MUSCARI 



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6. lingrul&tum, Baker {M. Aitrheri, var. linguJdtitm, 

 5oiss. i. Lvs. 3 lines wide: raceme ovate. Asia Minor. — 

 Lccordinji: to Index Kewensis this is a good species, but 



1438. Muscari comosum, var. monstrosum. 



t Adapted from GardeuintjJ 



;the 



J. X. Gerard savs the phmt sold under this : 

 same as Hyacinthus aziueus. 



7. paraddxum, C. Koch. Lvs. 3, K-54 in. wide. Ar- 

 menia. 



8. c6iiicum, Baker. Lvs. about 6, narrower: fls. violet- 

 blue. Habitat unknown. Gn. 51:1106 ('?)--Van Tu- 

 bergen says fls. black-blue. 



9. micrinthunit Baker. Fls. bright violet. Habitat 

 unknown. 



10. Szovitsiinum, Raker. Fls. bright blue, consider- 

 af'ly lanr*T (',; in. across, but only 1-12 in. across in 

 M. inicntHthuin). Persia, Caucasus. B.M. 6855. 



11. pillens, Fisch. Lvs. numerous, filiform: scape 3-5 

 in. lung: raceme 12-20-fld. : fls. white ornearly so. Cau- 

 casus, Iberia. 



12. racemdsum, Mill. Lvs. 5-6, 5-6 in. long, 1-lK lines 

 thick: rts. odonuis, d;irk blue. Mediterranean, Caucasus. 

 B.M. 122 (as Ihiiirnitlnts r(U'emosn&).— \'Ar%. carnetim 

 and grandifloruni prwcox are offered. 



1^. latifdlium, J. Kirk. Lvs. always solitary. %-l in. 

 wide : sterile fls. 6-10, much paler than the others. 

 Phrygia. 



14. neglSctum, Guss. Lvs. numerous, 9-12 in. long, 

 1 -j-2 lines thick: tis. odorous, dark blue. Mediterranean 

 region. Gn. 26:45.'i. — This differs from M. commutaium 

 and M. polyanihum in having the segments of the peri- 

 anth triangular and retlexed. M. neglectum mulfiflornm 

 and M. negUctinn Atlantirxm are trade names. See 

 supplementary list under M. Atlaniicum. 



15. commut&tum, Guss. Lvs. 5-6, 5-6 in. long, lH-2 

 lines wide: fls. odorh'ss. dark blue; segments very short, 

 not recurved. Sicily.— Krelage advertises vars atro- 



cteruleum, comosunit pliimosnm , plumosum monsfro.sum, 

 and pluniosumviolacetim. It is apparent that he regards 

 J/. coiHosiim and its forms as varieties of M. comniu- 

 t at urn. 



16. poly&nthum, Boiss. Lvs. 2-3 lines wide. Differs 

 from M. ui-glectum and commutatum in having longer 

 pedicels and the capsule a half smaller, not more than 

 2 lines wide. 



17. compictum, Baker. Describedonly as j^o/ryfln^/iws 

 compactua in an obscure work, which states that the 

 fls. are nearly black, with whitish teeth which are semi- 

 orbicular, obtuse, spreadiug-recurved. Baker places 

 M. compact um next to M. comtnutatuni, in spite of the 

 fact that the original description says the fls. are obo- 

 vate. Baker adds that this M. compactum is the M. 

 neglectum of some authors in part. The plant in the 

 trade as M. compactum may be a variety of some common 

 species, since Van Tubergen says the fls. are pale blue. 



M. ArgTeit little known botanically, is said to be extra good, 

 lu the trade, M. Atlanticiim is given as a synonym. Baker said 

 he could not distinguish M. Atlantieum from M. neglectum.— 

 M. Atlantieum. Consult the preceding entry, M. Argsei. — Jif. 

 aziireum, Hort., is said by Van Tubergen to be the same as 

 Hyacinthus azureus, which in turn is referred to H. ciliatus by 

 Index Kewensis. Gn. 36:713. Van Tubergen also advertises 

 var. amphibolis (M. 'Freyma.nnm). —M. Moteldyi is offered by 

 Van Tubergen. -^^ jj 



MUSfiNIUM (a name for fennel, another plant of this 

 family). Umhelliferw. Three species of resinous per- 

 ennial herbs iu middle and western North America, 

 stemless or branching, decumbent or ascending, 2-12 in. 

 high. Lvs. pinnately decompound: fls. yellow or white, 

 in compound umbels: fr. ovate or ovate-oblong; ribs 5, 

 filiform, slightly prominent, with 2 or 3 oil-tubes in the 

 intervals. Coulter and Rose, Revision of North Ameri- 

 can Umbelliferap, 1888. 



trachyspfirmum, Nutt. {M. divariccitum, var. Eobkeri^ 

 Torr. *fc Gray). Decumbent : lvs., except the radical, 

 opposite, bipinnatifid: fls. yellow: fr. scabrous. Spring. 

 Saskatchewan to the Upper Missouri, the Platte, and 

 S. W. Montana.— Procurable from dealers in western 

 native plants. 



MUSHROOM. While the word Mushroom is now 

 often used as a general term for a large number of the 

 higher fungi, chiefly those belonging to the Agaricini, 

 it is by some limited to the common edible species in 

 cultivation and which also grows spontaneously in 



Muscari botryoides (X ^). 



lawns, pastures, etc. By others the word is employed 

 for all edible species, while toadstool is employed to 

 designate poisonous species; such persons usually 

 make an incorrect application of these terms to many 

 of the plants. The word is probably derived from the 



