantry, 3630. The French arpent is an English 

 acre and three-fourths of a rood. The Strasburg acre 

 is nearly half an English acre ; the Prussian morgen is 

 not quite three-fourths of an acre. 



LONG MEASURE. 



12 Inches i Foot 



3 Feet i Yard 



6 Feet i Fathom 



5i Yards i Pole 



40 Poles i Furlong 



8 Furlongs i Mile 



3 Miles i League 



6 9 i Miles i Degree 



