MUSSCHIA 



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MYOPORUM 



M. corymbo'sa (corymbed). Orange. May. E. Ind. 



1827. 



erythrophy'lla (red-leaved). 30-40. Yellow, changing 

 to red,' centre crimson. Sepal crimson. Trop. 

 Africa. 1863. 



frondo'sa (leafy). 8. Yellow. August. E. Ind. 1814. 

 gla'bra (smooth). 6. Orange. July. Himalaya; 



Malaya. 1820. 

 lu'teola (pale-yellow). 3-6. Primrose; large sepal 



white. Arabia ; Nubia. 

 macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 8. Orange. May. 



Nepaul. 1827. 



pube'scens (downy). 2-6. Yellow. China. 

 rufine'rva (rusty- red- nerved). 6-8. Large sepal 



white. Sumatra. 

 ,, sanderia'na (Sanderian). 5-6. Yellow ; large sepal 



white. Indo-China. 1909. 

 specio'sa (showy). 6. Red. August. Venezuela. 



1820. 



thei'fera (tea-bearing). See M. UNIFLORA. 

 ,, Treutle'ri (Treutler's). 2-8. Orange ; large sepals 



white. July. India. 1840 and 1909. 

 unifto'ra (one-flowered). 2-4. White, fragrant. 



Burma ; Cochin-China. 1883. 



MU'SSCHIA. (Commemorative of /. H. Mussche, of 

 the Ghent Botanic Garden. Nat. ord. Campanulaceae. 

 Allied to Michauxia.) 



Greenhouse subshrubs or herbs with rough stems and 

 leaves. Seeds ; cuttings of short side-shoots in sand, 

 covered with a bell-glass. Loam, peat, and a liberal 

 use of sand. 

 M. au'rea (golden). 2-3. Yellow. August. Madeira. 



1777. Evergreen shrub. 

 angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. Yellow. August. 



Madeira. 1777. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 2. Yellow. August. 



Madeira. 1777. 



Wollasio'ni (Wollaston's). 2-6. Purple. Madeira. 

 1857. 



MUSSEL SCALE. See SCALE INSECTS. 



MUSTARD (Bra'ssica a'lba) succeeds best in a fine, 

 rich, mouldy loam. In early spring, and late in autumn, 

 the situation should be sheltered, and, during the height 

 of summer, shaded from the meridian sun. 



Sowing, for salading, may be throughout the year. 

 From the beginning of November to the same period of 

 March, in a gentle hotbed, or in the corner of a stove. 

 From the close of February to the close of April it may 

 be sown in the open ground, on a warm, sheltered 

 border, and from thence to the middle of September in 

 a shady one. For salading, sow in flat-bottomed drills, 

 about i inch deep, and 6 inches apart. The seed cannot 

 well be sown too thick. The earth which covers the 

 seed should be very fine. Water must be given in dry 

 weather, as a due supply of moisture is the chief induce- 

 ment to a quick vegetation. The sowings are to be 

 performed once or twice in a fortnight, according to the 

 demand. Cress (Lepi'dium sati'vum) is the most con- 

 stant accompaniment of this salad-herb; and as the 

 mode of cultivation for each is the same, it is only neces- 

 sary to remark that, as cress is rather slower in vegetating 

 than mustard, it must, for the obtaining them in per- 

 fection at the same time, be sown five or six days earlier. 

 Cut for use whilst young, and before the rough leaves 

 appear. 



To obtain Seed, sow thin. When the seedlings have 

 attained four leaves, thin them to 8 or 9 inches apart. 

 If dry weather occurs at the time of flowering, water 

 may be applied with great advantage to their roots. 

 The plants flower in June, and are fit for cutting when 

 their pods are brown. They must be thoroughly dried 

 before threshing and storing. 



Forcing. For forcing, sow in boxes or pans, even if a 

 hotbed is appropriated to the purpose. Pans of rotten 

 tan are to be preferred to pots or boxes of mould ; but 

 whichever is employed, the seed must be sown thick, 

 and other directions attended to, as for the open-ground 

 crops. The hotbed need only be moderate. 



MUSTARD BEETLE. PTiafdon Be'tulif. 



MUTTSIA. (Named after C. Mutis, a South American 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Composites [Composite]. Linn. 

 ig-Syngenesia, 2-Superflua. Allied to Barnadesia.) 



Stove climbers. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in 

 May, in sand, under a bell-glass, and in a gentle bottom- 

 heat. Common stove temp. M. latifo'lia should be 

 tried against a wall. 



