MONIZIA 429 



Momisia F. G. Dietr. = Celtis Tourn. p.p. (Ulm.). 



Momordica (Tourn.) L. Cucurbitaceae (3). 25 palaeotrop. 



Monachanthus Lindl.=Catasetum Rich. (Orchid.). 



Monachochlamys Baker. Acanthaceae (n). i Madag. 



Monachosorum Kunze. Polypodiaceae. 2 E. warm As. 



Monachyron Parl. ( Tricholaena p.p.). Gramineae (5). i Cape Verde Is. 



Monactinocephalus Klatt (Inula p.p. EP.). Compositae (4). i S. Afr. 



Monactis H. B. et K. Compositae (5). 2 trop. S. Am. 



Monadelphanthus Karet (Capirona p.p. EP.}. Rubi. (i. 4). i Co- 

 lombia. 



Monadelphous (A), concrescent in one bundle. 



Monadenia Lindl. (Disa p.p. BH.}. Orchidaceae (n. i). 12 Cape Col. 



Monadeniuin Pax. Euphorbiaceae (A. n. 8). 5 trop. Afr. 



Monandrous, with one sta. 



Monanthes Haw. Crassulaceae. 3 Morocco, Canaries. Cult. orn. pi. 



Monanthochloe Engelm. Gramineae (10). i S. U.S. and Argentina. 



Monanthotaxis Baill. Anonaceae (i). i Congo. 



Monarda L. Labiatae (vi). 20 N. Am. Sta. 2. Fl. protandrous, 

 visited by bees (and humming-birds in the red sp.). The 1. of some 

 are used medicinally in the form of tea (Oswego-tea). 



Monardella Benth. Labiatae (vi). 25 W. N.Am. 



Monarrhenus Cass. Compositae (4). 3 Madagascar, Mascarene Is. 



Monarthrocarpus Merrill (Desmodium p.p.). Leguminosae (in. 7). 

 i Phil. Is. 



Monechma Hochst. (Justida p.p.). Acanthaceae (iv. B). 50 trop. Afr. 



Monelasum Van Tiegh. = Ouratea Aubl. (Ochn.). 



Monelytrum Hack. Gramineae (3). i S.W. Afr. 



Monenteles Labill. = Pterocaulon Ell. (Comp.). 



Monerma Beauv. (Psilurus p.p. BH.). Gramineae (12). 3 warm |%. 



Moneses Salisb. (Pyrola p.p.). Pyrolaceae. i boreal and arctic. 



Money wort, Lysimachia Nitinmularia L. ; Cornish. - -, Sibthorpia 

 enropaca L. 



Moniliform, like a row of beads. 



Monimia Thou. Monimiaceae. 3 Madag. , Mascarenes. 



Monimiaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Ranales ; Micrembryae 

 BH.). 30 gen., 200 sp., chiefly S. trop., and esp. in the ' oceanic ' 

 floral regions (Madag., Austr., Polynes.). Shrubs and trees, with 

 leathery evergr. 1., often resiniferous with aromatic scent, usu. opp., 

 exstip. Fls. sol. or in cymes., perigynous, commonly unisexual, reg.; 

 often the two sexes differ in the hollowing of the axis. Frequently 

 the bud opens by throwing off the outer ends of the P-leaves as a sort 

 of lid. P 4 oo , simple, or o ; A oo or few, the anthers intr. or extr. , 

 opening by slits or valves ; G. usu. oo , sometimes few or i, each with 

 I usu. basal erect anatr. ovule. Fr. of achenes, often enclosed in 

 or borne on a fleshy recept. Embryo straight, in copious endosp. 

 The fam. forms a connecting link between Lauraceae and the other 

 Ranales, being closely allied on one side to L. , on the other to Caly- 

 canthaceae. Chief genera: Hedycaria, Peumus, Ta;i,bourissa, Laurelia. 



Monixus Finet (Angraecum p.p.). Orchid, (n. 20). 8 trop. Afr., 

 Madag. 



Monizia Lowe = Thapsia L. (.S^y.^Melanoselinum Hoffm. 



