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MÉRAT, V., 1836b. Nouvelle flore des environs de Paris suivant la méthode natturelle, avec
l'indication des vertus des plantes usitées en médicine. ed. 5. Vol. 1. Société Belge de Librairie, etc.,
Bruxelles. VIII + 388 pp. [Chara pp. 378-379: C. vulgaris, C. tomentosa, C. hispida, C. flexilis, C.
capillacea, C. batrachosperma, C. syncarpa, C. gracilis] [<strong>the</strong> identity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se taxa is not clear, as for
instance synonyms with C. vulgaris include C. fragilis but also C. scoparia; C. delicatula is a synonym
with C. gracilis; etc.]
MERCER, M.J. & MERCER, F.V., 1971. Studies on <strong>the</strong> comparative physiology <strong>of</strong> Chara corallina.
III. Nitrogen relations <strong>of</strong> internodal cell components during internodal cell expansion. Australian
Journal <strong>of</strong> Botany 19: 1-12, 6 figs. [C. corallina (is C. australis)]
MERIAUX, J.L., 1978. Etude analytique et comparative de la végétation aquatique d'étangs et marais
du nord de la France (Vallée de la Sensée et Bassin Houillier du Nord-Pas de Calais). Documents
Phytosociologiques N.S. 3. Cramer, Vaduz. 244 pp., 13 figs., 13 maps. [C. contraria, C. crassicaulis,
C. delicatula, C. globularis, C. hispida, C. major, C. polyacantha, C. vulgaris, N. flexilis, N. gracilis, N.
mucronata]
MERIAUX, J.L., 1980. Irradiation de l'association a Carex curta Good. (= Carex canescens Merct.) at
Agrostis canina L. dans le nord de la France. Colloques Phytosociologiques 7: 425-436.
[Charophycées in Caricetum fuscae-hypnetosum]
MERRIL, E.D. & WALKER, E.H.W., 1947. A botanical bibliography <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> islands <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pacific. A
subject index to Elmer D. Merrill's "A botanical bibliography <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> islands <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pacific" by E. H. Walker.
Contributions from <strong>the</strong> United States National Herbarium 30 (1). V + 404 pp. [<strong>Bibliography</strong>, index on
author, subject, regio and plant-family names] [Characea (Algae, Systematic, Chlorophyceae) p. 350]
MERRILL, E.D., 1918. Species Blancoanae. A critical revision <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philippine species <strong>of</strong> plants
described by Blanco and Llanos. Publication No. 12, Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Bureau <strong>of</strong> Science, Manila. 423 pp., 1 map. [<strong>Characeae</strong> pp. 39-40: Conferva littoralis Bl.
(Blanco 1837: 843, ed. 2 (1845): 582, ed. 3 3 (1879): 263) is Chara zeylanica; Chara congesta Llanos
(Fragm. Pl. Filip. (1851): 112, F.-Vill. et Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3 4 1 (1880): 92) non Spreng. is
Chara corallina (det A. Braun) probably also Chara zeylanica]
MERRILL, E.D., 1935. A commentary on Loureico's "Flora Cochinchinensis". Transactions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
American Philosophical Society, N.S. 24 (2): 1-403. [p. 50: Conferva dichotoma (non Linn.) Lour. Fl.
Cochinch. 690 (1790), ed. Willd 847 (1793) "The very short description applies to some species <strong>of</strong>
Chara or Nitella."]
MERTZ, P., 2000. Pflanzengesellschaften Mitteleuropa's und der Alpen. Erkennen-Bestimmen-
Bewerten. Ein Handbuch für die vegetationskundliche Praxis. ecomed verlagsgesellschaft,
Landsberg/Lech. 511 pp., 625 figs. (6 maps), 87 distribution maps. [Charetea fragilis pp. 249, 278, fig.
336: C. aspera, C. contraria, C. fragilis, C. hispida, C. strigosa, C. tomentosa, N. opaca; p. 280: C.
hispida in Potamogetonetum graminei]
MESSIKOMMER, E., 1927. Biologische Studien im Torfmoor von Robenhausen unter besonderer
Berücksichtigung der Algenvegetation. Dissertation Universität Zürich. VI + 171 pp., 1 map, 6 pl. [p.
112: N. syncarpa, C. aspera, C. foetida, C. fragilis, C. intermedia]
MESSIKOMMER, E., 1942. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Algenflora und Algenvegetation des
Hochgebirges um Davos. Beiträge zur geobotanischen Landesaufnahme der Schweiz. Heft 24. H.
Huber, Bern. 452 pp., 19 pl. (1 map). [C. contraria, C. aspera, C. fragilis]
MÉTRAUX, J.-P. & TAIZ, L., 1977. Cell wall extension in Nitella as influenced by acids and ions.
Proceedings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> National Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> U.S.A. 74: 1565-1569.
MÉTRAUX, J.-P. & TAIZ, L., 1978. Transverse viscoelastic extension in Nitella. I. Relationship to
growth rate. Plant Physiology 61: 131-135.
MÉTRAUX, J.-P. & TAIZ, L., 1979. Transverse viscoelastic extension in Nitella. II. Effects <strong>of</strong> acid
and ions. Plant Physiology 63: 657-659.
MÉTRAUX, J.-P., RICHMOND, P.A. & TAIZ, L., 1980. Control <strong>of</strong> cell elongation in Nitella by
endogenous cell wall pH gradients. Plant Physiology 65: 204-210.
MÉTRAUX, J.-P., 1982. Changes in cell wall polysaccharide composition <strong>of</strong> developing Nitella
internodes. Planta 155: 459-466.
MEYEN, F.J.F., 1836. Grundriss der Pflanzengeographie mit ausführlichen Untersuchungen über das
Vaterland, den Anbau und den Nutzen der vorzüglichsten Culturpflanzen, welche den Wohlstand der
Völker begründen. Haude und Spenersche Buchhandlung, Berlin. X + 478 pp., 1 pl. [p. 249: C.
vulgaris, C. hispida]
MEYEN, F.J.F., 1846. Outlines <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> geography <strong>of</strong> plants: with particular enquiries concerning <strong>the</strong>
native country, <strong>the</strong> culture and <strong>the</strong> uses <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> principal cultivated plants on which <strong>the</strong> prosperity <strong>of</strong>