ADDITIONS 
Melica ciliata, LinnA 
Europe and Middle Asia. A perennial fodder grass, particularly 
desirable for sheep. 
Melicocca bijuga, LinnA 
Central America, on mountains. So many sapindaceous trees of 
the cupania series have been shown by my own experiments to 
be hardy here, that now also this important member of the 
series could be admitted into this list. The pulp of the fruit is 
of grape taste ; the seeds can be used like sweet chesnuts. 
Meriandra Abyssinica, F. v. M. M. Benghalensis , Benth. 
Abyssinia, on high mountains. A shrub of penetrating odour, 
utilized much like sage. 
Mesembryanthemum aeinaciforme, LinnA 
The Hottentot fig of South Africa. Under the same vernacular 
name is also comprised the distinct M. edule ( L .) Both together 
with our own M. cequilaterale (Haworth), which extends also 
widely along the American west coast, should be transferred into 
any of the most inhospitable desert regions, as they afford in 
the inner part of their fruit a really palatable and copious food. 
Milium effusum, Linne, 
English Millet grass. Europe, North and Middle Asia, North 
America. Perennial, suited for damp forest land particularly, 
the pastoral capabilities of which it enhances. On river banks 
it attains a height of six feet. It is relished by cattle. The 
seeds can be used like millet, the stems for the manufacture of 
superior straw hats. 
Mimosa rubicaiilis, Lamarck. 
India. A hedge-bush, almost inapproachable. It has proved 
hardy at the Botanic Garden of Melbourne. 
Monarda didyma, Linne. 
North America. A perennial odorous herb, producing the 
medicinal Osnego or Beebalm Tea. M. punctata {L.) is also of 
very strong scent, and so M. fistulosa ( L .) with several others. 
Monetia barlerioides, L’Heritier. 
South Africa. A hedge shrub. 
Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertner. 
The horse radish tree of India, abundant into the middle regions 
of the mountains. The long pods are edible ; the seeds are some- 
what almond-like and rich in oil. M. aptera (Gaertner) occurs 
from Abyssinia and Egypt to Arabia and Syria. 
