1030 MONTANA 



is being attempted in Flathead valley, a large north- 

 western valley, with tlie best results. The rarnje of 

 varieties is fully as wide as that of the Bitter Koot, and 

 as the altitude is about 400 feet less it is to be expected 

 that fully as good results will eventually be attained. 



Some difficulty is experienced from frosts in the Flat- 

 head country, but as the heavy growth of deciduous and 

 conifer timber, which covers the majority of the bench 

 lands in this region, is cut off, no doubt the increased 

 circulation of air will prevent seriuus loss to fruit from 

 frost. Among other valley^ :t.li;,\ iiil: iiiirl,' '1 ~iii'-.-ss 

 in fruit and vegetable cultni. , ' itin, 



Yellowstone, Upper and l.^ i "I • . ' . I'^rk 



of the Yellowstone, the ,ii..iiii,, .>i;i,.. _M:ir;:i-, i .ton, 

 Madison and Jefferson, in tbi-se vallfys the better 

 apples, cherries and plums are readily grown, and it is 

 safe to say there are not ICO acres of farm lands in the 

 state where, if the planter will avoid alkali soil and set 

 trees with reference to the possibility of irrigating them, 

 the Transcendant and Hyslop crabs, and the hardier 

 of the standard apples, together with the small fruits, 

 cannot be successfully grown. g_ jj^ Emery. 



MOMBEfiTIA. See Trilonia. 



MONTEKEY CYPRESS. Cupr 



M6NTIA (Guiseppe Monti, prof. 

 logne in the first half of tin • i^lii 

 tulacclcece. About 18 spei'i. - -i \' 

 ing the Winter Purslane, a i . 

 the European trade as C!"ii''-i'"i 

 plant is perhaps cult, in A 

 rarer kinds of vegetables. 



airjn. 



I " rb known to 



' ,'■ '■■■"■■''". This odd 



iic-rit-a by a few fanciers of 

 In hot countries it may be 



more desirable. It is an annual plant forming a < 

 pact tuft about 9-12 in. high. The Ivs. are all from the 

 root, tender, thick, fleshy, with a slender petiole about 

 2 in. long, and a blade about K in. long, which varies 

 from lanceolate to rotund. The most remarkable feature 

 is a sort of cup an inch or more in diameter, from which 

 arise the racemes of small white fls. One of tbe.se cups 

 crowns each of the stems, which are numerous, slender, 

 leafless, and about twice as long as the Ivs. The name 

 "perfoliata" is suggested by the resemblance of the cup 

 to a perfoliate leaf. In JIf. perfoliata the cup is usually 

 2-lobed, and the species runs into M. parviflora, vrhich 

 rarely has the cup transformed into two almost dis- 

 joined Ivs. The Winter Purslane is now a weed in many 

 parts of the world. The seed may be sown all through 

 spring and summer where the plants are to stand. 



Montia cannot be distinguished from Claytonia by any 

 one character, but the cultivated plants of both genera 

 have been sufficiently discriminated here and under 

 Claytonia. The latest monograph is by B. L. Robinson 

 in Syn. Flo. N. Amer., Vol. I, part I, fasc. II (1897). 



A. Stems without true Ivs* 

 B. Pedicels short, seldom exceeding the fruiting calyx. 



perfoMta, Howell (Claytdnia perfoliUta, Don). Win- 

 ter Purslane. Rather coarse, green, often reddening 

 with age. Banks of streams, Calif, to Ariz, and Mex., 

 north to Brit. Col. ; common near Pacific coast. It grows 

 wild in Cuba but is not native there, as often stated. 

 B.M. 1336. R.H. 1897, p. 159. 



BB. Pedicels in fruit 2-6 lines long, much Innqrr than 

 the calyx. 



par7ifI6ra, Howell {Claytdnia. parviflora, Dougl.). 

 More slender, green or slightlv glaucous. Calif, to Brit. 

 Col., east to Idaho and Utah. ' 



AA. stems with numerous small alternate h-s. 



parvifdlia, Greene {Claytdnia parvifdlia, Moc). Fls. 

 rose-color to white. Plant has bulblet-like offsets. 

 Moist rocks, Brit. Col. to Rockies in Mont, and AKiska. 

