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MEDINILLA scortichini (Java), vet ieee pointed leaves 
i ink center vein; salmon pin ower clusters 
ee ie ‘ WTLFM #555 
MEDINILLA venosa (Moluccas), dwarf plant with graceful 
oblong brownish leaves with velvet sheen, lengthwise veins 
prominently green; purple reverse; flowers flesh-colored 
WTHFM #556 
MIMOSA pudica (Brazil), Sensitive Plant; when the pinnate 
foliage is touched, the petiole falls and the leaflets close 
WALBM #557 
MONSTERA acumineta (Central America), Shingle Plant, un- 
equal-sided oblong pointed leaves; irregularly perforated 
when mature, clinging close to their support WALFM #558 
MONSTERA deliciosa ( (So. Mexico), Ceriman; climber with 
large leaves pinnately cut and perforated with large holes; 
its juvenile form is known commercially as Philodendron 
pertusum WALFM 558A 
MONSTERA dubia (Mexico), heavy hard leaf with occasional 
perforations and cuts, later pinnatifid WTHFN 558B 
MONSTERA friedrichsthalii (Costa Rica), oblong-ovate leaf of 
medium size with many oblong perforations in mature leaf; 
wavy edges WTLFM #559 
MONSTERA nechodomi (Puerto Rico), foliage pinnatifid with 
tiny holes scattered along midrib in mature leaves 
. WALFM #560 
MONSTERA perforoides (Costa Rica), mountain species with 
hard, grayish-green perforated leaves; prominent veins pale 
green IPLFM 560A 
MONSTERA pertusa (Guiana, Panama), unequal sided, oval- 
pointed leaf, irregularly cut and perforated; soft texture 
WTLFM #561 
MONSTERA pittieri (Costa Rica), climber with small, perfo- 
rated leaves, fresh-green with satin sheen WTHSN 561A 
MUEHLENBECKIA complexa (New Zealand), Maiden Hair 
Vine; twining, wiry stems with tiny round leaves 
WAHFM #562 
MUEHLENBECKIA platyclados (Solomon Islands), Tapeworm 
Plant; odd, flat, ribbon-like stems replacing the leaves 
WALBM #563 
MURRAEA exotica (India, Malaya), Orange Jessamine, shrub 
with glossy green foliage and sweetly fragrant white flowers 
WPLBM 563A 
MUSA cavendishi (So. China), Chinese dwarf banana, broad- 
leaved WPLBN #564 
MUSA paradisiaca fol. variegata (Hawaii), the light green 
leaves are beautifully variegated white WTHFM 564A 
MUSA poradisiaca sapientum (India), Bluefield Banana; slen- 
der plant which will produce yellow fruit WPHBM 564B 
MUSA sumatrana (Sumatra), Blood Banana; slender plant with 
narrow fresh-green leaves richly variegated blood-red 
WTHEN #565 
MUSA velutina (Assam), a slender banana with pink stem and 
petioles, and small red velvety fruit WPHBM 565A 
MYRSINE africana (Arabia), small bush with tiny evergreen, 
toothed leaves; appearance similar to boxwood but more 
graceful WPLBM #566 
MYRTUS communis (Mediterranean), Greek Myrtle of the 
Classics, evergreen foliage strongly scented IPLBD #567 
MYRTUS communis microphylla (Mediterranean), German 
Myrtle, tiny, scented leaves IPLBD #568 
NAEGELIA (Smithiantha) cinnabarina (Mexico), beautiful 
rounded cordate leaf covered with fine blood-red felt; stems 
purplish red; flowers red spotted white WTHSM 568A 
NEANTHE bella (Guatemala), a little Palm definitely more 
dwarf than Chamaedorea elegans; deep green fronds with 
narrow leaf segments WALFN 568B 
NEPENTHES 569 to 582, see page 41 
NEPHROLEPIS cordifolia tesselata (Japan to New Zealand), 
Lacefern; finely bi-pinnate emerald green leaves of leathery 
texture; black stems, compact habit WALFM 583 
NEPHROLEPIS duffii (South Seas), small fern with pearl-like 
leaflets densely growing upright WALFM #585 
NEPHROLEPIS exalt. bostoniensis compacta (Tropics) , compact 
Boston Fern, an old houseplant IPLFM #586 
NEPHROLEPIS exaltata hillii, strong grower with long wavy 
fronds ruffled and plumy IPLFM 587 
NEPHROLEPIS exalt. massii, similar to the old Piersoni or Bos- 
ton Fern but better grower IPLFM #588 
NEPHROLEPIS exalt. Roosevelt plumosus; long fronds with 
broad wavy segments WALFM 589 
NEPHROLEPIS exaltata elegantissima Trevillian (hort.) ; feath- 
ered similar to whitmanni but grows more upright and sturdy 
WALFM 590 
