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borealis ; 14, M. odordta ; 15, M. grdcilis ; 

 16, M. macrostdchya, M. rugbsa; 17, M. ca- 

 pinsis : 18, M. hirta ; 19, M. unduldta ; 20, 

 M. canescens; 21, M. nemorbsa, M. NiUaca ; 

 22, M. gratissima ; 23, M. brevispicata, M. 

 laivigata ; 24, M. crispata ; 25, Thijmus par- 

 viflbrus, Audibirlia pusilla. See Aplumoehilus, 

 and Dyssophflla. 

 aquitica 1 . Pur. red 8, H. Her. P. 2 Naples . 1824 



crispa 2 . . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1$ Siberia . 1640 



hirsuta3 .Purp. 8, H. Her. P. lj Brit., marshes. 



subspicata 4 Purp. 8, H. Her. P. 1 Brit., marshes, 

 arvehsis 5 . Purpsh. 8, H. Her. P. \ Brit., marshes. 



agrestis 6 . Purp. 6, H. Her. P. \ Brit., fields. 



glabra 7 . Purp. 6, H. Her. P. j Brit., fields. 



gracilis 8 .Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1£ Brit., fields. 



nitida 9 . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1 Lapland . 1810 



rubra 10 . Purp. 9, H. Her. P. 1 Brit., marshes. 



satlva 11 . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1 Eng., marshes. 



vulgaris 12. Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1 Germany, 

 auricularia . Purp. 7, S. Her. P. 1 E. Ind. . 1796 

 bals&mea . . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. H Italy . 1804 

 blahda . . White 9, H. Her. P. 2 Nepal . . 1824 

 canadensis . Purp. 8, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. 1800 



glabrata 13. Purp. 7, H. Her. P. | N. Amer. 1800 

 citrata 14 . . R,d.l»ur. 7, H. Her. P. 1 Brit., marshes. 

 coccinea . . Scar. 7, S. Her. P. 1 E. Ind. . 1823 

 dentata . . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1 Germany. 3816 

 divaricata . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 2 Spain . . 1824 

 glabrata . . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1 Egypt . . 1802 

 incana. . . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1J Greece . 1790 

 lcevigata . . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. l| Brit. , marshes. 



^icea 11 " }' :E>ur P- 7 > H - Her - p - ! s P ain • ■ 1823 



n tfch"a I Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 2 S. Europe 



nepctoldes . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1\ Bilgio . . 1820 

 piperita . . Purp. 8, H. Her. P. 2 Eng., marshes, 

 pratensis 15 . Purp. 8, H. Her. P. 1£ Eng., marshes. 

 pubescenB . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1$ 

 Pulegium . Pa. pur. 8, H. Her. P. \ Brit., marshes. 

 Eequieni 25 . Lilac 8, H. Her. P. jL Corsica . 1829 



r foUa d 16 } wht611 - 8, H. Her. P. 2 Brit., marshes. 



variegata . Bed . 7, H. Her. P. 2 Eng., marshes, 



saliclna 17 . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1 C. G. H. . 1816 



suavis 18 . . Bed 7, H. Her. P. 1£ S. France 



sylvestris. . Purpsh. 7, H. Her. P. 2 Brit., marshes. 



crispa 19 . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 2 Siberia . 1816 



m simt 20 | Far V- 7 ' H - Her - R J * S P ain • ■ 1800 

 ne r5s°a21 } Pur P- 7. H. Her. P. f Egypt ■ -1796 



"rfc?22 1 Purp - 7 ' H - Her ' P ' ^ Ge ™ anv - ino 



tenuis . ! . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. 



villdsa. , Purp. 9, H. Her. P. 1 Brit., marshes. 



viridis23. .Purp. 8, H. Her. P. 2 Brit., marshes. 



crispa 24 . Purp. 7, H. Her. P. 1J . 1807 



Mentzelia, Linn. In honour of C. Mentzel, a 

 botanical author of Brandenburg. Linn. 12, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Loasacew. These curious 

 plants grow freely in a mixture of sandy loam 

 and peat ; and cuttings root freely in sand, 

 under a glass, in heat. 



aspera . . Yel. . . 7, F. A. 2 America . 1738 



hispida . TeL . . 4, S. Her. P. 1£ Peru . . 1831 



oligos- ) Yd .5 6. Her. P. 2 Louisiana . 1812 

 ierma J 



per] 

 stipitata'. Yel. 



