MOXOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS, 204 



MORMODES. 



Mo^'ACHA'NTHUs. — Orckiddce(B. 

 — The Monk Flower. — An orchid - 

 eons epiphyte from Demerara and 

 Brazil, requiring the usual treatment 

 of similar plants. — See Okchideous 

 Epiphttes. 



Mona'rda. — LahiatcB. — Hardy 

 herbaceous plants, vnih. sho-'^T- 

 flowers, natives of North America, 

 they grow best in a rich light soil ; 

 and they are increased by dividing 

 the root. Monarda didyma pro- 

 duces the Bergamot. 



Money Wort. — LysimacMa 

 Numraularia. — A trailing plant, 

 with yellow flowers, which should 

 be grown in peat, or some other 

 light soil, and kept moist. Its long 

 trailing shoots look very M-ell hanging 

 over the sides of a rustic basket or 

 vase, supported on a pedestal, or 

 rock-work ; and in such situations, 

 if kept moist, it will flower abun- 

 dantly ; while the same plant 

 removed into the shade will not 

 produce a single flower, and is easily 

 killed if watering be neglected. 



Monk Flower. — See Mona- 

 cha'ntiius. 



Monkey Flower.— See Mi'mtj- 

 Lus and Di'placus. 



Monk's Hood. — See Acoki'tum. 



Monochlamt'de^. — Plants hav- 

 ing only a calyx and no corolla ; in 

 opposition to Dichlamt'de^, which 

 are the plants which have both a 

 calyx and a corolla. 



Monocotyledonous Plants are 

 those, the 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 little in thickness during the 

 whole period of their existence ; and 

 their wood consists of fibrous matter, 

 fresh quantities of which are de- 

 posited every year within the stem. 

 — See Endogens. 



Mon(ecious Plants are those 

 which have the male and female 

 flowers separate, but still on the 

 same plant ; while Dkecious plants 

 are those which have the male and 

 female flowers distinct, and on 

 diff'erent plants. 



Mono'psis. — LobeliacecE. — A 

 very beautiful little trailing jjlant, 

 having dark-blue flowers with con- 

 spicuous yellow anthers, and the 

 flowers on long footstalks. It is a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and it should be grown in sandy 

 j peat. It is suitable for rock-work. 

 I Monso'nia. — GeraniacecE. — Very 

 I beautiful herbaceous plants, nearly 

 ] allied to the Geraniums, but with 

 j much larger flfjwers, and named in 

 j honour of Lady Anne Monson. They 

 \ are now rarely seen, but well deserve 

 I cultivation. They should be grown 

 I in a mixture of vegetable mould and 

 loam, and kept in a greenhouse. 

 ; They are propagated by cuttings, or 

 by dividing the roots. They are 

 I natives of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 j Moonseed. — SeeMENisPE'RiidM. 

 I Moon Trefoil. — Medicago ar- 

 bor ea. 



Moor Heath. — The English 



name of Gypsoca'llis. 



j Mor^'a. — Irldece. — Bulbous- 



, rooted plants, with very handsome 



flowers, nearly allied to I'xia, from 



i which genus theyhave been removed. 



\ They are generally grown in pots, 



j 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 rains. 



MoRic a'ndia. — CruciferoE. — A 

 very pretty hardy annual, which 

 should be sown in the open border 

 inMai-ch or April. M. Eamburiiis 

 a native of Spain, introduced in 185G. 

 MoRMO^DES. — OrcJddacece. — An 



