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MELILOTU S—MESPILU S. 
MELILOTUS. 1G—10. ( Leginninosat.) [From meli, honey, and lotus x a plant.] 
offtcina'lis, (yellow melilot-clover, y. J. fv>.) stem erect, branching; leafets 
lanceolate, oblong; spikes axillary, paniculate; legume 2-seeded, rugose; 
flowers in long yellow racemes. 
aV'ba,) (white melilot-clover, w. J. <v>.) stem erect; leafets variable, (oval, 
ovate, obovate, and oblanceolate,) mucronately serrulate; banner longer 
than the wings; racemes axillary, panicled; the longest raceme 6 to 10 
times as long as the longest leafei at its base ; legumes oval. 3-6 f. Prob¬ 
ably introduced, but now very common, and growing wild. 
MELISSA. 13—1. ( Labiata .) [From melissa, a bee, because it affords honey.] 
officinalis , (balm, w. b. Ju. A.) flowers whorled half-way round, sub-sessile ; 
bracts oblong, pediceiled ; leaves ovate, acute, serrate. Naturalized. 
MELQTHRIA. 19—15. (Cucurbit acem.) [From melon, fruit, and thrio7i i food.] 
pendvJla , (small creeping cucumber, y. J. ©.) leaves snb-reniform, lobed,and 
angled, slightly hispid; fruit oval,'smooth, pendulous. A slender vine, 
running over small shrubs and herbs on the banks of streams; stem hairy ; 
leaves petioled ; tendrils 5-6 inches high; flowers axillary; the sleril in 
small racemes, the fertile solitary. 
MENXSPEEMUM. 20—13. [From mena, the moon, and sperma, seed; seed crescent form.] 
canadcvJ'se , (moon-seed, y. Ju. AJ-.) leaves peltate, cordate, round-angular; ra¬ 
cemes compound; petals .S. 
MENTHA. 13—1. ( Labiatcb .) [From Minthe, the daughter of Cocytus, who is said to have 
been changed into this herb.] 
canaden"se , (w. p. An. flj-.) flowers whorled ; leaves lance-ovate, serrate, pe¬ 
tioled, hairy ; stamens as long as the corolla. Sandy soils. Stem 1 f. 
borea'lis , (w. p. J. A-) ascending, pubescent ; leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, 
acute at both ends ; flowers in whorls, stamens exsert, twice as long as the 
corolla. Horse-mint. 
piperi'ta , (peppermint, p. Au. flj..) spikes obtuse, interrupted below ; leaves 
sab-ovfte, somewhat glabrous, petioled ; stem glabrous at the base. Natu¬ 
ralized. 1-2 f. Ex. 
mr"idis , (spearmint, p. Au.) leaves lanceolate, sessile; spikes elongated, in¬ 
terrupted ; stamens long. 1-2 f. Ex. 
MENTZELIA. 11—1. ( Onagrce ..) [In honour of Dr. Mentzel.] 
au'rea, (y.) stem dichotomous; leaves lance-ovate, deeply angular-crenate ; 
flowers sessile ; petals oval, acuminate, entire ; plant rough. 12 i. • S'. 
IV1ENYANTHES. 5—3. ( Gentiancb .) [From mene, mouth, and anihos, flower.] 
trifo'liata , (buck-bean, r. J. %) leaves ternate, petioled, sheathing, smooth j 
flowers pale, in a terminal raceme. Marshes. 
MENZIESiA. 8—1. (Erica.) [Named by Smith, in honour of Menzies.] 
cozru'lia ?, (mountain-heath, Ju. To.) stem branched, woody below: leaves scat¬ 
tered, crowded, linear, toothed; peduncles terminal, aggregate, 1-flowered ; 
flowers bell shaped, 5-cleft, decandrous ; calyx very acute. An evergreen 
shrub, resembling the heath. White hills? N. H. and other cold, elevated 
regions. Flowers large, purple, on long, red peduncles. 
globu'laris, leaves lanceolate, glaucous beneath, nerves pubescent; calyx 4- 
cleft; flowers globose, octandrous. Mountains. Penn, to Car. Shrub. 
4 f. Flowers yellowish brown. i 
ferrugin"ea , leaves lance-obovate; flowers urceolate, octandrous. S. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 11—5. (Eicoidea.] [From mesembria, mid-day, and anthos. flow¬ 
er, so called because its flowers expand at noon.] 
cry stall'num, (ice plant, w. Au. ©.) branching; leaves alternate, ovate, papil¬ 
lose ; flowers sessile ; calyx broad-ovate, acute, retuse. Ex. 
MESPILUS. 11—5. (Rosacea.) 
germani'ea , (medlar, Ty) leaves lance-ovate, downy beneath ; flowers sessile, 
solitary. 
oxycan"tka : (English hawthorn.) 
