430 MONKEY APPLE 



Monkey apple (W.I.), Anona palustris L.; -bread, Adansonia digi- 

 tata L.; -flower, Mimulus luteus L.; -pot, Lecythis ; -puzzle, Arau- 

 caria imbricata Cav. 



Monkshood, Aconitntn. 



Monnieria L. Butaceae (i). 2 trop. S. Am. 



Monnina Ruiz et Pav. Polygalaceae. 75 Mexico to Chili. One of 

 the two cpls. is usu. rudimentary. Fr. indehiscent. 



Mono- (Gr. pref.), one; -carpellary, of i cpl.; -carpic, once-fruiting, 

 Agave, Corypha, &c.; -chasial cyme, one in which each successive 

 branch bears one branch upon itself, and of four types, bostryx, cin- 

 cinnus, drepaniiiin, rhipidtuui, q.v.; -Chlamydeous, with one whorl 

 of P; -clinous, hermaphrodite; -ecious, with i and ? fls. on the same 

 pi. ; -graph, a systematic account of a group ; -petalous, sympetalous ; 

 -podial branching, -podium, where the same growing point continues 

 in a straight line from year to year, and forms branches in regular 

 succession, Coniferae, Paris, Pot/ws; -spermous, one-seeded ; -sym- 

 metrical, zygomorphic ; -thecal, Malvaceae ; -tocous, fruiting once 

 only; -typic (genus), with one species. 



Monocarpia Miq. Anonaceae (i). 2 trop. As. 



Monocera Jack^Elaeocarpus Burm. p.p. (Elaeocarp.). 



Monocnaete Doell. Gramineae (n). i Brazil. 



Monocnaetum Naud. Melastomaceae (i). 30 W. trop. Am. A di- 

 morphous. The style, at first bent clown., moves slowly up till 

 horiz. 



Monochasma Maxim ex Franch. et Sav. Scroph. (in. 3). i Japan, 

 China. 



Monochilus Fisch. et Mey. Verbenaceae (i). i Brazil. 



Monochilus Wall, ex Lindl. =Zeuxine Lindl. (Orchid.). 



Monocnlamydeae (BH.). One of the chief divisions of Dicots. 



Monochoria C. Presl. Pontecleriaceae. 4 E. Afr. to Austr. 



Monococcus F. Muell. Phytolaccaceae. i Austr., New Caled. 



Monocosmia Fenzl. Portulacaceae. i Chili. 



Monocostus K. Schum. Zingiberaceae (n). i Peru. 



Monocotyledones. One of the two great divisions of Angiospermae. 

 Their classification is less difficult than that of the Dicotyledons, and 

 a comparison should be made of the ways in which it is done in the 

 various systems. 



On the origin of M., one of the great unsolved problems in 

 phylogeny, cf. Seward, Geological History, in Ann. of Bot. X, 1896, 

 p. 205 ; Miss Sargant, Theory of origin of M., in do. XVII, 1903, p. i, 

 and esp. review by Bancroft, in New Pkytol. 13, 1914, p. 285. 



Monodora Dun. Anonaceae (5). 10 trop. Afr., Madag. Berry with 

 woody epicarp. Seeds of M. Myristica Dun. sometimes used as 

 nutmegs. 



Monogramma Schk. Polypodiaceae. 15 trop. and subtrop. 



Monolena Triana. Melastomaceae (i). 4 trop. S. and C. Am. Cult, 

 orn. fl. 



Monolepis Schrad. Chenopodiaceae (A). 3 N. Am. 



Monolopia DC. Compositae (6). 5 Calif. 



Monomeria Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. t6). 2 Nepal, Burma. 



Monoon Miq.= Polyalthia Blume p.p. (Anon.). 



