MONGCIOUS PLANTS. 291 st MORMODES. 
Mona’rpa.— Labidte. — Hardy | same plant; while Diacious plants 
herbaceous plants, with showy |are those that have the male and 
flowers, natives of North America; | female flowers distinct, and on dif- 
they grow best in a rich Jight soil, | ferent plants. 
and they are increased by dividing Mono'psis.—-Lobelidcee.—A very 
the root. beautiful little trailing plant, having 
Money Worr.—-Lysimdchia num- | dark-blue flowers with conspicuous 
mularia.-—A trailing plant, with} yellow anthers, and the flowers on 
yellow flowers, which should be| long footstalks. It is a native of 
grown in peat, or some other light | the Cape of Good Hope, and it 
soil, and kept moist. Its long trail- | should be grown in sandy peat. It 
ing shoots look very well hanging | is suitable for rockwork. 
over the sides of a rustic basket or Monso\n1a.—Greraniacee.— Very 
vase, supported on a pedestal, or on | beautiful herbaceous plants, nearly 
rockwork ; and in such situations, | allied to the Geraniums, but with 
if kept moist, they will flower abun- | much larger flowers, and named 
dantly ; while the same plant re-|in honour of Lady | 
moved into the shade will not pro- | They are now rarely seen, but well 
duce a single flower, and is easily | deserve cultivation. They should 
killed if watering be neglected. be grown in a mixture of vegetable 
Monkey Fiower.—See Mi'mu-| mould and loam, and kept in a 
Lus, and Di'piacus. greenhouse. They are propagated 
Mong Fitower.—See Monoca’n- | by cuttings, or dividing the roots. 
THUS. They are natives of the Cape of 
* Monxsuoop.—See Aconitum. Good Hope. 
Monoca'nruus. — Orchiddcee.— | Moon-seep—-See MEnIsPe’RMUM. 
The Monk Flower. An orchideous : as ar- 
epiphyte from Demerara and Brazil, | bér e 
Moor Hearu.— The English 
name of Gypsoca’LLIs. 
Mor#‘sa. — fridee. — Bulbous- 
rooted plants, with very handsome 
flowers, nearly allied to Ixia, from 
which genus they have been re- 
moved. ‘They are generally grown 
in pots in a mixture of sandy loam 
and vegetable mould; and when 
they have done flowering, they 
should be kept “dry till they begin 
to grow in spring. When planted 
in the open ground, they should 
be protected from frost and heavy 
requiring the usual treatment of 
similar plants—See OxrcuipEous 
EpienyTes. 
Monocutamy'pex.—Plants hay- 
ing only a calyx and no corolla ; in 
opposition to DicuLamy’pE#, which 
are the plants which have both a 
calyx and a corolla. 
“VonocotyLeponous Pants are 
those, seeds of which send up only 
one cotyledon or seed-leaf when 
they vegetate; and have leaves, the 
veins of which are in parallel lines. 
The ligneous or woody plants be- 
longing to this division increase very 
tle in thickness during the whole 
ae of their existence ; and their 
wood consists of fibrous matter, | sh be sown in the open border 
fresh quantities of which are depo- | im March or April. 
sited every year within the stem.— |} ~ © Mabico' pEs.— Orchiddcee. — An 
See Enpocens. orehideous epiphyte, with dark pur- 
Monecious Prants are those | ple flowers, from the Spanish Main. 
which have the male and female} It should be grown on a piece of 
flowers separate, but still on the} wood—See Orcuipeous Erirnytes. 
rains 
BP Monica’np. — Crucifere.—A 
er y pretty hardy annual, which 
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