186 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



with pheasants and many other birds for the sake of its seeds, 

 which ripen early in the season. 



Mimosa rubicaulis, Lamarck. 



India. A hedge bush, almost inapproachable. It has proved 

 hardy at the Botanic Garden of Melbourne. 



Monarda didyma, Linne. 



North America. A perennial odorous herb, producing the 

 medicinal Osnego or Beebalm Tea. M. punctata, L., and M. 

 fistulosa, L., with several others, are also of very strong scent. 



Monodora Angolensis, Welwitsch. 



Tropical West Africa, up to the comparatively cool elevation 

 of 3,500 feet. A tree attaining 30 feet in height. The plea- 

 santly aromatic seeds come into the market, like those of the 

 following species ; they measure about half an inch in diameter 

 and are numerously produced. 



Monodora Myristica, Dunal. 



West Africa, A small tree. The seeds serve as nutmegs. 



Morchella esculenta, Persoon. (M. conica, Persoon.) 



Europe, Asia, North and Central America. W r ith M. semili- 

 bera this Morel has been found in Victoria and New South 

 Wales ; its spread should be encouraged by artificial means, 

 as it is a wholesome esculent. European superior species, 

 probably admitting of introduction, are : M. Gigas, Pers. ; 

 M. rimosipes, D. C. ; M. Bohemica, Krombh ; M. deliciosa, 

 Fries, which extends to Java ; M. patula, Pers., the Bell Morel ; 

 but several others occur there or in other parts of the globe, 

 Though these fungi show a predilection for pine forest, they 

 are not dependent on them ; thus the writer found M. escu- 

 lenta in Eucalyptus forests, and this late in the autumn. 

 They can all be dried and preserved for culinary purposes, 



Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertner. 



The Horse-Eadish 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. aptera, 

 Gaertner, occurs from Abyssinia and Egypt to Arabia and Syria. 



Morns alba, 



The White Mulberry Tree. China. This tree in several 



