n. lin^atum, Dakrr (.)/. .1 »,./„■,-,■, var. U„.,„l,;h„„ 

 lioiss ). Lvs. .! hiu's wide: niceiije ovati'. Asia iMiii,,r — 

 AcM-orJmif to Index Kewensi.s this is u good s|)Hcies, but 



JU SCAM 



1041 



1433. Muscari comosum. var. monstrosum. 



(Aaapte.i fruiu ).i;iiMpniii-. • 



i>; the 



Ar- 



-T. N. Gerard says the plant sol.] ini(it*r tliis nanio 

 same as II}jaclnthns azmens. 



7. parad6xum, C. Koch. Lvs. ;l, '.>-^4 in. wi<l< 

 nii^niu. 



H. cbnicum, Baker. Lvs, al>out 6. narrower; fl^.vjolrt- 

 hlue. Habitat uuknown. (-Jti. 51:110(3 (M- — Van 1'ii- 

 hi-rgent says tis. black-blue. 



!"i. micrinthum, Baker. Fls. hri^-ht vioh^t. TTahitat 

 uiikiiown. 



10. Szovitsianum, Raker. Fls. bright hlue, considrr- 

 ahiy larger {}q in. across, but only 1-12 in. acros,-; in 

 M. micranthum). Persia, Caucasus. B.M. tJ855. 



n, pollens, Fisoh. Lvs. numerous, tiliform: scape o-n 

 in. long: raceme 12-20-t1il. : lis, wliiti- or iirarly su. {'-aw- 

 casus, Iberia. 



12. racemosum, Mill. Lvs.r)-n,5-6 in. long. l-Pj lines 

 thick: Us. odorous, dark Ijlue. Mediterranean, < 'aiicasiis. 

 L.M. 122 {as Hyacinihiis r(tcei)n>.'<>is].— Va.Ys. cariieinn 

 and grandiflorum prcccox are oli'ered. 



13. latifolium, J. Kirk. Lvs. always s^olitary. ^ i-l in. 

 wide : sterile lis. (J-10, much paler Than The Mfhers. 

 Phrygia. 



14. negl^ctam, Guss. Lvs. numerous, 9-12 in. long. 

 1}4~2 lines thick: Hs. odorous, dark blue. Mediterranean 

 region. Gn. 20:453. — This differs frona 21. co)Hmutatnm 

 and M. poUjanthum in having the segments of the peri- 

 anth triangular and refiexed. M. negJectinn mulfiflorum 

 and M. ner/lecfum Athnifinim are trade names. See 

 supplementary list under M. Atlaniicum. 



1.1. commutatum, Guss. Lvs. 5-6, 5-6 in. long. lS-2 

 lines wide: lis. odorless, dark blue; segments very short, 

 not recurved. Sicily.— Krelage advertises vars atro- 



III'. ptini,,>s,im,pI„mox:ii,i monxt rnsum , 



olii,;inii. It i, a|i|,art'nt lljut he re^jai'il-i 



i'^ loriiis as varieties ot J/, rininini- 



II.. polyanthum, Boiss. Lvs. 2-:; lint-s wide Difl-.-i-s 

 fn.ni .1/. i,,,il,rhn„ and r.,„n„ „l„l n ,„ in havinK i"ii-rr 

 rH-d]r,ds and file rapsulr a lialt snialh,r, not more than 

 ,; Inirs wide. 



17. compactum, Baker. Desrriheil only as llfilri/rniiims 

 eoiiijxi.his ill an ohsenre work, wliiidi' states that the 

 tIs. aiv iiearl.v Idark. with whitisli te.-th which are senii- 

 orhi.-ukir, ohtnse, sproadiiiK-reeurved. Baker idae.s 



M. r,,i„ii,lrflliil ne.xt lo .1/. (•..,„,„„/„/„,„, j„ ^^,j^^. ,jf ||,,, 



fact that tlie ori;,'inal di-srription savs the tis are ■.!,(.- 

 vate. Baker adds that this J/, r,.,,,),,,,'/ „ „i is tin- )/ 

 »i.V/' '■'"'" of soni,. aiilliors in part. The ]dant in the 

 trade as J/, i-.n,, i„irl ,i m iiiav he a vtinetv cif some eciniiion 

 ■species, since Van Tuhergeu says the Hs. are pale blue. 



M A i-fim, little known Imtanic-dly, is .said to he extra goo.l 

 In the trade, JI. Atlanti,-ani is kivi-ii a.s a synonym. iSaker s.-ud 

 he could not distiiiKuish .\1. Allaiitiiami from M. neglectnni — 

 M. Allaittiniiii. Consult the precedinK entry, M Argad— d/ 

 azumnii. Hort., is sai.i hy Van TuberKcn t.i be the same /is 

 Hyacinthus azureus, \yhich in turn is referred to H. ciliatus hy 

 Index Kewensis. (tu. :!ti:7l::. Van Tuher£fii also advertises 

 v,ir. arnpliiholis (M. Freynianuni).-d/. J/o(,/i///i is ollVred hv 

 V^an Tultergen. x,. ,, ' 



MUSfiNITJM (a name for fennel, another plant of this 

 family). IJinbellifi-nr . 'Jdirpe spni-ios of resinous ]„.|-- 

 ennial herbs in middle and western North Aiiico-ica. 

 stemless ,ir branchius, decumbent or ascondiiiL.', :J-IL' in! 

 high. Lvs. pinnately decoinponnd : ris, yellow or ubilo, 

 in compound umbeks: fr. ovate or oNate-oblon:;: ribs .',! 

 filiform, .slightly prominent, wifli l; .m- :j oil-tnires in iho 

 intervals, ronlter and Rose. K. -vision .if North ..\m..ri- 

 can f'mbellifera-, 1&8S. 



trachyspermmn, Niitt. (J/. (7/rr,c,c,)/„„n-ar. Hi>i'ik,-ri. 

 Torr. i; (Tray), necumhent : lvs., except the radicak 

 opposite, bipiniiatifid: Hs.yello\v: fr. scabrous. Spring. 

 ^Saskatchewan to the Upper :Missoiiri, the Platte, and 

 S, W, Jlontana,— Procurable from dealers in western 

 native plants. 



MUSHROOM. While the w.jrd Mnshr....in is n..w 

 often used as a general term for a large nuiiilier of the 

 highi-r fungi, chieHy those belonging "to the Agaricini, 

 it is by some limited to the comiuon edible species in 

 cultivation and which also grows spontaneously iu 



H39. Muscari botryoides (X '-3). 



lawns, pasttires, etc. By others the word is employed 

 for all edible species, while toadstool is employed" i.i 

 designate poisonous species; such persons usually 

 make an incorrect application of these terms to many 

 of the plants. The word is probably derived fr.itn the 



