BOTANICAL NAMES 145 



Moenchia (mo-en-chi-a). After Moench, a botanist, 

 Hesse Cassel, died 1829. Bot. name of a group. 



MoIIe (mol-le). L. adj., " soft." Second hot. name for 

 many plants of different families. 



Molinia. After Molinia, a Chilian botanist, died 1829. 

 Bot. name for a group ; also a second bot. name. 



Mollissima (mol-lis-si-ma). L. adj., " most soft." 

 Second bot. name of a few plants of different 

 families. 



Molliformis (mol-li-for-mis). L. " Mollis " (soft); 

 " formis " (shape). Second bot. name. 



Mollugo (mol-lu-go). L. "Mollis" (soft); from the 

 softness of the leaves. Second bot. name. 



Monensis (mon-en-sis). L. The Roman name " mona " 

 was applied to Anglesey ; it looks as if wrongly 

 applied to the Isle-of-Man, which in Welsh was 

 " Manaw. " Second bot. name for the Isle-of- 

 Man Brassica. 



Monoses (mon-os-es.) G. " Monos " (alone). A first 

 or group name, used by some botanists for One- 

 flowered Wintergreen. 



Moneywort. Eng. translation of Nummularia (which 

 see). 



Monks Hood. The common Eng. name for Aconite, 

 which it gets from the upper part of the flower 

 being like the cowl of a monk. 



Monocotyledon (mon-o-kot-e-le-don). G. " Monos " 

 (one); " kotuledon " (the hollow of a cup); used 

 for the seed lobe, as seen in grasses. Bot. name 

 for one of the two great divisions into which ALL 

 plants are sub-divided. 



Monogynia (mon-o-jin-ia). G. "Monos" (one); 



