3IEDICAGO 



997 



of 2-ovuleil. Maytenus consists of evergreen, unarmed 

 plants: Ivs. alternate, often 2-ranked, stalked, leatUery, 



Medea, for 



Maximiliana regia. 



stamens 5, the latter inserted under the disk; disk or- 

 bicular, wavy-margined: style none or columnar: cap- 

 sule leathery, loculicidally 2-3-valved. 



M. Boaria is a beautiful evergreen tree, of graceful 

 habit; in Calif. 15-25 ft. high, but in Chile said to at- 

 tain 100 ft.: branchlets pendulous: Ivs. small: fls. min- 

 ute, greenish, inconspicuous: aril scarlet. Perfectly 

 hardy iu (_'alit. as farnorth as San Francisco, and highly 

 viilu. .1 t.r .; i:;iTiii-ntal planting; recommended as a 



sti , i .■ tree: timber extremely hard. Propa- 



t'M ..Hi seeds, which are produced in abun- 



daii>-i . "I- I r^'iti -.urkers. 



Mayten. Fig. 

 olvKamous, the 



Boaria, Muliiui (.1,^ CliU,'n.-<is. 

 1382. Lvs. ovate-hniceoUite, t 

 glabrous: tis. small, axillary, clu 

 males with 5 calvx teeth, petals and stamens: c 

 the size of a pea, 2-valved, 2-seeded. Chile. 

 20:1702. J. Bi-KTT D. 



MAZE. See Lahijrinth. 



MECONOPSIS (Greek, poppy -UVe). Popoverrleew. 

 About 10 species of herbs, natives of the Himab.vas, 

 China, Europe and western North An-, r, , I h,. w .Nh 

 Poppy, j)/. Ciimhrica, is suital>le f"i t ■ ' i ..ws 



about a foot high, and has rather In: , ; ^ , 4- 



petaled IN. bor.je in summer. The i:. i ,- i- i . -t t.i 

 Ai-j-iiii!,. . I.i:i does not have pricklv In ^. I'd 'iiniiil or 



r i.-.entire or rarely i.il.-d .1,- ,l,--,.,.tr.I: 



t! :. .1. yellow, purpleor Mu.-: ov:u \- Mv,.i,l, 



vii'i ,1 -iniii I. Ill distinct style and a si ii,']iia of -l-r, ravs. 

 J. H. Keller writes that tiie Welsh Poppy is of easy 

 cultivation in ordinary garden soil and sunny situation, 

 and is prop, by seed or division. 



Cimbrica, Vig. Welsh Poppt. Perennial: stems 

 slender: lvs. long-stalked, pale green, slightly hairy, 

 pinnate, dentate, with 5-7 segments. Rocky woods and 

 shady places, western Eu. G.C. III. 19:071 (a double- 

 fld. form). 



idible root. 

 3f lvs. and 



MEDflOLA (u:uiitd after 



supposed great medicinal virtues), ii 



Cucumber Root, from the taste of t 



This native perennial herb has h who 



bears small and not very showy fls. It is offered 

 by some dealers in native plants. Medeola is 

 nearest to Trillium. The fls. are umbellate, the 

 perianth segments all alike, colored and decid- 

 uous 



Virginiana, Linn Fi_' 1 s ^tem slendei 

 1-3 tt high, cl 11 I \ I I 1 1 1 



wool lower wli 1 



late, pointed, netl I I 



sessile uppei \\ I 1 1 t 1 I t 



top subtending a sessile uml el ot simll lecuned 

 fls lune Bo^'gy soil, >.ew England to Minn , 

 liHl lud southwaid B M 131b D 129 

 M iniaiaguiiiis Linn = Asparagus medeoloides 



MEDICAGO (name originally from the country 

 Media) Lttiiiminosa. Forty to 50 herbs (rarely 

 shiubs) in Europe, Asia and Africa, with small 

 pinnately 3 toliolate lvs. and denticulate Ifts., 

 and mostly small, purple or yillow tls. in heads 

 or short racemes: stann-iis 'J :niil 1 , .lia.lelphous: 

 fr. a small spiral or cur\ I'.l, ii'ni;)i or [ii]l)esceut 

 indehiscent 1- to few-seedf.l |"h1: II. with an ob- 

 ovate or oblong standard and obtuse mostly short 

 keel. Three or 4 species have become weeds in 

 the East. A few are somewhat cult, for ornament. 

 The one important species, from an agricultural 

 point of view, is Alfalfa. One species (and per- 

 haps more) is cult, for the odd pods, which are 

 sometimes used by Old World gardeners as sur- 

 prises or .iokes, and are occasionally grown in 

 this country as oddities. Some of the Medicae-oes 

 simulate clovers in appearance, but the twisted or 

 spiral pods distinguish them. 



A, Flowers pnrple. 

 sativa, Linn. Alfalfa. Lucerne. Fig. 1384. Per- 

 ennial, glabrous, growing erect 1-3 ft. and making a 



entire: fls. 



axillary racemes: 



