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Mucuna Cochinchinensis, Bentham. (Macranthus Cochinchinensis, 

 Loureiro. ) 



A climbing annual, which can be reared in the open air in Eng- 

 land. Pods, cooked as a vegetable, taste like those of kidney-beans 

 [Johnson] . 



Muehlenbeckia Cunningham!, F. v. Mueller. 



Australia, particularly in the inland regions ; always in swamps. 

 A tall intricately-branched but almost leafless shrub, quick in growth. 

 Cattle are very fond of the soft ramifications for feed [M. Rapp]. 

 One of the stay-byes in seasons of drought. 



Muehlenbergia Schreberi, J. F. Gmelin. (M. diffusa, Willdenow.) 



Southern States of North- America. Perennial. Recorded among 

 the good native fodder-grasses of Alabama by C. Mohr, thriving as 

 well on dry hills as in low damp forest-ground. Prof. Killebrew 

 mentions that this grass in Tennessee carpets the soil in forests with 

 a living green. M. glomerata (Trinius) is in the same region a 

 pasture- and hay -grass, available on wet meadows [Dr. Vasey]. 



Muehlenbergia Mexicana, Trinius. 



Southern parts of North-America. A perennial good fodder- 

 grass, particularly fit for low humid ground, also for forests. Root 

 creeping ; stem much branched, bending down. 



Murraya exotica, Koenig. 



South- Asia, Polynesia, East-and North-Australia. This shrub or 

 small tree is one of the best among the odoriferous plants in India 

 [C. B. Clarke]. M. Koenigii (Sprengel) ascends the Himalayas to 

 5,000 feet ; its leaves are in frequent use as an ingredient of curries. 



Musa Basjoo, Siebold and Zuccarini. 



Riu-Kiu Islands, therefore entirely extra- tropic. This species has 

 the stately habit of M. paradisiaca, but is much more hardy. It 

 requires but slight protection in the mildest part of England. In an 

 utilitarian aspect it is a fibre-plant, and is thus frequently cultivated 

 in Southern Japan [J. G. Baker]. 



Musa Cavendish.il, Lambert.* (Musa regia y Rumph ; Musa Chinensis, 

 Sweet ; Musa nana, Loureiro.) 



The Chinese Banana. A comparatively dwarf species, the stem 

 attaining a height of only about 5 or 6 feet. Its robust and dwarf 

 habit render it particularly fit for exposed localities, and this is one 

 of the reasons why it is so extensively cultivated in the South-Sea 

 Islands. It is also less liable to disease than the other cultivated 



