MES 



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MI-IT 



If. scapifgerum (scape-bearing). . Fellow. 

 August. 1723. 



semicyli'ndricum (half-cylindric). 2- Yellow. 



June. 1732. 



serr a' turn (s&\\ -keeled). 2. Pink. June. 1707. 

 specio'sum (showy). 1$. Scarlet. July. 1793. 



specta'bile (striking). 1. Crimson. June. 1787- 



spinifo'rme (thorn-shaped;. 1. Pink, fcep- 



tember. 1/93. 



sulxidu' ncum (rather-hooked). 1. Pink. 



September. 



spinn'sum (thorny). 1^ Pink. July. 1714. 



spinuli'ferum (spinule-beuring). 1. Pale 



yellow. August. 1/94 



sple'ndens (shining). l. White. July. l/l6. 



sttlla'tum (starry -bearded). f. Piuk. Sep- 



tember. 1716. 



stelli'gerum (star-bearing), f . Pink. Sep- 



tember. 1793. 



stipula'ceum (stipuled). l. Pink. May. 1723. 



stri'ctum (erect). 3. Yellow. 1795. 



subcompre'siium (sub-compressed). 14. Purple. 



July. 1823. 

 mi'nus (smaller). 1. Purple. July. 1823. 



subglobo'sum (sub-globular). 1, Red. Au- 



gust. 1795. 



sulca'turn (furrowed). 3. White. August. 1819- 



surre'ctum (very-erect). 1. Yellow. October. 



18)9. 



bremfo'lium (short-leaved). -J. Yellow. 



October. 1819- 



tauri'num (bullVAor*). |. Yellow. Octo- 



ber. 1795. 



tene'llum (delicate-per/o/m^). 1$. White. 



August. 1792. 



te'nue (slender). 1. 1819. 



tenuifla'rum (slender-flowered). 2. Pink. 



September. 1820. 



tenuifo'lium (slender-leaved). 1. Scarlet. 



July. 1700. 

 ere'ctum (erect). l. Scarlet. July. 



teretifo'lium (round-leaved). . Pink. June. 



179*. 



teretiu 'scutum (rather-rounder). . Pink. 1794. 



testu'ceum (tile-coloured). 3. Orange. Au- 



gust. 1820. 



testicula're (testicular). . White. October. 



1774. 



tiffri'num (tiger). . Yellow. October. 1790. 



tortuo'sum (twisted-leaved). %, Pale yellow. 



August. 1705. 



tricolo'rum (three-coloured). 1. Yellow, red. 



October. 1794. 



truncate.' Hum (small-truncated). $. Pale 



yellow. July. 1795. 



tubero'sum (tuberous-routed). 3. Orange. 



April. 1714. 



- mi'nus (smaller), li. Orange. August. 



1/14. 



tumi'dulum (rather-swollen). 3. Pink. March. 



1802. 

 mi'nus (smaller). 3. Pinlc. March. 1820. 



umbella 1 turn (umbelled). 3. White. July. 1727. 

 ano'maluffi (anomalous). 3. White. July. 



umbellijlo'rum (umbel-flowered). !. Au- 



gust. 1820. 



vagina'tum (sheathed). l. White. July. 1802. 

 parviflo'rum (small-flowered). 1. White. 



July. 



varia'bi/e (variable). 1^. Yellow. July. 179(5. 

 lee'vius (smoother) li. Yellow. July. 17f8. 



va'rinns (varying). l. Pale yellow. July". l/'OO. 



verrucula' turn (small-warted). l. Yellow. 



May. 1/31. 



Canilofliii (l)e Candolle's). 14. Vellow. 



May, 



M. versi'color (changeable-coloured). Pink. June. 

 1795. 



willo'sum (shaggy). 1. July. 1759. 



violu'ceum (violet). 2. Purple. July. 1820. 



vi'rens (upright-green). . Pink. June. 1821. 



vi'ride (green-per/o/iate). 1. Pale purple. July. 



1792. 



vulpi'num(to\). $, Yellow. September. 1/95. 



ME'SPILUS. Medlar. (From mesas, half, 

 and pilos, a ball ; referring to the shape 

 of the medlar fruit. Nat. ord., Appleworts 

 [Pomacecej. Linn., 12-Icosandria2-Di- 

 pentagynia.) 



Hardy deciduous trees, with white flowers. By 

 seeds, which germinate the second season, after 

 being sown when the fruit is ripe ; by layers, and 

 uncertainly by cuttintis, but chiefly by grafting or 

 budding on the Hawthorn, &c. ; good, rich, loamy 

 soil. See MEDLAK. 

 M. Germa'nica (German. Common). 12. June. 



England. 



-- dijfu'sa (spreading). 12. June. Europe. 

 -- stri'cta (upright). 12. June. Europe. 



Evergreen. 

 -- sylve'stris (wood). Europe. 



loba'tu (lobed-leaved). 15. May. 



ME'SUA. (Named after Mesue, an Ara- 

 bian botanist. Nat. ord., Guttifers [Clu- 

 siacea 1 ]. Linn., 16-Monadelphia 7-Dode- 

 candria. Allied to Calophyllum.) 



The sweet-scented flowers of Me'sun fe'rrea 

 are sold in all the Indian bazaars, by the name of 

 Nagksur, and are as much esteemed as orange 

 flowers are with us. Stove evergreen tree. Seeds 

 in a hotbed, in March ; cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, in May, and 

 with a little bottom-heat; loam and peat. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 60; summer, 60 to 85. 

 M. fe'rrea (iron-wooded). 40. White. July. E. 

 Ind. 1837. 



METALA'SIA. (From meta, a change, 

 lasios, hairy ; referring to the older leaves 

 losing their downy covering. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteraceffi]. Linn., IQ-Syn- 



Greenhouse evergreens, from Cape of Good 

 Hope, and with white flowers, except where other- 

 wise stated. Cuttings in spring, in sandy peat ; 

 sandy peat, loam, and charcoal nodules, to keep 

 the soil open. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 M. au'reu. (golden). Yellow. June. 1816. 



(b'>e'rgens (widely-parted). 2. July. 18l6. 



fastigia'ta (peaked). 3. June. 1812. 



mitcrona'ta (pointed). 2. June. 1824. 



muricu'ta (point-covered). 2. June. 1824. 



phylicoi'des (phvlica-like). June. ISlfi. 



pu'ngenii (stinging)- June. 1815. 



f eriphiui'dus (seriphium-like). 3. Yellow. 1S25. 



METROSIDE'HOS. (From metru. heart- 

 wood, and sidcros, iron ; referring to the 

 hardness of the wood. Nat. ord., Myrtle- 

 blooms [Myrtacese]. Linn., 12-Icosandria 

 \-Monogynia. Allied to Callisternon.) 



Greenhouse evergreens. Cuttings of small young 

 side-shoots in April, in sand, under a be.il glass, in 

 a close pit. or frame, but without heat ; peat and 

 loam, tqual proportions, with a little white earn! 



