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Lodoicea : after largest read simple fruit. 
Loxsoma Br. Hymenophyllaceae. i sp. N.Z., better placed in a 
separate order; cf. Filicineae, and Gwynne- Vaughan in Ann . Bot. 
xiv. 1901, p. 71. 
Luculia Sweet. Rubiaceae (1. 4). 2 sp. Himal. The fruit of L. gra- 
tissima Sweet is edible. 
Luisia Gaudich. Orchidaceae (31). 10 sp. trop. As., Jap. 
Lumnitzera Willd. Combretaceae. 2 sp. trop. Afr., As., Austr., in 
mangrove swamps (p. 19 1). 
Machilus Nees. Lauraceae (1). 15 sp. S. and E. As. Persea Linn, 
is sometimes merged in this genus. 
Macodes Lindl. Orchidaceae (4). 1 sp. Java. 
Magnoliaceae : add Benth. -Hooker add Trochodendraceae and include 
the order in Ranales. 
Marantaceae : add The leaves sleep at night and in dull or wet 
weather by bending upwards at the pulvini (p. 49). 
Marattiaceae : after large ferns, read with a rhizome or stout stem. 
And in classification, after Angiopteris read (sori of 10 — 20 spor- 
angia), Archangiopteris (sori linear, of 80 — 160 sporangia). 
Martinezia Ruiz et Pav. Palmae (IV. 7). 7 sp. trop. S. Am. 
Mascarenhasia A. DC. Apocynaceae (11. 4). 10 sp. Madag., E. Afr. 
M. elastica K. Sch. yields caoutchouc. 
Matonia Br. Cyatheaceae. 1 sp. Borneo and Mai. Penins., M. pec~ 
tinata Br. , an interesting survival of an ancient type, better placed 
in a separate family. Cf. Filicineae, and Seward in Phil. Trans . 
191. 
Melia : after M. Azedarach L., for Margosa read the bead-tree or Indian 
lilac. And add M. dubia Cav. (palaeotrop.) yields a valuable, very 
light, timber. 
Melicope Forst. Rutaceae (1). 12 sp. Indo-mal., Austr., N.Z. 
Melocanna Trin. Gramineae (xm). 1 sp. Ind. Exalbuminous (cf. 
Stapf in Nature , Apr., 1902, p. 548). 
Melodinus Forst. Apocynaceae (1. 1). 20 sp. Indo-mal., Polynes. 
Metachlamydeae = Sympetalae. 
Microlicia : after name of genus, insert D. Don. 
Milla Cav. Liliaceae (iv). 1 sp. Mex. 
Mimosa : add See Ewart in Ann . Bot. xi. 448 ; Neme5, Die Reiz- 
leitungund die reizleitenden Strukturen bei den Pflanzen , Jena, 1901. 
Mitrephora Hook. f. et Thoms. Anonaceae (v). 20 sp. trop. As. 
Mollinedia Ruiz, et Pav. Monimiaceae. 30 sp. Am., Austr. 
Montanoa Cerv. Compositae (v). 20 sp. trop. Am. 
Montrichardia Crueg. Araceae (iv). 3 sp. trop. Am. 
Mouriria Juss. Melastomaceae (in). 40 sp. trop. Am. 
Mucuna : add M.pruriens DC. is the cowage or cowitch, a var. of which 
is the Florida velvet bean, a useful fodder. 
Myricales (Engler), a cohort lately separated from Juglandales, con- 
taining the order Myricaceae. 
