MEA 



[ 887] 



MED 



MEASUKE OF WOOD. 



1000 Billets of Wood 

 10 Cwt. of Wood 

 1 Cord of Wood 

 100 Lbs. of Wood 



MECOXO'PSIS. (From mekon, the 

 poppy, and opsis, like. Nat. ord., Pop- 

 pyworts [Papaveracese]. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandria \-Monoyynia.} 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Divisions of 

 the plant, in spring, and seeds (which ripen 

 freely), at the same time ; rich sandy soil. 

 M. Ca'mbrica (Welsh). 1. Yellow. June. 

 England. 



crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). 1. Orange, red. 



California. 1833. 



heterophy' lla (various-leaved). 1. Orange, 



red. California. 1833. 



MEDE'OLA. (Named after Medea, 

 the sorceress. Nat. ord., Parids [Tril- 

 liacese]. IAi\n.,Q-Hexandria 3-Triyynia. 

 Allied to Trillium.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Division of the plant, in 

 spring ; rich sandy soil. 



M. Virgi'nica (Virginian). J. Yellow. June. 

 Virginia. 1759. 



MEDIAN APPLE, or Citron. Ci'trus 

 mc'dica. 



MEDICA'OO. Medick. (From medikc, 

 a name from Dioscorides. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 17 -Diadelphia <i-l)ccandria. Allied to 

 Trifolium.) 



Hardy, and all yellow-flowered, except where 

 otherwise mentioned. Annuals, by seeds, in 

 open border, in April; perennials, by seeds, 

 division of the plant, and slips, under a hand- 

 light; shrubs, by cuttings of young shoots, 

 under a hand-light. 



HARDY EVERGREEN SHRUB. 

 M. arbo'rea (tree. Moon-trefoil). 8. May. 

 1596. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 M. Carstie'nsis (Carst). 1. July. Carinthia. 

 1789. 



creta'cea (chalky). 4. July. Tauxia. 1805. 

 falca'ta (sickle-podded). 2. July. England. 



glomera'ta (clustered). 1. June. Italy. 1817. 



glutino'sci (sticky). 1. June. Caucasus. 



1817- 



mari'na (sea). 1. July. South Europe. 



1596. 



proctt'mbens (trailing). 1. June. South 



Europe. 1818. 



prostra'ta (lying-down), f. June. Hun- 



gary. 1/9J. 



satl'va (cultivated). 2. Violet. June. Eng- 



land. 

 -" verti'color (various- coloured). 2. 



Yellow, blue. June. Britain. 

 - - suffrutico'sa (sub - shrubby). 2. Violet, 



yellow. June. Pyrenees. 1820. 



= 1 Cord. 



= 1 Cord. 



= \ Chaldron of Coals. 



= 1 Quintal of Wood. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



M. aculea'ta (prickly). 1. July. 1802. 



brachyca'rpa (short -podded). . June. 



Trifliz. 1823. 



cancella'ta (latticed). 1. July. Caucasus. 



1818. 



Catalo'nica (Catalonian) . . July. Cata- 



lonia. 1820. 



cilia'ris (hair-fringed). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1686. 



corona' ta (crowned). 1. June. South 



Europe, i860. 



discifo'rmis (disc-formed). . July. South 



France. 1822. 



echi'nus (hedgehog). . July. South 



France. 1818. 



flexuo'sa (zig-zag). . July. Italy. 1819- 

 Oera'rdi (Gerard's). 1. July. South Eu- 

 rope. 1816. 



i Hornemannia'na (Hornemann's). . June. 

 Morocco. 1818. 



interte'xta (interwoven). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1629. 



lacinia'ta (jagged-/eawerf). . July. South 



Europe. 1683. 



lee'vis (smooth), i. July. South Europe. 



1816. 



lappa'cea (Burdock-like). 4. July. Mont- 



pelier. 1810. 



lupuli'na (Hop-like). 1. June. Britain. 

 polysta'chya (many-spined). Switz- 

 erland. 



Willdeno'vii (Willdenow's). *. 



Europe. 



macula' ta (spotted). l. May. England. 



marginal to, (bordered). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1816. 



mnioca'rpa (Moss-fruited). . July. Switz* 



erland. 18l6. 



molli'ssima (softest). . July. Spain. 1818. 



murica'ta (point-covered). 1. June. Eng 



land. 



orbicula'ris (round-podded). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1688. 



pr&'cox (early). . July. Provence. 1820. 



re' eta (upright). 1. July. Barbary, 1810. 



rupe'stris (rock). 1. June. Tauria. 1820. 



Sibi'rica (Siberian). 1. June. Siberia. 



1817. 



spheeroca'rpa (round-fruited). . July. 



Italy. 1818. 



spinulo'sa (small-spined). 4- July- South 



France. 1820. 



stria' ta (channeled). 4. July. South Francei 



1820. 



; Tcnorea'na (Grenada). |. July. Italy. 1820. 

 I tcntacula'ta (tentaculated). 1. June. South 



Europe. 1800. 



turbina'ta (top-shaped). 1. July. South 



Europe. l6ao. 



MEDINT'LLA. (Named after J. de 

 Mcdlnilla y Pineda, governor of the 

 Marianne Islands. Nat. ord., Melas- 



