j 4 6 BOTANICAL \AMES 



1 ' gune ' ' (woman) ; the flower having- only one 

 style. Second bot. name. 



Monorchis (mon-or-kis). G. " Monos " (one); ''or- 

 chis" (tuber); the plant having only one tuber. 

 Second bot. name Musk Orchis. 



Monspeliensis (mon-spel-i-en-sis). Second bot. name 

 for Annual Beadgrass. 



Monotropa (mon-o-tro-pa). G. "Monos" (one); 

 ' ' tropo ' ' (turning) ; because all the flowers turn 

 the same way. Bot. name of a group. 



Montana (mon-tan-a). L. adj., " belonging to the 

 mountains." Second bot. name applied to many 

 plants of different families. 



Montia. After the Italian botanist Monti, died 1760. 

 Bot. name for a group. 



Monticola (mon-ti-ko-la). L. " Monti " (of the moun- 

 tain) ; " cola " (a dweller). Second bot. name. 



Moonwort. Eng. translation of the second bot. name 

 " Lunaria," which it gets from the crescent shape 

 of the segments of its fronds. Eng. name of Botry- 

 chium group. 



Morio (mor-io). G. " Moros " (foolish). The plant 

 was also known as Fool's Orchis. Second bot. 

 name Green-winged Orchis. 



MorstiS'Ranae (mor-sus-ran-e). L. " Morsus " (a 

 biting) ; " ranae " (of a frog). Second bot. name. 



Moscatel (mos-ka-tel). Eng. name for Adoxa group. 

 Derived from G. " moschos," the name of the 

 animal from whom musk was obtained. 



Moschatum (mos-ka-tum). G. adj., " musky." Second 

 bot. name. 



Moschatellina (mos-ka-tel-len-a). G. " Moskos " 

 (musk) ; because the leaves of the plant when 