M. arachnoi'dfs (cobweb-like). See M. SPECIOSA. 

 itrevifto'ra (short-flowered). Deep orange ; disc 



yellow. Juan Fernandez. 

 Cle'matis (Clematis). Scarlet; disc yellow. Peru. 



1859. 



decu'rrens (decurrent). Deep orange. Chili. Half- 

 hardy. 



ilicifo'lia (holly-leaved). 10. S. Amer. 1832. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 10. Pink, yellow. Sep- 

 tember. Valparaiso. 1832. 



specio'sa (showy). 6. Red. July. Brazil. 1823. 

 versi'color (changing-coloured). Orange, banded with 



brown. Tuan Fernandez. 

 viciafo'lia ( Vicia- leaved) . Orange. Chili. 1887. 



MYA'GRUM. (From muia, a fly, and agra, capture ; 

 referring to the clamminess of the plant. Nat. ord. 

 Crucifers [Crucifera]. Linn. i^-Telr adynamia. Allied 

 to Isatis.) 



Hardy annual. Seeds in open border, in April. 

 M. perfolia'tum (leaf-stem-pierced). . Pale yellow. 

 June. France. 1648. 



MYA'NTHUS. Fly wort. (From muia, a fly, and 

 anthos, a flower ; its appearance when dried. Nat. ord. 

 Orchids [Orchidaceae]. Linn. zo-Gynandria, i-Monandria.) 



Flowers of M . barba'tus and Monacha'nthus vi'ridis have 

 been produced on a spike of Catase'tum, showing the un- 

 certainty of the laws on which genera and species are 

 founded in Orchids. Catase'tum being the older name, 

 Monachanthus and Myanthus have been united to it. 

 See CATASE'TUM. 



MYCARA'NTHES. (Same derivation as Myanthus. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidacea?. Now referred to Eria.) 

 M. obli'qua (twisted-leaved). See ERIA OBLIQUA. 



MYGI'NDA. (Named after C. Mygind, a German 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Spindle-trees [Celastraceae]. Linn. 

 4-Tetrandria, $-Tetragynia. Allied to Elasodendron.) 



Evergreen shrubs, all white-flowered but one. M. 

 myrtifo'lia is hardy ; propagated by cuttings of the 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a hand-light, in autumn ; 

 the others require stove-treatment, and are propagated 

 by ripe shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat ; loam 

 and peat, sandy and fibrous. 



M. integrifo'lia (whole-leaved). 4. Martinique. 1826. 

 latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 4. April. W. Ind. 1795. 

 myrtifo'lia (myrtle-leaved). See PACHISTIMA MYR- 



SINITES. 



Rhaco'ma (Rhacoma). 4. Jamaica. 1798. 

 ,, Urago'ga (diuretic). 4. Purple. August. S. Amer. 

 1790. 



MYLOCA'RYUM. Buckwheat-tree. (From mule, a 

 mill, and karyon, a nut ; having four-winged seeds. Nat. 

 ord. Cyrillads [Cyrillaceae]. Linn. \o-Decandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia. Now referred to Cliftonia.) 

 M. ligustri'num (privet-like). See CLIFTONIA NITIDA. 



MYO'PORUM. (From muo, to shut, and poros, a pore, 

 or opening ; referring to the transparent spots on the 

 leaves. Nat. ord. Myoporads [Myoporaceje]. Linn. 

 i^-Didynamia, 2-Angiospermia.) 



Greenhouse, white-flowered, evergreen shrubs, from 

 New South Wales. Cuttings of the points of shoots, 

 getting firm at their base, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 in April ; loam and peat, fibrous and sandy, with pieces 

 of charcoal intermixed. Winter temp., 38 to 48. 

 Af. parvifo'lium and others would, no doubt, succeed 

 against a wall, where protection could be given in winter. 

 Af. acumina'tum (point-leaved). 3. 1812. 



crassifo'lium( thick-leaved), ij. New Zealand. 1822. 



de'bile (weak). 3. White. April. 



Dese'rtii (Desert's). White. Australia. 



diffu'sum (spreading). See M. DEBILE. 



elli'pticum (oval-leaved). See M. ACUMINATUM. 



insula're (island). See M. SERRATUM. 



la' turn (bright). White. New Zealand. 



monta'num (mountain). See M. ACUMINATUM. 



oppositifo'lium (opposite-leaved). 3. 1803. 



