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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
MOLINA (of Ruiz and Payon). A 
Baccharis (which see). 
MOLINIA. M. Bertini is a seedling variegated form 
of M. cxerulea, introduced in 1890. 
MOLLIA (of Willdenow). A synonym of Polycarpea 
(which see). 
MOLTKIA GRAMINIFOLIA. A synonym of 
Lithospermum graminifolium (which see). 
MOLUCCELLA. To the species described on p. 376, 
Vol. II., the following should be added : 
M. spinosa (spiny). 7. six to ten in a whorl; corolla whitish, 
the limb exceeding the calyx, the limb of which is lin. long, 
very obliquely bilabiate and seven-spined ; bracts subulate-spiny. 
l. petiolate, ovate, deeply incised-lobed. Stems erect, tall, 
quadrangular, suleate, simple or slightly branched. Orient. 
SYN. Chasmonia incisa (B. R. xii., t. 1244). 
MOMORDICA. To the species described on pp. 376-7, 
Vol. II., the following shonld be added: 
M. chinensis (Chinese). This differs from M. Charantia only 
in its much larger and longer fruits, which are of a silvery 
colour. China, 1893. 
M. involucrata (involucred).* f., males pale yellowish, with 
three green spots on the short tube, solitary in the upper axils; 
females few, with revolute lobes; bracts of peduncle adjacent 
to the calyx, resembling an involucre. July. fr. scarlet, fleshy, 
Zin. long. J. lkin. to 2in. in diameter, five-lobed, the lobes 
toothed ; petioles slender, tin. to lin. long. Natal, 1862. A 
graceful climber. (B. M. 6932; Ref. B. iv. 225.) 
M. martinicensis (Martinique). A very quick-growing, much- 
branched plant resembling M. Charantia, with ornamental 
fruit. Habitat not recorded, 1888. 
M. muricata (pointed). jl. pale yellow. fr. golden or orange- 
yellow, with blood-red pulp and white seeds. Peru, 1893. A 
vigorous species. 
MOMORDICA (of Pceppig and 
synonym of Cyclanthera (which see). 
MONANTHES POLYPHYLLA. The correct 
name of Sempervivum Monanthes (which see). 
synonym of 
Endlicher), <A 
MONARDA. This genns includes some of the finest of 
hardy perennials, amongst them the Bergamot (M. didyma), 
besides white (alba), blush (carnea), and other forms of 
the almost equally well-known M. fistulosa. The Bergamot, 
apart from its brilliant scarlet flowers, has fragrant 
foliage. 
MONELLA. A synonym of Cyrtanthus (which 
see). : 
MONESES UNIFLORA. 
M. grandiflora. 
MONETIA. A synonym of Azima (which see). 
MONILIA FRUCTIGENA. See Brown Rot of 
Fruit. 
MONIZIA. Included under Thapsia (which see). 
MONKEY BREAD. See Adansonia. 
MONEEY NUT. See Arachis hypogea. 
MONKEEY’S COMB. ‘ce Pithecoctenium. 
MONKEY’S EARRING. See Pithecolobium. 
MONK’S-COWL ORCHID. See Pterygodium. 
MONK’S PEPPER-TREE. See Vitex Agnus- 
castus. 
MONO-. In Greek 
signifies ‘‘one”’ 
only once. 
MONOBOTHRIUM. 
see). 
MONOCHILUS (of Wallich). 
under Zeuxina (which see). 
MONOCHLAMYDEZ. A sub-class of Dicotyledons 
or Exogens. 
MONOCHORIA. UM. hastxfolia is the correct name 
of M. hastata. 
MONODORA. To the species described on p. 379, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
M. grandiflora (large-flowered). fl. yellow, irregularly spotted 
with red, drooping, more than double the size of those of 
M. Myristica; outer petals din. to 4in. long, crisped-undu- 
lated, the inner ones much smaller. May. 7. oblong or 
obovate-oblong, acute, rounded, obtuse, or cordate at base; 
young ones glossy, rose-purple. Western tropical Africa, 1860, 
(B. M. 7260.) 
