196 NAMES OF PLANTS. 



*micran'tha ; small-flowered. 



milita'ris; military, the Military Orchis, on account of 

 some resemblance in the flower to a helmet. 



min'imus; smallest. 



minor; less. 



mi'nus ; small. 



mi'te ; mild, pleasing, gentle, agreeable. 



mollis; soft. 



monta'na ; pertaining to mountains. 



moscha'tum ; musky. 



mucrona'tus ; from mucro, a sharp point, mucronate, i. e. as 

 a botanical term, a stiff point, abruptly terminating 

 an organ. 



multicau'lis ; many-stemmed. 



muralis ; mural, i. e. pertaining to walls. 



murica'ta ; from murex, a fish armed with sharp prickles, 

 muricate, i. e. covered with firm short points or 

 excresences. 



muri'num; (from mus, a mouse), murinus, mouse-like. 

 Applied to Hordeum (murinum) Way-Bennet, in 

 reference to its spike, or it might be referred to 

 murus, a wall; for the plant grows both by way- 

 sides and on walls. 



muro'rum ; of or belonging to walls. 



muscif 'era ; from musca, a fly, fly-bearing, the Fly Orchis. 



muscoi'des ; from muscus, moss ; moss-like. The termi- 

 nation oides is Greek, but muscus is Latin. Smith 

 strongly condemns such hybrid names. 



N. 

 na'na; dwarf, 

 na'tans ; swimming, 

 nemora'lis ; pertaining to a grove. 



