. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). MASSONIA THE BULB BOOK MEDEOLA segments of which are mottled with brown and tipped with Fia. 250.—Marica Northiana. M. paludosa (Cipura paliidosa).-;-A native of Tropical America, having roundish corms, narrow plaited leaves 1 to 1^ ft. long, and lilac flowers, the inner segments of which have one or two yellow bl
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). MASSONIA THE BULB BOOK MEDEOLA segments of which are mottled with brown and tipped with Fia. 250.—Marica Northiana. M. paludosa (Cipura paliidosa).-;-A native of Tropical America, having roundish corms, narrow plaited leaves 1 to 1^ ft. long, and lilac flowers, the inner segments of which have one or two yellow blotches near the base. (Bot. Mag. t. 646.) MASSONIA (after F. Masson (1741- 1805), a botanical traveller in S. Africa). Nat. Ord. Liliacese.—This genus contains about twenty-five species of small bulbous plants all natives of S. Africa. The numerous white or greenish and almost stalk- less flowers are borne in umbel-like clusters between the two almost opposite leaves, the flower-stem being either very short or altogether absent. Like most of the Cape bulbous plants the Massonias flourish in a gritty compost of loam with a little peat and leaf-soil, and may be grown in a greenhouse, or frame, or in the open border in sheltered situations during the summer. They are of no great beauty or value as garden plants, and are confined chiefly to botanical collections. Some of the best-known kinds are:— M. amygdalina, with oval leaves and almond-scented flowers. M. angustifolia, with lance-shaped pointed leaves. (Bot. Mag. t. 736.) M. Candida, with round smooth fleshy leaves. {Bot. Reg. t. 694.) M. jasminlflora. — Leaves two, spreading on the ground, and umbels of white green-tipped flowers. {Bot. Mag. t. 7465.) M. muricata, with roundish heart- shaped, fleshy leaves. {Bot. Mag. t. 559.) M. pustulata, having smooth, oval, rounded, fleshy leaves, sometimes three instead of the usual two, heavily covered with whitish pustules. {Bot. Mag. t. 642.) M. sanguinea, with roundish, heart-
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