MIL 



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MIM 



Oxford. Nat. ord., Btgnon'uuh [Big- 

 noniacere]. Linn., ~\-Didynumi<t 2-An- 

 giospermia.) 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of half- 

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

 in bottom-heat ; sandy loam and peat. Winter 

 temp., 48 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 

 M. simplicifo'lia (simple-leaved). 20. Yellow. 

 East Indies. 1828. 



MILLIPEDE. See Ju'lus. 



MILTO'XIA. (Named after the Earl 

 Fitzwilllam. Nat. ord., Orchids [Or- 

 cliidaceos]. Linn., 20-Gynandria l-Mo- 

 nandria. Allied to Brassia.) 



Stove orchids from Brazil, except where other- 

 wise mentioned. Divisions in spring ; shallow 

 baskets in moss, sphagnum, &c., or fixed to a 

 block of wood, and then this block fastened 

 across the top, inside of a pot. Winter temp., 

 60 ; summer, 60 to 90. 

 M. bi'color (two-coloured). White, red. 183p. 



ca'ndida (white - lipped), 2. Yellow and 



brown. March. 1830. 

 flave'scens (yellowish*ftp/)e<Z). 2. 



White, yellow. June. 1837- 

 grandiflo'ra, (large - flowered). 2. 



Brown, white. December. 1837. 



Clowe'sii (Rev. J. Clowes's). 1. Yellow, 



brown. 1840. 



* <- pa'llida (pale). Yellow, brown. 



183Q. 



cunea'ta (wedge-lipped). 1. Yellow, purple. 



March. 1843. 



^-fla'va (yellow - flowered) . Yellow. July. 

 1848. 



Karwi'nskii (Karwinski's). 3. Yellow, 



brown. August. Mexico. 183p. 



odora'ta (sweet-scented). 1843. 



Russellia'na (Duke of Bedford's). Brown, 



lilac. December. Rio Janeiro. 1835. 



stella'ta (sizr-flowered) . White. February. 



183Q. 

 - specta'bilis (showy). 1. \Vhite, violet. 



July. 1835. 

 colora'ta (high-coloured). Rose. 



1838. 



atropurpu'rea (dark - purple). 



Rio Janeiro. 



MTME'TES. (From mimos, a mimic ; 

 referring to its resemblance to allied 

 genera. Nat. ord., Proteads [Protea- 

 ceee] . Linn., -i-Tctrandria l-Monoyynia. 

 Allied to Leucospermum.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs from the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Cuttings of the ripened 

 shoots, towards autumn, or in the spring, 

 before fresh growth commences, in sand, under 

 a glass, but without bottom-heat, at least until 

 a swelling takes place at their base ; peat and 

 a little loam. Winter temp., 38 to 45. 

 M, capitula'ta (small - headed). Red. June. 

 1822. 



cuculla'tu (hooded-leaved) . 2. Purple. 1/89. 

 - di varica'ta (spreading). 2j. White July. 



1/96, 



M. Harto'gii (Hartoge's). 5. July. 1824. 



hi'rta (hairy). 3. Red. July. 1774. 



palu'stris (marsh). 1. Purple. July. 1802. 



pauciflo'ra (few-rtowered). 3$. Red. July. 



1818. 



purpu'rea (purple). 2. Purple. November. 



1/89. 



vacciniifo'lia (Whortleberry - leaved). 3. 

 1800. 



MIMO'SA. (From mimos, a mimic ; 

 referring to the irritability of the 

 leaves, as if imitating animal sensi- 

 bility. Nat. ord., Lequminom Plant* 

 [Fabacese], Linn., %$-Polygamia 1- 

 Moneecia.} 



Stove evergreens, except pudica, commonly 

 called the Sensitive Plant, which is an annual, 

 and viva, which is herbaceous. Seeds sown in 

 a hotbed, in the spring; cuttings, also, of young- 

 shoots, getting rather firm at the base, in sandy 

 soil, and in heat ; sandy loam, leaf-mould, and 

 a little peat. Winter temp., 50 to 55; sum- 

 mer, 60 to 85 P . The foliage of most is beau- 

 tifully leafleted, and many species more or less 

 sensitive to the touch; most of them furnish 

 fine examples of what is termed sleep in plants, 

 as the leaflets fold together at night. 



M. angula'ta (angled-branched) . White. June. 



Brazil. 1826. 

 * Barclay a' 'na (Barclay's). 1. Madagascar, 



1824. 



ca'sta (chaste). 2. Pale yellow. July. South 



America. 1741. 



cilia'ta (hair-fringed). White. June. Brazil. 



1824. 



ferrugi'nea (rusty). 1. East Indies. 1818. 

 florlbu'nda (bundle -flowered). 1. Pink, 



June. Cumana. 1824. 



inttrmc'dia (intermediate). Rose. April, 



Caraccas. 1825. 



latlspino'sa (broad -spined). 3. White, 



September. Madagascar. 1823. 



marglnu't a (bordered) . Pink. Mexico. 



obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved). 3. Red. June. 



Brazil. 1816. 



poli/da 1 ctyla (many-fingered). 1^. Purple, 



June. Guiana. 1822. 



pudibu'nda (blushing). 2. Pale red. Balm 



1818. 



pudi'ca (chaste. Humble plant). 1. White* 



June. Brazil. 1638. 



rubricau'lis (red-stalked). 3. Pale yellow. 



June. East Indies. 1799- 



sensiti'va (sensitive). 1^. Pink. June. 



Brazil. 1648. 



strigo'sa (bristled). 1. Purple. June. South 



America. 1818. 



Urague'nsis (Uruguay). 2. Red. June. 



Buenos Ayres. 1840. 



vi'scida (clammy). 2. Red. Brazil. 1825. 



vl'va (lively), l^. Purple. August. Ja- 



maica. 17:19. 



MI'MULUS. Monkey Flower. (From 

 mimo, an ape ; in reference to the 

 ringent or gaping mouth of the flower. 

 Nat. ord., Figworts [Scrophulariacea> j. 

 Linn.. 14-Didynamia S- 



