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Montia Mich, ex L. Portulacaceae. i cosmop. M.fontana L. (blinks), 

 an annual herb, usu. in wet places, with small cymes of fls. In bad 

 weather or when submerged they become cleistogamic. The stalk 

 moves like that of Claytonia, and the fr. explodes in the same way. 

 Eaten as salad. [Am. authors incl. Claytonia p.p.] 



Montinia Thunb. Saxifragaceae (v). i S. Afr. 



Montiopsis O. Ktze. Portulacaceae. i Bolivia. 



Montolivaea Reichb. f. (Habenaria p.p.). Orchid, (n. i). i Abyssinia. 



Montrichardia Crueg. Araceae (iv). i trop. S. Am., W.I. 



Montrouziera Planch, ex Planch, et Triana. Guttif. (v). 3 New Caled. 



Monttea C. Gay. Scrophulariaceae (n. 6). 3 Chili. 



Moonia Arn. (Chrysogonum p.p. />'//.). Compositae (5). 5 Indomal. 



Moonseed, Mentspermum ; -wort, Botrychntm. 



Moorea Lemaire (Cortaderia p.p.). Gramineae (10). 58. Am. 



Moorea (Neomoorea] Rolfe. Orchidaceae (II. 13). i S. Am. 



Moquilea Aubl. Rosaceae (vi). 20 S. and C. Am. Some apet. 



Moquinia DC. Compositae (12). 10 S. Am. Dioecious shrubs. 



Mora Schomb. ex Benth. = Dimorphandra Schott (Legum.). 



Moraceae (EP.; Urticaceae p.p. BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. Urticales). 

 55 gen., 800 sp., trop. and subtrop., a few temp. Most are trees or 

 shrubs with stip. 1., and with latex. [See Ficus, Cecropia, Madura, 

 Humulus.] Infl. cymose, usu. in the form of (pseudo-) racemes, 

 spikes, umbels or heads (cf. Urticaceae, and paper there cited). Fls. 

 unisexual. P usu. 4 or (4), persistent; A in <? =1. and opp. to P, 

 bent inwards or straight in the bud, not exploding like those of 

 Urticaceae; G in ? of (2) cpls. of which one is usu. aborted all but 

 the style; ovary i-loc. sup. to inf.; ovule i, pend., with micropyle 

 facing upwards, or rarely basal and erect. Fr. an achene or drupe- 

 like; but commonly a multiple fr. arises by union of the frs. of different 

 fls., often complicated by addition of the fleshy common recept. (see 

 Morus, Ficus, Artocarpus). Seed with or without endosp.; embryo 

 usu. curved. Many yield useful fruits, e.g. Morus, Artocarpus, Ficus, 

 Brosimum, &c. ; other important economic plants are Broussonetia 

 (paper), Castilloa (rubber), Brosimum (milk), Ficus (caoutchouc, lac, 

 timber, &c.), Cannabis (hemp, ganja), Humulus (hop) and others. 

 Classification and chief genera (after Engler) : 

 I. MOROIDEAE (sta. incurved in bud ; ovule apical, ana- 

 or amphi-tr.; 1. folded in bud; stipules small and not 

 leaving an ainplexicaul scar on falling) : Morus, Maclura, 

 Broussonetia, Dorstenia. 



II. ARTOCARPOWEAE (sta. straight; ovule as in L; 1. 

 convolute ; stipules leaving an amplexicaul scar) : Arto- 

 carpus, Castilloa, Antiaris, Brosimum, Ficus. 



III. CONOCEPHALOIDEAE (sta. straight; ovule at base 



or apex, orthotr. or slightly curved; 1. &c., as in II.) : 

 Cecropia. 



IV. CANNABOIDEAE (sta. short and straight; ovule apical, 



anatr. ; achene ; endosp.; herbs with free stipules): Humu- 

 lus, Cannabis. 



Moraea Mill, ex L. Iridaceae (it). 60 Afr., Austr. The outer inte- 

 gument of the ovule becomes fleshy as it ripens. Cult. orn. fl. 