 This and the preceding one have been advertised, but 

 have little if any ornamental value. yt^ jj 



MOONFLOWER in America always means Ipomcea 

 ).Mi((-.V...r and related species ; in England it rarely, 



'. i-v.f. aiis this, but Chrysanthemum LeucantJiemum 



ur coiunion white weed or ox-eye daisy. Moonflower 



MOONSEED. Menisptrmum Canadense. 

 MOONWORT. Dotrychium; also />««arm. 

 MOOSEWOOD. Dim, pnlustris and Acer Pennsyl- 



IIOR.SA (probably named after Robert More, botanist, 

 Shrewsbury, England). Iriddcetp. Charming bulbous 

 plants much like Irises, but unfortunately they are not so 

 hardy as the common Irises and the individual fls. last 

 only a day or so. Morsea is a genus of about GO species, 

 45 of which are S. African, while the rest are chiefly 

 from tropical Africa. Moreea is the African representa- 

 tive of Iris. No one character will separate the two 

 genera. Morseas have no perianth tube, while Irises 

 usually have one. The filaments are usually monadel- 

 phous inMoraea and free in Iris. Irises grow either from 

 rhizomes or bulbs, while Morseas mostly grow from 

 corms, except the "subgenus Dietes, which grows from a 

 rhizome. Mn--t of fhf vi,..wiest Morseas belong to the 

 subgenus ki : - ^1 '.a proper. Species 7-13, de- 

 scribed bfb'v I , ,. I i is group. There is another 

 subgenus wli i . i m it in having the ovary ex- 



tended into a I mil: !h al^ w hji li looks like a perianth tube, 

 but none of this group is cult. The MorsBas proper are 

 about as tender as other Cape bulbs. The amateur may 

 find some suggestions as to their culture under Bulbs, 

 Iris and Ixia. 



By far the largest and most remarkable plant of the 

 genus is Mora;a Robinsoniana. This grows G-8 ft. high 

 and has the habit of the New Zealand flax, Phormium 

 lenaz. A splendid specimen mentioned in B.M. 7212 

 bore 457 flowers between June 20 and Oct. 1. The indi- 

 vidual fls. are 4 in. across, fragrant and last only a day. 

 At Kew this noble plant has been successfully grown in 

 the south end of a house. The stately plant pictured in 

 G.F. 10:255 grew in a Californian garden and was said to 

 be 16 years old from seed. The finest picture, however, 

 is that in G.P. 4:355. 



bicolor, 3. juncea. 11. Robinsoniana. 1. 



IHetea. 10. loneifolia. 9. sp:ithai-ea. 1(1. 



edulis, 9. lutea, 4. tricnspis, 4. 0. 



flmbriata, 8. papiUon.%eea. 7. tristis, 12. 



glaucopis, 5. Pavonia, 4. villosa, 4. 



iridioides. 2. polyanthos, l:i. 



A. Rootstock a short creeping rhizome. 

 {Subgenus Dietes). 

 B. Color of fls. chiefly white. 



0. Height of plants 6-8 ft 1. Robinsoniana 



cc. Height of plants 1-2 ft 2. iridioides 



BB. Color of fls. chiefly yelh»r M. bicolor 



AA. Rootstock a tunicated corm. 



B. Inner segments inconspicuous^. 

 {Subgenus Vieusseuxia). 

 c. Color of fls. chiefly orange- 

 red 4. Pavonia 



cc. Color of fls. chiefly white. 



D. Spots blue .'■. glaucopis 



DD. Spots brown b. tricuspis 



BB. Inner segments conspicuous. 

 c. Height of stems 1-3 in. 



D. Lvs. hairy all over 7. papilionacea 



DD. Lvs.hairyonlyattheedges. b. fimbnata 

 cc. Height of stems more than 

 S in. 

 D. Stems provided with 1 long 

 wiry leaf, just below the 



inflorescence 9. edulis 



DD. Stems not so provided. 



E. Fls. usually 1 or 2 on 



(I stem 10. spathacea 



EE. Fls. loosely corymbose, 

 fls. small. 

 P. SpatJies M-Vi in. 



long 11. juncea 



FP. Spathes \% in. 



long 12. tristis 



13. polyanthos 



