116 A GARDEN FLORA 
METROSIDEROS. Myrtaceae. 
fM. diffusa. New Zealand. 
fM. lucida. New Zealand. 
Came from New Zealand as a small plant, and 
flowered here for the first time, in June, 1914. 
See The Gardeners Chronicle, June 27th, 1916. A 
small plant has spent the winter of 1915-16 in the 
open near the shelter of a south wall, and flowered 
in June, 1916. 
fM. robusta. New Zealand. 
Has not yet flowered, though it has grown in the 
Shrub House for some time, and is 7 feet in 
height. 
fM. tomentosa. New Zealand. 
MEUM, Baldmoney, Spignel. Umbelliferee. 
M. athamanticum. Europe. 
MICHEUA. Magnoliaceae. 
fM. fuscata. China. 
MICROGLOSSA. Composite. 
M. albescens. Himalaya. 
Syn. Amphiraphis albescens and Aster cabulicus. 
MIMULUS. Monkey Flower. Scrophulariacese. 
fM. glutinosus. California. 
Syn. Diplacus glutinosus. 
fM. glutinosus, var. coccineus. 
MISCANTHUS. Gramme®. 
M. gracillima. 
M. sinensis, var. zebrina. Japan, etc. 
Syn. Eulalia japonica, var. zebrina. 
MITRAR1A. Gesneracese. 
*M. coccinea. Chiloe. 
9 feet high by 16 feet wide. A shade-loving plant 
grown on a north wall, with the protection of trees 
behind it, for about 6 years. The soft shoots are 
sometimes frozen, but the shrub itself appears hardy, 
and flowers in July. 
