Miscellaneous. 



558 



[December, 1911. 



Manchineel 



... Hippomane 

 nella 



Manchi- Mericarps 



Mandar (Hind)... 

 Mandioca 

 Mangabeira rub- 

 ber 

 Mango 

 Mangosteen 

 Manicoba rubber 

 Manila hemp ... 

 Manila nut 

 Manioca 



Manipur tea 

 Manjib (Ind.) 

 Manna 



Manure, green 



Maragogipe 



Maravuli 

 Marble wood 

 Marcescent 



Marl 



Mast wood 



Masua 

 Mate 



Math (Ind.) 

 Matieo 

 Matikalai 

 Maund 



Mauritius grass.. 

 Mauritius hemp. 

 Mauritius pine ... 



Mealy bug 

 Medeloa 



Medium plucking 

 Medullary ray ... 



Megass 



Melegueta 



pepper 

 Membranous 



Mendel 



Mendelism 



Mentum 



Mercerising 



Erythrina indica 

 Manioca 



Hancornia speciosa 

 Mangifera indica 

 Garcinia, mangostana 

 Manihot 

 . Musa textilis 

 . Ground nut 

 . Tapioca, Manihot uti- 



lissima 

 , A variety of tea 

 . Rubia cordifolia 

 Dendrocalamus strictus 

 Plants grown between 

 the main crop and 

 cut or ploughed in 

 An upland Brazilian 



variety of coffee 

 Cassava 



Diospyros Kurzii 

 Withered but not fall- 

 ing 



. Soft chalky clay rock 

 . Galophyllum Inophyl- 



lum 

 . Lentil 



Tea of Ilex paraguay- 

 ensis 



. Pbaseolus aconitifolius 

 . Piper angustifoliuim 

 . Phaseolus Mungo 

 . 80 lbs. 

 Panicum muticum 

 Purcraea gigantea 

 A variety of the pine- 

 apple 



Scale-insects of the fa- 

 mily Dactylopiinse 

 Dalbergia assamiea 

 Taking bud and three 



leaves 



.. Ray of soft tissue run- 

 ning through the 

 wood of a stem 

 . Refuse after crushing 

 sugar cane 



Amomum Melegueta 



Like a membrane of 

 thin tissue 



Tbe author of the re- 

 searches upon which 

 recent progress in 

 breeding is based 



Study of breeding, etc 

 upon Mendelian lines 

 . Extension of foot of 



column in Orchids 

 . Treatment of cotton 

 with caustic soda to 

 give it silky appear- 

 ance. 



Mesoearp 



Mesophyll 

 Metabolism 



Met afiffi 

 Metamorphic . 



Metamorphosis 

 Meter, Metre . 



.. Portions into which 

 some fruits split up 

 without dropping 

 the seed 



. Intermediate layer of 



fruit wall 

 .. Central tissue of leaf 

 .. Chemical change of 



food, etc., within the 



plant 



.. A variety of Egyptian 

 cotton 



. Rocks that have under- 

 gone serious alter- 

 ation 



. Change of structure 

 ,. A measure of length, 

 39'37 inches 



Mexican rubber Castilloa elastica 

 Micro-organism A microscopic living 

 organism 

 ... Opening into a seed 

 ... A superficial fungus 



growth 

 ... Euphorbia tirucalli 

 .. A machine to test the 

 amount of fat in 

 milk 



... Panicum, Sorghum, etc. 

 ... One-thousandth of a 

 meter 



... Myriapoda with 3 pairs 

 of limbs on each joint 

 of the body (Centi- 

 pedes have only 1 

 pair) 



... Chilli 

 ... Pepper 

 ... Sweet-potato 

 , See Willis, Agriculture 

 in the Tropics, p. 

 132 



, The syrupy liquid left 

 after the crystalliza- 

 tion of sugar 

 . In one bundle 

 With one stamen 

 Like a row of beads 

 Ground-nut 



With male and female 

 flowers on the same 

 plant 



Micropyle 

 Mildew 



Milk bush 

 Milk tester 



Millet 

 Millimetre 



Millipede 



Mirchi 

 Miri 



Mita-alu 

 Mixed gardens 



Molasses 



Monadelphous , 

 Monandrous 

 Moniliform 

 Monkey nut 

 Monoecious 



Monochlamy- 

 deous 



Monocotyledon 



Monotypic 

 Mordant 



Morhun 

 Mosaic disease 



, With only calyx or 

 corolla, not both 



Plant with one Coty- 

 ledon 



, Genus with one species 

 , A substance causing a 

 dye to remain "fast" 

 First cutting of indigo 

 A disease of tobacco 

 of somewhat doubt- 

 ful origin and cause 



