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Milium effusum, Linne. 



English Millet Grass. Europe, North and Middle Asia, North 

 America. Perennial, suited for damp forest land particularly, the 

 pasture capabilities of which it enhances. On river-banks it attains 

 a height of 6 feet. It is relished by cattle. The seeds can be used 

 like millet, the stems for the manufacture of superior straw hats. 

 It is a great favourite 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 at Melbourne. 



Mimusops Sieberi, A. de Candolle. 



West India and Florida. Tree to 30 feet in height. Fruit of 

 agreable taste (Sargent). 



Monarda didyma, Linne. 



North America. A perennial odorous herb, producing the medi 

 cinal 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 pleasantly 

 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. With M. semilibera 

 this Morel has been found in Victoria and New South Wales ; its 

 spread should be encouraged by artificial means, as it is a whole- 

 some esculent. Kohlrausch and Siegel found 29 to 35 per cent, of 

 Protein in this species when dried. 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 in other parts of the globe. Though these fungi 

 show a predilection for pine forests, they are not dependent on 

 them ; thus the writer found M. esculenta in Eucalyptus forests, and 

 this late in the autumn. They can all be dried and preserved for 

 culinary purposes. 



