Megaclinium ee (B. H. 
e E SA S. dimin- 
ke ` je: a ping rhizome, 
small oasa taari Ibs bearing each 
alll. Scape short, flattened, 
purple, with two agg of small orange- 
red Sierra Leon 
Totong Nummularia. (4. c. 
4, zv. Closely allied to 
W. kissa Dut with flattened pseudo- 
bulbs; 1. 1 in. long ; raceme shorter, 
theo 6-8 mints purplish fi, Cam 
ae 1200, 8085) ce. C. 1888, 
A small 
- olate acute l. 2 i 
and a coun + in. broad, o 
lig colour, Fi. like those z 
U fenatins but t pet, ae me a 
y 
= 
3 
[Smm atnpnyi inn m ces jeden, Reich, 
d 
oe pusillum. (K. B. 1894 
o M. esa ie his. 
Pseidobulbs Svan 1 in, long ; 1. linear- 
rips i 
s 
, 
ng 
fa ll pe and 
urple fi, East ’ y ee Africa 
inf ‘3-4 in . lon 
era 
rough 'ontside, = a dull purple colour, 
with the f the sep. whitish green 
spotted with oben Pondoland, 
Megaclinium triste. (K. B. 1894, 
363.) S. Allied to M. lencorhachie. 
Pseudobulbs trigonous, oblon 
long; 1. fleshy, ob 
bout 
blac 
numerous small ee ito fi. Tro 
pical Africa ? 
Megarrhiza californica. ben C.1881, 
xiv. 792, f. 155.) Cucur H. 
racemes, the female 
solitary. The fruits are about 2 in. 
long, roundish a Pome T and thickly 
vered w bf 
abott ad ws bean, EL iamini 
Sabacea, Nina. ] Calif 
Eyres oe ovatifolium. (B. 7. 
O.1891,111.) Com EY H. annual. 
rit p A a H.. B.K 
ZOUT melanoxylon. C CG. C. xe, 
S. 
Geo poe of St 
Helena, firre now extinct. It survived 
for some time in cultivation in Euro- 
eg gardens, but is now completely 
lost 
Melia Azedarach umbraculifera. 
(G. and z. 1894, 92, f. 20.) Meliaceæ. 
G. character. ms Fa of this 
var, is ideptialtend by 
Melianthus trimenianus. (B. M. t. 
55 Sapindac G. ever- 
hr. L. pi 3-5 in. long ; 
leaflets 6-10 pairs, linear. emes 
rminal, 4-8 on 1 whorls 
f 4-6. Calyx oblique, green et. 4, 
linear-lanceolate, wavy, scarlet, Fruit 
4-winged, [ HM. pectinatus, Harv.] 
Namaqualand. 
mey Graminea H. 1 (R. H. 1890, 
ra H. H. grass w with 
6 f fine 1. arrow slender 
panicles of of purplish ia Argen- 
tina ; 
Tay giier res Ts T a 1893, 
2.) 
ke pere pes Fail vellosrich 
fl. “follo wed by small round orange- 
ed 
coloured fruits produc — 
poorest in autumn, Apia 
Melothria punctata. (B. 7. 0.1890, 
100, f. 13.) 
Mentzelia etian m Cr. G. et 
400. Loasacex. ual 
lanceolate nuai pinis 
showy large yellow fi. opening in t the 
morning and closing at night. Cali- 
fornia. 
Ninca dete aa G. m 559. ) 
Rocky 
