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MITCHELLA 



MOHRIA 



repens, Linn. Paktkioc.e-Bkuuy. Sqit.wv-Beuhy. 

 Fi;:- 2;>Sl). Lx-s. opposilo. rouiui-<iV!ito, pt-tioli-d, with 

 niinuto stipules, often whitisli voiiu-d: lis. in pairs, on 

 the alH'X of a iXHluncle. Novu Scotia to Minn., south 

 to Fla. an.l Mox. Mn. SMi). L.H.C'. 10;S)79. Gn.M. 

 2:19. — .Vttnii'tive in lialf-shadod spots in the wilii 

 garden and rookcrios. I'rop. by division, j^ n j^ | 



2380. Mitchella repens.— Partridge-berry. ( X J 2) 



MITELLA (diminutive of mUra, a cap; applied to 

 the form of the joung pod). Saxifragacca'. Mitkk- 

 woRT. Bishoi'S-Cap. l/ow .slender perennials, with 

 somewhat creeping rootstocks and racemes of small and 

 greenish or white flowers, sometimes planted in shady 

 places. 



Closely related to Tiarelia, but the petals of the latter 

 are entire, while in Mitella they are pinnatifid: Ivs. 

 round. heart-shai)pd, mostly alternate, on rootstock or 

 runners, with slender p(^tioles; those on flowering sts. 

 opposite, if any; calyx short, 5-lobed, the lobes valvate 

 in the bud, spreading; petals .5, inserted on throat of 

 calyx, veo' slender; stamens 10 or 5, very short: fr. soon 

 widely dehiscent. A few natives of N. Amer., 2 species 

 in E. Asia. — Offered by some dealers in native plants. 



A. Scapes usually hajless. 



n. Flu. numeroiis. 

 trifida, Graham (OznmUis Ir'ifida, Rydb.). Lvs. round- 

 reniform or cordate, crenately toothed and sometimes 

 inci.sed or lobed, l-.'i in. across: scape 9-12 in. long; fis. 

 somewhat scattered on one side of spike; petals 3-5- 

 parted, small; stamens .5, opposite the caly.x-lobes. 

 Canadian Rockies. 



BB. Fh. few (about 5). 

 nOda, IJnn. Lvs. rounded or kidney-shaped, deeply 

 and doubly crenatc: ra<'eine -i-fi in. long. Does well in 

 moist shady situations. M.ay-.July. Labrador to Brit. 

 Col. and south to Pa., in bogs and cold woods. A.(i. 

 13:.518. 



AA. Scapes bearing lvs. 



B. Lvs. on scape alternate. 

 caulescens, Xutt. (MiUildslra caulescens, Howell). 



Raceme loose; stamens alternate with the pinnatifid 

 petals. Mont, to Brit. Col. and N. Calif. 



BB. Lv.i. on scape opposite. 

 diphylla, l.,inn. Lvs. acutely heart-shaped, somewhat 

 3-.">-lobed, toothed: raceme 6-8 in. long. May. Que. 

 to N. C. and Mo. V. 12:189.— A good plant for the 

 rockrn-, M. B. Coul.ston. L. H. B.f 



MITRARIA rfrom the mitre-shaped pods). Gesneri- 

 hcta-. One Chilean scandent shrub, prized for its 

 bright scarlet flowers. 



Leav<!s opposite, u.sually small, few-toothed: fls. 

 stalked, .solitary in the axils; calyx relatively small, 

 frr«, 4— .5-partc(I, with 2-If)bed large bracts; corolla-tube 

 much exceeding the calyx, ventricose and contracted 

 near the top, the .5 lobes nearly etjual; stamens 4, 



attached near the bottom of the corolla. M. cocdnea, 

 Cav., is the only species: lvs. ovate and acute: fls. 

 about 1 ' ■> in. long, ])endent on lu'duncles much exceed- 

 ing the lvs. Chile. B.M. 44(12. K.S. 4:;iSu. J.H. IIL 

 48:471. G. .'):4()4; 30:817. — It is a dense-growing sub- 

 scandent evergreen greenhouse plant. (staniliTig out- 

 of-doors in jiarts of England), of easy cult., blooming 

 in summer and autunui. 



MITREWORT:Aft7eKo. False 



M., Tiavt'Ua. 



MITRIOSTIGMA 



(Greek, milrc-shaped stigma, 

 from the conspicuous 

 stigma, which is club- 

 shajK'd, the 2-eut summit 

 suggesting a cap). Rubi- 

 ace:i\ This genus includes 

 the charming evergreen 

 tender shrub known to the 

 trade as Gardenia cilriodora. 

 It makes a low or medium- 

 sized bush of compact and 

 branching habit and bears 

 a great profusion of fls. that 

 resemble those of the orange in odor, size, color and 

 general appearance. The fls. are white, salver-shaped, 

 5-lobed, tipped with pink in the bud, and borne in 

 dense axillary clusters. This plant is a favorite in the 

 S., together with the Cape jessamine, but is little 

 known in northern conservatories. The genus contains 

 2 species in Afr., very like Gardenia and distinguished 

 by technical characters as the 2-celled rather than 1- 

 celled ovary. 



axill^re, Hochst. [Gardenia cilriodora, Hook.). Lvs. 

 opposite, petiolate, elliptic-lanceolate, subacuminate, 

 glabrous; stipules awl-shaped from a broad base: calyx 

 not ribbed, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, equal; corolla 

 salver-shaped, the tube twice as long as the calyx, lobes 

 obovate, obtuse: fr. oval. S. Afr. B.M. 4987. R.H. 

 18.59, p. 175; 1886:348. F.S. 12:1254. J.H. III. 

 48:449. Gn.W. 4:53. Wilhelm Miller. 



MOCCASIN FLOWER: North American name for species 

 of Cypripeilium. 



MOCK ORANGE: Philadetphus. 



MODECCA (an E. Indian name). Passifloracese. 

 Thirty or more species of erect or twining and tendril- 

 climbing i)lants in the tropics of Afr., Asia, Austral., 

 little known in cult. Herbs or undershrubs: lvs. alter- 

 nate, entire or palmately 3-5-lobed, gland-bearing at 

 base of blade: fl.-stalks axillary, terminating in a ten- 

 dril, bearing greenish or whitish unisexual fls., the 

 hyiianthium or calyx-tube not elongated; male fls. 

 with 5 very narrow laciniate petals included within 

 the fl.-tubc, 4-5 stamens and 5 staminodes or disk- 

 glands; female fls. with 10 staminodes or disk-glands 

 in 2 series, and a stipitate 1-celled ovary; both kinds of 

 fls. with a corona of interesting structure: fr. a coria- 

 ceous or fleshy 3-valved or indehiscent caps. M. 

 senensis, Mast. (C'lemdnthus sencnsis, Klotzsch. 

 Adenia senensis, Engler), is a tall-climbing shnib from 

 Senna, Zambesi and other places in Trop. Afr.: gla- 

 brous an<l rather glaucous: lvs. 5-parted, pale green, 

 glaucous beneath, the segms. narrow and obtuse: 

 (^alyx coroH:i,-like, pale yellow, narrow campanulate, 

 about 1 in. long; petals very small and contained within 

 the calyx. B.M. 7763. L. H. B. 



MOEHRfNGIA: .Arenaria. 



MOHRIA (from Daniel Mohr, a German botanist; 

 died 1808). Schiza-dcca'. A genus of S. African ferns, 

 having the habit of Cheilanthes, but the sporangia of 