. 10, H. Her. P. 2 Mexico 



M enyanthes, Linn. From men, a month, and 

 anthos, a flower ; alluding to the duration of 

 the flowers. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Gen- 

 tianaceas. Plants of the simplest culture.' M. 

 trifoliata is bitter, tonic, and febrifugal. Sy- 

 nonymes: 1, M. americana. See Vill&rsia. 



trifoliata . . White 7, H. Aq. P. 1 Brit., marshes, 

 americana 1 Pa. red 7, H. Aq P. 1 N. Amer. . 1818 



Menziesia, Smith. In honour of Archibald 

 Menzies, F.L.S., &e., surgeon and naturalist 

 to the expedition under Vancouver ; he col- 

 lected many specimens of plants on the north- 

 west coast of America, New Holland, Van 

 Diemen's Land, &c. Linn. 8, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 Ericdcece. A very ornamental genus of plants ; 

 for culture and propagation, see Azalea. Sy- 

 nonyme: 1, Erica Babaecia. 



ferrugfnea . Brown 5, H. De. S. i N. Amer. . 1811 

 globularis . Brown 5, H. De. S. | N. Amer. . 1806 

 polU61ia 1 . Purple 7, H. Ev. S. 2 Ireland, heaths. 



^p&reiT" I Dk.pur. H. Ev. S. 2 Ireland, heaths. 



fl&re-albo . White 6, H. Ev. S. 2 Ireland, heaths, 



latifdlia . Purple 7, H. Ev. S. 2 Ireland, heaths. 



longif61ia . Purple 7, H. Ev. S. li Ireland, heaths, 



nana . . Purple 7, H. Ev. S. | Ireland, heaths, 



pallida . . Purple 7, H. Ev. S. 14 Brit., heaths. 



Menziesia. See Phyll6doce. 



Me6schium. Linn. 23, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Gra- 

 minacece. A plant of no beauty. — barbatum. 



Merctjbialis, Linn. After Mercury, who is 

 said to have first discovered the plant. Linn. 

 22, Or. 8, Nat. Or. Euphorbiacex. Weeds of 

 the simplest culture. The juice of M. perinnis 

 is emetic, while the seed is purgative, and 

 highly dangerous — ambigua, dnnua, elliptica, 

 perinnis, tomentbsa. 



Mercury. See MercuriaXis. 



Merendera, Ramond. A name given to C61- 

 chieum by the Spaniards, and applied to this 

 genus because of its affinity. Linn. 6, Or. 3, 

 Nat. Or. Melant/iaeece. This species thrives 

 well in a light loamy soil, and is readily in- 

 creased by seeds, or offsets from the bulbs. 

 Synonymes : 1, Bulboebdium trigDwum, Colchi- 

 cum cauedsieum. See C6lchicum. 

 caucasica 1 . Purple 8, H. Bl. P. J Caucasus 1823 



MeriAna. In honour of Maria Sybylla Merian, 

 authoress of a work on insects. Linn. 10, Or. 

 1, Nat. Or. Hfelastomdceoe. This is a genus of 

 very beautiful stove plants, which grow freely 

 in sandy peat mixed with a little loam ; and 

 cuttings of the half-ripened wood root freely in* 

 sand, under a glass, in heat. Synonymes : 1, 

 M . macrdntha, Sehw&nnia suptrba, Chastencea, 

 longifilia. 



coceinea . . Scarlet . 6, S. Ev. S. 6 Jamaica . 1818 

 Karstenii 1 . Crimson 6, S. Ev. S. 6 Caraccas . 1842 

 leucahtha . White . 6, S. Ev. S. 6 Jamaica . 1825 

 macrahtha . Scarlet . 6, S. Ev. S. 5 Venezuela 

 purpurea . Purple . 6, S. Ev. S. 6 Jamaica . 1825 

 r&sea . . Rose . 6, S. Bv. S 6 Jamaica . 1825 



MeriAna. See Tocayena longiflbra. 



Meriandra. See Salvia. 



MERfsMA, Fries. From merismos, a division ; 

 because of the branched habit. Linn. 24, Or. 

 9, Nat. Or. Agaricacece. These plants are 

 found in woods and damp places — cristata, 

 fcelida, f. antkociphala, tuberosa. 



MlSRLE. See Merulius. 



MiSrsia. See Gillisia. 



Mertensia, Roth. In honour of F. C. Mertens, 

 professor of medicine at Bremen. Linn. 23, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Boragindcece. All the species 

 of this genus are highly esteemed by the lovers 

 of border plants for the brilliant colour of their 

 blossoms. M. maritime/, and parvifldra require 



