190 TREES AND SHRUBS 



greenhouse flowering shrub, bearing drooping scarlet 

 and yellow blossoms. Tresco and one mainland 

 garden. 



LITSEA GENICULATA. Southern United States. A 

 deciduous shrub or tree, bearing white flowers in 

 May. The largest in England is probably one at 

 Menabilly, 25 feet in height. 



MELALEUCA HYPERICIFOLIA. Australia. An ever- 

 green shrub, bearing scarlet bottle-brush flowers. 

 Tresco. 



MELIA AZEDARACH. Tropical Asia. The Bead 

 tree, so called from the seeds being used for rosaries, 

 bearing much - branched panicles of fragrant lilac 

 flowers. Leaves bipinnate and deeply serrated. 

 Rosehill. Evergreen. 



MELIANTHUS MAJOR. Cape of Good Hope. A 

 well-known plant in sub-tropical gardening. At 

 Rosehill it has reached a height of 1 2 feet. 



METROSIDEROS ROBUSTA. New Zealand. An 

 evergreen tree, bearing clusters of brilliant crimson 

 flowers at the extremities of the shoots ; in this it 

 differs from Callistemon, whose flowers encircle the 

 branchlets some distance below the extremities. 

 Tresco ; 30 feet in height. 



MITRARIA COCCINEA. Chili. An evergreen shrub, 

 bearing bright-scarlet flowers. This is to be found 

 6 feet in some gardens. 



MYOPORUM L^TUM. Australia. Native name, 

 Guaio. An evergreen tree, bearing small white 

 flowers, and having lanceolate leaves dotted with 

 countless transparent spots. Two mainland gardens. 



