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MICONIA 



robust: Ivs. very large ( becoming 2-2i^ ft. long), broad- 

 ovate and wavy-edged, arched, rugose, upper surface 

 lustrous green, lower surface red, the very prominent 

 veins white or light-colored: fls. small, panicled. Mex. 

 R.H. 1859, p. 359. — Discovered by Ghiesbrecht and first 

 shown by Linden in 1857. One of the best and most 

 strilsing of all conservatory foliage subjects. Voss 

 (Blumeugartnerei) revives for this species the genus 

 Tamonea and calls it T. magnified, Voss. M. velitina, 

 Lind. & Rod. (I.H. 41:21), of Brazil, is perhaps a form 

 of this species. Its Ivs. are not arched and the colors 

 are more bronzy. 



spectinda, Rod. {Ci/anoplii'/Uiim specldndiim, 

 Nichols.). Lvs. oval, 1% ft. or less long, 6-7 in. broad 

 in the middle, the upper surface dark lustrous green, 

 the under side greenish red, the midrib prominent and 

 gray. Brazil. 



Ass&mica {Cyanophfilhim Assdmicum, Hort. ) was 

 once offered by Saul. Said to be "a very beautiful foli- 

 age plant, with large, fine foliage." Probably a smaller 

 type of St. spectanda, but very pretty when the lvs. are 

 expanding. .Said by Nicholson and Mottet to be much 

 inferior to the above. L. H. B. 



MICBOKflNTIA (Greek, minute Kentia). Pal- 

 vidcem. Here may belong the plant known to the trade 

 as Kentia gracilis. Microkentia is a genus of 6 species 

 of palms from New Caledonia. They are unarmed, with 

 slender, bamboo-like, ringed trunks. The leaf segments 

 are long-sword-shaped and distinct, or the upper ones 

 grown together into a broad 2-cut blade. The fruits in 

 this genus are amongst the smallest in the palm family. 

 The fls. also are minute. The true Kentias, of which 

 perhaps none is cultivated, have larger fls. and fruits, 

 the former white, the latter vermilion. The anthers are 

 flxed at the base in Kentia, but dorsifixed and versatile 

 in JMicrokentia. Microkentia is nearer Clinostigma and 

 Cyphosperma, but in these the leaf segments are irreg- 

 ularly bitten off at the apex. Kentia gracilis, Brong. 

 & Oris. = Microkentia gracilis, Benth. & Hook. It is 

 possible that the Kentia gracilis of the trade is Ken- 

 tiopsis divaricata (which see). 



MICB0L£FIA (Greek, a S7nan scale; alluding to the 

 indusium). Polypodidcea' . A genus of graceful green- 

 house ferns, allied to Davallia, but having the shallow, 

 half-cup-shaped, membranous indusium attached to the 



MIGNONETTE 



sides as well as the base; the stalks are also continuous 

 with the rootstock, and not joined to them, as in the 

 true Davallias. Twenty or more species are known. 

 For cultivation, see Davallia. 



A. Lvs. once-pinnate. 



marginilis, Baker (K. scctbra. Hort.). Lvs. rising 



from a creeping rootstock, 18-24 in. long, 9-15 in. wide, 



with linear pinnfe, which are cut about half way to the 



rachis into bluntish, oblong lobes. Ceylon to China. 



E. Lvs. tri-quadripinnatifid. 



platyphJUa, Don. Lvs. 3-4 ft. long, on stout stalks 

 from :i .stuui, ^.-aly rootstock. tripinnatifld; ultimate di- 

 Ai ^'^i- 1 ; mI, iMmitish, toothed, oblong, deltoid; sori 

 - 1 - ii . une in each tooth. India to Japan. 



li;i!:i I : Lvs. 3-6 ft. long, on stout stalks, tri- 

 c|ii:ii|i [.lii, iiltiuuite divisions oblong, broadly 



toothi-d : r.i : h HI \ '■!■ pubescent; sori 2-20 to a seg- 



ment, I .M I - ;,, I- at the base of the teeth. 



India anil I \ ■ i. cristata is also offered bv the 



trade. F. l-,-.|...- i ,ii. :)1, p. 428. F. R. 1 :769.'-.V. 

 cristata, 11. .n., |.i.-.-.uiiiably belongs here. 



M. hispida, Hort.=? L. M. UndekwooD. 



small, me, 



•ibute 



the 



m tropical ami lrni|ii ral.' i ■ ' ;- 



Mediterraia^ar. r,,u„iri,-. I., .Mali, entire or 



toothed: wlaai.s axillary ur in u nniiKil , j,il.i ^; fls. small; 

 calyx 13-nerved, 5-toothed or 2-lipped. corolla 2-lipped, 

 upper lip erect, flattish, entire or notched, lower spread- 

 ing, 5-lobed; stamens 4. 



A. Fls. IS in the axils. 



Doi^glasii, Benth. Verba BtTENA. Perennial: stems 

 long, slender, trailing and creeping, with sweet-scented 

 round or oval lvs., 1 in. or less across: fls. purplish, 

 mostly solitary in the axils, on long, 2-bracted pedicels. 

 Woodlands, from Vancouver's Is. to S. Calif. Sandy 

 soil. -Offered by E. Gillett, 1881. 



AA. Fls. mimerous in the axils. 



rupistris, Benth. A dense, low-growing perennial 

 plant, woody at the base, with prostrate stems, which 

 turn up at' the extremities, giving a heath-like effect 

 when in bloom. I^vs. have the odor and taste of penny- 



II,. . > .: 1):. ' ■-■, !■•. ■ ': :i I .-.and seeds. 



but is in cult, bv amateurs. S. Eu. 



M.B. 



MICR6STYLIS (Greek, small style). Orchiddcea: 

 About a dozen species of this genus are in cultivation in 

 the Old World. No species have found their way into the 

 American trade. They are herbs of terrestrial habit, 

 cult, for their richly colored lvs. The species in cult, 

 are all from tropical countries, ami i. luii' a i Insi-. 

 damp house or, better, a Wardian i ' lar, 



within which the air maybe kept nnn-i i , : h. ir 



requirements. The lvs. are more I'l- 1. - i i^i, .-ai,-, 



rather succulent, with sheathing bases. 1 li* > aia hio^ily 

 beautifully colored. The fls. are borne in terminal ra- 

 cemes, like those of Goodyera. 



Heinrich Hasselbring. 



The Mvcrostylis are deciduous ori-Iii'H-, T'v- ltow 

 well in tile warm end of the cattl.\ . '■ : ■■!■, ' i '. "r 

 better still treated like thunias orcn: , ■ ,;l!,r 



warm, moist atmosphere when grc.wi; ; ■ : j, la- 



ducing the same toward late sunn 

 lose their foliage, and eventn.tl i \ i 

 in a temperature of about r.n i 

 will probably suffer in a \\ i 

 They certainly will after gr.w 1 1, i - 



■ :i< III (|uite dry 



inter. They 



■ r bell-glass. 



M,(l, if not at 



R. M. Grey. 



ain 



MIGNONETTE (Fig. 1401) is a universal favorite. 

 Though there are many fragrant flowers of easy culti- 

 vation that exceed the Mignonette in beauty, it is prob- 



