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MONTANA 



MOR^A 



is being attempted in Flathead valley, a large north- 

 western valley, with the best results. The rancfe of 

 varieties is fully as wide as that of the Bitter Root, and 

 a-! the altitude is about 400 feet less it is to be expected 

 that fully as good results will eventually be attained. 



Some difficulty is experienced from frosts in, the Flat- 

 head country, but as the heavy growth of deciduous and 

 conifer timber, which covers the majority of the bench 

 lands in this region, is exit off, no doubt the increased 

 circulation of air will prevent serious loss to fruit from 

 frost. Among other valleys achieving marked success 

 in fruit and vegetable culture, are those of the Uallatin, 

 Yellowstone, Upper and Lower Missouri, Clark's Fork 

 of the Yellowstone, the Judith, Milk, Marias, Teton, 

 Madison and Jefferson, In these valleys the better 

 apples, cherries and plums are readily grown, and it is 

 safe to say there are not 100 acres of farm lands in the 

 state where, if the planter will avoid alkali soil and set 

 trees with reference to the possibility of irrigating them, 

 the Transcendunt and Hyslop crabs, and the hardier 

 of the standard apples, together with the small fruits, 

 cannot be successfully grown. <^ ]\f_ Emery. 



MONTBKilTIA. See Tritonia. 

 MONTEEEY CYPKESS. Cnpressas mac, 



:nrpa. 



M6NTIA (Guiseppe Monti, professor of botany at Co- 

 logne in the first half of the eighteenth century). Por- 

 tiilacdcece. About 18 species of American herbs, includ- 

 ing the Winter Purslane, a salad or pot-herb known to 

 the European trade as Clcri/fonia perfoliufa. This odd 

 plant is perhaps cult, in America by a few fanciers of 

 rarer kinds of vegetables. In hot countries it may be 

 more desirable. It is an annual plant forming a com- 

 pact tuft about 9-12 in. high. The Ivs. are all from the 

 root, tender, thick, fleshy, with a slender petiole about 

 2 in. long, and a blade about }4 iu. long, which varies 

 from lanceolate to rotund. The most remarkable feature 

 is a sort of cup an inch or inore in diameter, from which 

 arise the racemes of small white fls. One of these cups 

 crowns each of the stems, which are numerous, slender, 

 leafless, and about twice as long as the Ivs. The name 

 "perfoliata" is suggested by the resemblance of the cup 

 to a perfoliate leaf. In 31. perfoUata the cup is usually 

 2-lobed, and the species runs into M. parvi flora, which 

 rarely has the cup transfonued iuto two almost dis- 

 joined Ivs. The Winter Purslane is now a weed in many 

 parts of the world. The seed may be sown all through 

 spring and summer where the plants are to stand. 



Montia cannot be distinguished from Claytoniaby any 

 one character, but the cultivated plants of both genera 

 have been sufficiently discriminated here and under 

 Claytonia. The latest monograph is by B. L. Robinson 

 in Syn. Flo. N. Amer., Vol. I^ part I, fasc. II (1807). 



A. Stems iciflwut true Ivs. 

 H. Pedicels short, seldom exceediuf) the fniitiiuj calyx. 



perfollita, Howell (Glaytdnia pcrfolidta, Don). Win- 

 ter, Purslane. Rather coarse, green, often reddening 

 with age. Banks of streams, Calif, to Ariz, and Blex., 

 north to Brit. Col. ; common near Pacific coast. It grows 

 wild in Cuba but is not native there, as often stated. 

 B.M. 1336. R.H. 1897, p, 159. 



BE. Pedicels in fruit 2-6 Unvs toyig, much Jaiu/er than 

 the cal>/x. 



parvifldra, How^ell {Clai/tdnla parvifldra, Dougl.). 

 More slender, green or slightly glaucous. Calif, to Brit. 

 Col., east to Idaho and Utah. 



AA. Stems with numcrons- sn/atl aJtcmalc Irs. 



parvifdlia, Greene {Claytonia. par ri folia, Moc). Pis. 

 rose-color to white. Plant has l)ulblet-like offsets. 

 Moist rocks, Brit. Col. to Rockies in Mont, and Alaska. 

 This and the preceding one have been advertised, but 

 have little if any ornamental value. w -\i 



MOON DAISY. Name used m England fi.r Chriisa),^ 

 Ihonnm fjcucanthcimnn. 



