MONEY-WORT. 



MONITORID.E. 



It U found in Great Britain, in the mouuUinoui woods of 

 Scotland. 



MONEY-WORT. [LTWJUCIHA.] 



MONGOOSE, or MONGOOZ, one of the names of a species of 

 Macauco, Lemur ilonyv:. Linn. [LBMVRIDA.] 



MON1MIAVE.*:, Momimiattt, constitute a little-known natural 

 order of Plant*, wboee moat striking distinction consist* in the flowers 

 being naked and collected together into involucre, some male and some 

 female ; the male involucra having their inner surface thickly covered 

 with numerous stamens ; the female including several carpels, each 

 of which has a single ovule in it* interior. The genera are eight 

 and the specie* about forty in number, and are mostly South American 

 woody plant*, shrubs, or trees, with fragrant aromatic secretions. 

 Their real affinity is unsettled. If the prevailing opinion as to their 

 structure is correct, they must be regarded as near allies of Urticacea ; 

 but if what is now called the involucre should be shown to be a calyx, 

 as it was considered till Brown suggested the contrary, they will take 

 their station near Lauractir, with which their aromatic qualities 

 assimilate them. Lindley regards their true station as near to 

 Myritticacta. , Boldoa, the Boldu of Chili, produces an aromatic 

 succulent fruit, which is eaten. The wood and leaves of this plant 

 are fragrant. The bark is used for tanning. 



Uonimia rotundi/olia. 



I, a male Involucre ; J, a female involucre; 3, the lart cut open to nhoir the 

 carpel. ; 4, a ripe fruit ; 4, s view of the ripe crpcU contained in the Utter, 

 the iUTolucrum being partly cut away. 



, or MO'NITORS, a family of Laoertian Reptiles: 

 the name Monitor has been given to the typical genus of this family 

 in consequence of the supposed warning given by them of the vicinity 

 of crocodile*. The warning of these Monitory Lizards was said to be 

 a hissing or whistling ; but the better opinion is, that they obtained 

 credit for this monition solely from the accident of their haunts, which 

 are for the most part in the neighbourhood of the waters, and conse- 

 quently bring them sometimes into company with the destructive and 

 gigantic reptile* above-mentioned. 



r. ^ Kofj 10 k**" *eU> n both jaw*, but none on the palate. 

 CuTier divides them into two groups, and Fitzinger into three, under 

 the names of Taj.inambit, Yaranut, and Ptammonaurut. Dr J E 

 Gray makes the itoniiorida the first family of his Leptoyloua, or 

 Slendet-Tongued Lizard*. 



Character of the Family. Head with minute polygonal shield* ; 

 teeth adnate to the inner side of the jaws ; tongue elongate, slender, 

 retractile into a sheath at iU bases ; scales small, roundish, placed in 

 cross rings, those of the sides like those of the back ; leg. 4, strong ; 

 toe* 8-5, compressed, unequal; thigh* poreless; supraorbitel plate 

 bony. 



The species are inhabitant* of the Old World, and frequent the 

 banks of rivers. 



The genera and species of the 'British Museum Catalogue' are as 

 follows : 



A. Tail round, without any keel above. Terrestrial. 



PtammoKtunu, Fit*. Nostrils ovate, oblique, near the orbits. Tail 

 roundish, not keeled above, with convex sides, unarmed. Scales not 

 pierced. Toe* unequal, rather elongate. Teeth slender, acute. 



P. Scinuu, Gray, the Ouaran (I'arantu Seine**, Merrem ; 7V;.i- 

 nanilii* yruetu, Daud.; Monitor terrain, Cuv. ; Ounui cle Forskal, 

 Geoff ; Tupinambit orenoritu, I. Geoff.). Gray, obscurely banded 

 with an obscure streak on each side of the head and neck. It is a 

 native of Northern Africa. 



P. (?) Carpicut, Eichw., the Caspian Ouaran. It inhabit* the 

 Caspian Sea. 



Odatria, Gray. Nostrils ovate, longituJiuil, sub anterior ; teeth 

 compressed, acute. Tail elongate, round, not keeled above; scale* 

 large, sharply keeled, sub-spinoae. Back with elongate narrow keeled 

 scales. Ventral shield elongate. Toes ratlirr unequal, elongate. 



O.punctata, Gray (Monitor trutu, Schlegel), the Dotted Odatria, 

 Gray-olive, with narrow black reticulated lines, leaving largo hexagonal 

 spots; bead, limbs, and toil blackish, with a few pale spot*, dark- 

 bonded. Ventral shield twice as long as broad. Tail round, scale* 

 over the eye small, granular. Male (?) with a tuft of conical spinr-liku 

 scales on each side of the vent It is a native of Western Australia. 