The correct name is 
compound words, this prefix 
or ‘‘once’’; e.g., Monocarpic, bearing fruit 
A synonym of Swertia (which 
This is now included 
MONOGRAMME. Rush Ferns. Inelading- Vagi- 
nularia. Though none of the species contained in this 
genus are of mnch decorative value, yet they are 
interesting from a botanical point of view, and three or 
four of the strongest growers may even be used with 
advantage for planting in warm Fern-cases. All require 
stove treatment, and need a very light peaty material 
to grow in. Propagation is easily effected by division 
of the rhizomes (prostrate stems), which are usnally of 
a slender, wide-creeping nature. 
MONOGYNELLA. A synonym of Cuscuta (which 
see). 
MONOPANAX. According to the “Index Kewensis,” 
M. Ghiesbreghtii is identical with Oreopanax xala- 
pense (which see). 
MONOPYLE (from monos, single, and pyle, a door; 
in allusion to the capsule opening by one dorsal slit). 
Orp. Gesneracee. A small genus (five or six species) of 
stove, scabrous-pubescent herbs, closely allied to Gloxinia, 
but slenderer, and with the corolla nearly regular. For 
culture of M. racemosa, the only species calling for 
description, see Gloxinia. 
M. racemosa (racemose). jl. white, obscurely spotted within ; 
corolla lin. long, Zin. across, the tube slightly curved, the two 
lower of the tive spreading lobes toothed; racemes stout, 
terminal, bracteate. July. /. bright green, opposite, petiolate, 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate ; petioles purplish, with 
a purple-centred green blotch at the swollen base. Colombia, 
1875. (B. M. 6233.) 
MONOTYPIC GENUS. A genns formed of a single 
species. ~ 
MONOXORA. A synonym of Rhodamnia (which 
see). 
MONSTERA. To the species described on p. 380, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
M. acuminata (taper-pointed). Shingle Plant. J. rather thick, 
cordate-ovate or oblong-cordate-ovate, shortly acuminate, 8in. to 
10in. long, very unequal-sided, paler beneath ; petioles Sin. to 
5in. long, with a broad, membranous margin. Tropical America. 
Syns. MW. tenuis, Marcyravia paradoxa (of trade catalogues). 
M. pertusa (perforated). The correct name of M. Adansonii. 
M, tenuis (slender). A synonym of M. acuminata. 
MONTBRETIA AUREA. 
cosmia aurea (which see). 
MONTEREY PINE. See Pinus insignis. 
MONTHLY ROSE. See Rosa indica. 
MOON CREEPER. See Ipomea Bona-nox. 
MOONFLOWER. This in some conntries is applied 
to species of Ipomea. 
MOON TREFOIL. Sce Medicago arborea. 
MOOREA (named in honour of F. W. Moore, Curator 
of the Royal Botanic Garden at Glasnevin, near Dublin). 
Orv. Orchidee. A monotypic genus. The species is a 
stove, epiphytal Orchid, allied to Houlletia (which see 
for culture), but differing in the lip being without a claw 
and articnlated with the foot of the column, and in the 
epichil not being articulated with the hypochil. 
M. irrorata (bedewed). #1. 2in. in diameter ; sepals and petals 
reddish-brown, with a nearly white base, the lateral sepals 
carinate ; lip straw-yellow, with radiating purple lines, deeply 
three-lobed; column creamy-white; raceme thirteen-flowered ; 
scapes erect, 17ft. high. 7. lanceolate, 14ft. to 2ft. long. 
Pseudo-bulbs 24in. long, two-leaved. South America, 1890. 
(B. M. 7262; G. C. 1892, xi., p. 489.) 
MOP-HEADED. A term applied to trees having no 
leader, and bearing a very great number of small 
branches; it is also appropriately applied to the abnor- 
aally large blossoms of Chrysanthemums at present in 
ayour. 
MOQUILEA. Lepfobalanus is synonymous with this 
A synonym of Cro- 
genus. 
MORZA. Including Dietes. According to J. G. 
Baker’s ‘‘Handbook of Jridex,” this genus embraces 
nearly sixty species; he says, ‘‘The line of demarcation 
between Jris and Morea has been drawn in different 
places by different authorities. Here I have followed 
Bentham, with whom Iris belongs entirely to the North 
Temperate zone, and Morwa to the Cape and tropical 
Africa, with one species (M. Robinsoniana) Australian.” 
