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Montanoa continued. 



M. heracleifolium (Heracleum-leaved). A synonym of il. bi- 

 pinnatijida. 



FIG. 587. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MONTANOA MOLLISSIMA. 



M. inollissima (very soft). Jl.-heads, disk yellow ; ray white. 



August to October. I. oval-lanceolate, sessile, deep dull green 



above, silvery-white and hairy beneath. A handsome branched 



shrub. Mexico. See Fig. 587. 

 M. tomentosa (toinentose). Jl.-heads white, in compound 



corymbs; throat of corolla campanulate, about equalling the 



, 

 tube. September. I. cordate, oblong, toothed, tomentose, 



. F. G. 

 name of Erwcoma .frayrans.) 



acute, h. 3ft. Mexico, 1828. (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 44, under 

 Now included under Tritonia 



See Cnpressns ma- 



MONTBRETIA. 



(which see). 



MONTEREY CYPRESS. 



crocarpa. 



MONTEZUMA (named after Montezuma, King of 

 Mexico in the fifteenth century). OED. Malvaceae. A. 

 monotypic genus. The species is a very showy stove 

 evergreen tree, with a spreading habit. It thrives in a 

 compost of sandy loam and lumpy peat. Propagated by 

 cuttings of rather firm shoots, inserted in sand, under 

 a glass, in bottom heat. 

 M. speciosissima (very showy), fl. purplish-scarlet, large, with 



five somewhat sinuated petals ; pedicels one-flowered, rising from 



the branches beneath the leaves. I. smooth, cordate, acute, 



entire, stalked, h. 30ft. Mexico, 1827. 



MONTRICHARDIA (named after Gabriel Mon- 

 trichard, of Trinidad). OBD. Aroidece (Aracece). A genus 

 comprising three or four species of stove aquatic or 

 marsh plants, natives of tropical America. Spathe thick, 

 broad, ovate, acute, erect, convolute at base; spadix 

 shorter than the spathe, sessile, acute, erect, thick, ob- 

 tuse ; inflorescence very dense, cylindrical. Leaves 

 coriaceous, sagittate. Stems trunk-like. M. linifera, the 

 only species yet introduced, thrives in a rich loamy soil, 

 submerged, and in a moist atmosphere. Propagated by 

 seeds, or by divisions of the rootstock. 

 M. linifera (thread-bearing). /. greenish - yellow. I. stalked, 



sagittate -cordate ; lobes rather acute. h. 3ft. to 12ft. ~ 



MOON DAISY. A common name for Chrysan- 

 themum Leucanthemum. 



MOON FLOWER. A common name for Chrysan- 

 themum Leucanthemum. The name is also applied to 

 Anemone nemorosa and Stellaria Holostea. 



MOON SEED. See Meiiispermuxu. 

 MOONWORT. See Botrychmm. 



MOOTJILEA (from the name of one of the species 

 in Guiana). OBD. Rosacece. A genus comprising about 

 eighteen species of trees and shrubs, mostly natives of 

 Brazil ; they are also found in Guiana, Venezuela, the 

 Trinity Islands, and Guadaloupe. The powdered bark 

 of M. utilis (the Caraipi or Pottery-tree of Para), baked 

 with an equal quantity of clay, makes vessels for 

 domestic use capable of withstanding a great amount of 

 heat. The species have no horticultural value. 



MOR2EA (named after E. Moore, an English botanist). 

 Including Vieusseuxia. OBD. Irideos. A genus comprising 

 about forty species of hardy, or nearly hardy, bulbous 

 plants, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope. They 

 are closely allied to Iris. Flowers lilac or yellow, usually 

 very brilliant, sweet-scented ; perianth with three broad 

 spreading or reflexed outer segments, and three narrower 

 inner ones ; stamens three, distinct; style slender, bear- 

 ing three petal-like bifid or merely multifid stigmas 

 opposite the stamens. Leaves few, narrow. The follow- 

 ing is a selection of the species best known to cultivation ; 

 they are natives of the Cape, except where otherwise 

 stated. Some of the species make very beautiful objects, 

 when planted out in the cool conservatory. For culture, 

 &c., see Iris. 

 M. bicolor (two-coloured), fl. yellow ; outer perianth segments 



with a dark blackish-brown blotch at the base; scape erect, 



many-flowered, branching. Summer. I. pale green, narrow, 



ensiform, about 2ft. long. h. 2ft. (B. R. 1404 ; L. B. C. 1886, 



under name of Iris bicolor.) 

 M. bituminosa (bituminous), fl. yellow. April and May. 



I., lower ones spirally twisted. Stem smooth. Branches viscid. 



h. 1ft. 1787. (B. M. 1045.) 



M. bulbifera (bulb-bearing). A synonym of M. ramosa. 

 M. crispa (curled), fl. blue ; segments spreading, the alternate 



ones smaller. May and June. I. about the length of the scape. 



h. 6in. 1803. (B. M. 759 and 1284.) 

 M. edulis (edible).* fl. violet ; outer segments of the perianth 



with a yellow spot at the base. May. A. 4f t. 1792. (B. M. 613.) 



FIG. 588. I.N FLORESCENCE AXD FLOWER OF MOR^A IRIDOIDES. 