MOONFLOWER in \mv:vv. 

 !inna-Nox and r(datod si,(M-i( 

 if ever, means this, but C'hry^: 

 our common white weed or ( 



always means Iponicea 

 ; in JEngland it rarely, 



olhrmain Lrurn nlhv nni ni. 



-rvi' daisy. ?Jui .nllMwor 



in England also means occasionally Ayionoyie nenwrosa 

 and Stellaria Hoiostea. 



MOONSEED. Menispermum Canadense. 



MOONWORT. notrychium.; also Lunar ia. 



MOOSEWOOD. Dirca paliisfris and Acer Pennsyl- 

 van icnm. 



'M.O'RMA. (probably named after Robert More, botanist, 

 Shrewsbury, Eng. ) . Morieas are charming bulbou8 

 plants much like Irises, but unfortunately they are not so 

 hardy as the common Irises and the individual fls. last 

 only a day or so. Morsea is a genus of about 00 species, 

 45 of which are S. African, while the rest are chiefly 

 from tropical Africa. Monea is the African representa- 

 tive of Iris. No one character will separate the two 

 genera. Mor^eas have no perianth tube, while Irises 

 iisually have one. The filaments are usually monadel- 

 phous in Morsea and free in Iris. Irises grow either from 

 rhizomes or bulbs, while Moreeas mostly grow from 

 corms, except the subgenus Dietes, which grows from a 

 rhizome. Most of the showiest Mor^eas belong to the 

 subgenus known as Morfea proper. Species 7-13, de- 

 scribed below, belong to this group. There is another 

 subgenus which differs from it in having the ovary ex- 

 tended into a long beak which looks like a perianth tube, 

 but none of this group is cult. The Moraeas proper are 

 about as tender as other Cape bulbs. The amateur may 

 find some suggestions as to their culture under PuUjs, 

 Iris and Jxia. 



By far the largest and most remarkable plant of the 

 genus is Morcca Rohinsoniana. This grows 0-8 ft. high 

 and has the habit of the New Zealand tlax, Phormium 

 trnax. A splendid specimen mentioned in B.M. 7212 

 bore 457 flowers between June 20 and Oct. 1. The indi- 

 vidual fls. are 4 in. across, fragrant and last only a day. 

 At Kew this noble plant has been successfully grown in 

 the south end of a house. The stately plant pictured in 

 CF. 10:255 grew in a Californian eardenand was said to 

 be 10 years old from seed. The finest picture, however, 

 is that in G.F. 4:355. 



INDEX. 



bicolor, .S. juncea, 11. Robinsoniana, 1. 



Dietes, 10. longit'uliu, 0. spjithacea. 10. 



edulis, 9. lutea, 4. tricuspid, 4, 0. 



limbriata, 8. papilionaeea, 7. tristis, 12. 



i^UuU'opis, 5. Pavonia, 4. villosa, 4. 



iridioides. 2. polyanthos, i:!. 



A. Rootstoclc a short creeping rhizome. 

 {Subgenus Dietes). 

 B. Color of fls. chiefly ichite. 



c. Height of plants G-S ft 1. Robinsoniana 



CO. Height of plants 1-2 ft 2. iridioides 



BB. Color of fls. chiefly yeUon^ 3. bicolor 



AA. Ji'ootsfock a tnnicated corm. 



B. Inner segments i neons pic u on s. 

 (Sithgenns Vieusseuxia). 

 c. Color of fls. chiefly orange- 

 red 4. Pavonia 



00. Color of fls. chiefly whih-. 



D. Spots blue 5. glaucopis 



DD. Spots brown 0. tricuspia 



BB. Inner segments conspicnous. 

 c. Height of stems 1~S in. 



D. Los. hairy all over 7. papilionaeea 



DD. Lvs.ha try only at the edges. 8. limbriata 

 CO . Heigh t of ste m s in ore I lia n 

 3 in. 

 D. Stems provided- iri/h 1 long 

 ir/ryleaf.jasf tn'loiv the 



i nfloresee/nce 0. edulis 



DD. S/rms vol so provided. 



F,. F/s. usiially 1 or 2 on 



" ■'<tii» 10. spathacea 



EE. Pis. loosehi cnninihnsc. 

 fls. small'. 

 V. x^palhrs '.;-■■, in. 



l''i>g U. juncea 



FF. Spa t h r s 1 ,'/. in. 



long V2. tristia 



13. polyanthos 



