114 A GARDEN FLORA 
MARSDENIA. Asclepiadacese. 
*M. erecta. S.E. Europe and Asia Minor. 
MAURANDIA. Scrophulariacese. 
|M. scandens. Mexico. 
MAYTENUS. Celastracese. 
M. Boaria. Chile. 
fM. ilicifolia. Brazil. 
Flowers in a cool shrub house. 
MEDICAGO. Leguminosse. 
*M. arborea. Moon Trefoil. S. Europe. 
MELALEUCA. Myrtacese. 
*M. ericifolia. Australia. 
Melaleucas will grow with us in a sheltered position, 
if protected with mats in winter ; but they never 
look really happy, even though two specimens have 
survived four or five mild winters, and are now 10 
feet high. 
fM. hypericilolia. Australia. 
Will grow only in a cool house. 
fM. sp. 
MELIA. Meliaceae. 
*M. Azedarach. India, China. 
* „ var. floribunda. 
*M. japonica. Japan. 
MELIANTHUS. Sapindacese. 
*M. major. S. Africa. 
This has been planted in the Quarry for four 
years, and needs a covering of ashes in winter. 
Frost cuts the old branches to the level of the ground, 
but new shoots spring from the base in May. 
