MUSCARI 



6. lingulatum, Baker (M. Aucheri, var. lingulatum 

 Boiss.). Lvs. 3 lines wide: raceme ovate. Asia Minor 

 According to Index Kewensis this is a good species, but 



1041 



easruleum, comosum, plumosum, plumosum monstrosum 

 and plumosum violaceum . It is apparent that he regards 



Jri . mtnnfit/'m QYW! i-t-o -Pj-fmvt ..-* -.T^*.-;^** j 11- 



varieties ot M. commit- 



1438. Muscari comosum, var. monstrosum. 

 (Adapted from Gardening.) 



J. N. Gerard says the plant sold under this name is the 

 same as Hyacinthus azureus. 



7. paraddxum, C. Koch. Lvs. 3, %-% in. wide. Ar- 

 menia. 



8. cdnicum, Baker. Lvs. about 6, narrower: fls.violet- 

 blue. Habitat unknown. Gn. 51:1106 (?).-Van Tu- 

 bergen says fls. black-blue. 



9. micranthum, Baker. Fls. bright violet. Habitat 

 unknown. 



10. Szovitsianum, Baker. Pis. bright blue, consider- 

 ably larger (% in. across, but only 1-12 in. across in 

 M. micranthum). Persia, Caucasus. B.M. 6855. 



11. pallens, Pisch. Lvs. numerous, filiform: scape 3-5 

 in. long: raceme 12-20-fld. : fls. white or nearly so. Cau- 

 casus, Iberia. 



12. racemdsum, Mill. Lvs. 5-6, 5-6 in. long, 1-1% lines 

 thick : fls. odorous, dark blue. Mediterranean, Caucasus. 

 B.M. 122 (as Hyacinthus racemosus). Va,rs. carneum 

 and grandiflorum prcecox are offered. 



13. latifdlium, J. Kirk. Lvs. always solitary, %-l in. 

 wide : sterile fls. 6-10, much paler than the others. 

 Phrygia. 



14. neglectum, Guss. Lvs. numerous, 9-12 in. long, 

 l%-2 lines thick: fls. odorous, dark blue. Mediterranean 

 region. Gn. 26:453. This differs from M. commutatum 

 and M. polyanthum in having the segments of the peri- 

 anth triangular and reflexed. M. neglectum multiflorum 

 and M. neglectum Atlantieum are trade names. See 

 supplementary list under M. Atlantieum. 



15. commutatum, Guss. Lvs. 5-6, 5-6 in. long, 1^-2 

 lines wide: fls. odorless, dark blue; segments very short, 

 not recurved. Sicily. Krelage advertises vars atro- 



16. polyanthum, Boiss. Lvs. 2-3 lines wide. Differs 

 trom M. neglectum and commutatum in having longer 

 pedicels and the capsule a half smaller, not more than 

 2 lines wide. 



17. compactum, Baker. Described only as Botryanthus 

 compactus in an obscure work, which states that the 

 fls. are nearly black, with whitish teeth which are semi- 

 orbicular, obtuse, spreading-recurved. Baker places 

 M. compactum next to M. commutatum, in spite of the 

 fact that the original description says the fls. are obo- 

 vate. Baker adds that this M. compactum is the M 

 neglectum of some authors in part. The plant in the 

 trade as M . compactum may be a variety of some common 

 species, since Van Tubergen says the tis. are pale blue. 



M Argon, little known botanically, is said to be extra good 

 In the trade, M. Atlantieum is given as a synonym, baker said 

 he could not distinguish M. Atlantieum from M. neglectum. 

 M. Atlantieum. Consult the preceding entry, M. Argaai. M 

 azureum, Hort., is said by Van Tubergen to be the same as 

 Hyacinthus azureus, which in turn is referred to H. ciliatus by 

 Index Kewensis. Gn. 36:713. Van Tubergen also advertises 

 var. amphibolis (M. Freynianum).-Jf. Motelayi is offered by 

 Van Tubergen. M 



MUSfiNIUM (a name for fennel, another plant of this 

 family). Umbelliferce. Three species of resinous per- 

 ennial herbs in middle and western North America, 

 stemless or branching, decumbent or ascending, 2-12 in. 

 high. Lvs. pinnately decompound: fls. yellow or white, 

 in compound umbels: fr. ovate or ovate-oblong; ribs 5, 

 filiform, slightly prominent, with 2 or 3 oil- tubes in the 

 intervals. Coulter and Rose, Revision of North Ameri- 

 can Umbelliferae, 1888. 



trachyspermum, Nutt. (M. divaricatum, var. Hobkeri r 

 Torr. & Gray). Decumbent : Ivs., except the radical,, 

 opposite, bipinnatifid : fls. yellow: fr. scabrous. Spring. 

 Saskatchewan to the Upper Missouri, the Platte. and 

 S. W. Montana. Procurable from dealers in western 

 native plants. 



MUSHROOM. While the word Mushroom is now 

 often used as a general term for a large number of the- 

 higher fungi, chiefly those belonging to the Agaricini, 

 it is by some limited to the common edible species in 

 cultivation and which also grows spontaneously in- 



1439. Muscari botryoides (X %). 



lawns, pastures, etc. By others the word is employed 1 

 for all edible species, while toadstool is employed to 

 designate poisonous species; such persons usually 

 make an incorrect application of these terms to many 

 of the plants. The word is probably derived from tha 



