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the air with fragrance ; on throwing fragments of the leaves into 

 water the oil is expelled with such force as to cause them to 

 jerk and twirl as if hy spontaneous motion. S. Molle is widely 

 diffused. It is found extending from Chili northward to Cali- 

 fornia, where it is called the Pepper Tree, its berries having the 

 taste of common hlack pepper. It has been introduced and is 

 now common in Italy and other parts of South Europe ; but 

 neither it nor the Lentisk is sufficiently hardy to live in the 

 open air in this country. 



Mat Grass. {See Marram.) 



Mats. — Cocoa-nut (see Cocoa-nut) ; Chinese and Indian (see 

 Cyperus) ; Garden or Eussian (see Lime Tree) ; Door {see Hemp). 



Matfe. {See Paraguay Tea.) 



Matico {Piper angustifolmm), better known as Arfanthe 

 elongata, a jointed shrub of the Pepper family (Piperacere), 

 native of Peru, It is an erect-growing species with lanceolate 

 rough leaves, which are used for stanching the bleeding of 

 wounds. It is known in South America by the name of Soldier's 

 Herb. 



Mawseed. {See Poppy, White.) 



May, a popular name for the flowers of Cmtcegus Oxyacan- 

 tha, {See Hawthorn.) 



May Apple {Podophyllum peltatum), also known by the 

 name of Duck's - foot, a perennial plant of the Buttercup 

 family (Eanunculacese), native of the United States ; abundant 

 in damp, shady woods. It has long, shield-like, lobed leaves and 

 white flowers; its fruit is egg-shaped in form, and about the 

 size of a smaU lemon ; the root and leaves of the plant are acrid 

 and poisonous, but the pulp of the fruit is less so, and contains 

 active medicinal qualities, being in repute as a substitute for 

 calomel. 



Meadow Saffron. {See Colchicum.) 



Medick, also called Lucerne {Medicago satwa), a perennial, 

 tall, slender, clover-like plant, considered to be a native of 

 England, but rare in a wild state. It is, however, extensively 

 cultivated as a cattle food. The Hop Medick {M. L%ipulina), so 