0. ocdlata, Gray, Uie Eyed Odatria. Black, with rather large yellow 

 rings ; limbs and tail yellow-spotted. Toil round ; scales of the tail 

 broad, oval, spinose. Scales over the eyes small, granular. Ventral 

 shields twice as long as broad. It is a native of the north-western 

 coast of Australia. 



O. Timorcntit (Monitor Timorensin, Gray; Tuftiiuimlii* riridimaen- 

 latiu, Daud.), the Timor Odatria. Black, yellow-dotted, dots forming 

 rings and spots ; head yellow and black-dotted. Scales over the orbits 

 small, granular ; of forehead larger. Ventral shields nearly as broad 

 as long. Tail slightly compressed above, sub-triangular ; base of tail 

 unarmed. Is is a native of Timor. 



It. Tail with a compressed keel above, formed of two rows of 

 scales. Nostrils large, oblong, oblique. Aquatic. 



lltijtnin. Nostrils large, oblong, oblique, near the nrliit Tail 

 shortish, thick, doubly keeled above ; scales oblong, bluntly i, 

 Toes short, sub-equal. Teeth rounded. Scales large, convex, sur- 

 rounded with numerous granulations. Head short. 



R. alboyularit (Tujnnamuit alboyularii, Daud. ; Monitor HUH!, 

 A. Smith; 1,'araniu omatiu, var. Merrem; M. cj-anthcmaticiu, var. 

 Capentii, Schlegel, ' Abbild.' 71), the White-Throated Regenin. Dark 

 brown, with large white spots, pole beneath, with a dark streak on 

 each side of the back of the neck. Nostrils near the orbit. Scales 

 rather large of the head convex. It is found in South Africa. 



Ji. ocellatiu (I'arantu oeeUatut, Riippell ; Tupinambit cjeantkc- 

 matictu, Daud. ; M. acantkcmatictu, var. Schlejfel), the Eyed Regenia. 

 Nostrils rather further from tho orbit. Scales large of the neck 

 largest, of the head tubercular. It is a native of Senegal 



i'mpayiuia. Gray. Nostrils large, oblong, oblique, in front of the 

 muzzle. Tail as long as the body and head, tapering, roundish, witli 

 a double-edged keel above ; scales sharply keeled. Toes rather short, 

 sub-equal Teeth acute. Scales ovate, keeled. Head short. 



. Jtavetctm, Gray (Monitor jlarctcmi, Gray ; 1,'aranu* Rtutrlii, 

 Schlegel ; U. Piguotii, Dum. et Bib. ; M. exanthematicvi, var. Indica, 

 Schlegel), the Indian Empagusia. Olive, with yellowish cross-bauds. 

 Head-shields sub-equal ; eye-brows with a central series of larger 

 plates. It is found in NepauL 



Varanta, Merrem. Nostrils oblong, rather oblique in the centre, 

 between the apex of the muzzle and the orbits. Tail elongate, com- 

 pressed, with a double-edged keel above. Toe* elongate, unequal, 

 strong. Head elongate. 



a. Shields over the orbits small, sub-equal. 



U. heraldicut ; Monitor hcralilicui, Gray ; the Heraldic Varan. 

 Black, with cross rows of pale-eyed spots; pale beneath; black- 

 banded. Shields over the orbit* small, sub-equal It is a native of 

 India, 



U. lunatut, the Lunated Uaran. Nostrils largo, nearly central; 

 shields over the orbit small, sub-equal. Dark brown, with lunate 

 band* directed backwards on the neck and forwards on the body, and 

 with cross-bands on the tail ; belly and under side of tail whitish. 

 It is found in India, 



U. ornattu, the Philippine Uaran. Nostrils large, central ; shields 

 over orbit small, sub-equal Olive ; neck and front of the body with 

 pale-spotted broad black cross-bauds; the hinder part of the body and 

 tail with pale spots. It is a native of the Philippine Island*. 



/'. /Hmtrilii; Monitor Dumerilii, Miiller; Duincril's Uaran. Brown, 

 with objcure cross-bands, with a black spot on side of neck. Sliif M< 

 of the head and over the orbit nearly equal, moderate. Scales large, 

 convex. It is a native of Borneo. 



I', riuticollii, tho Rough-Necked Uaran. Nostrils large, nearer the 

 orbit than the end of the muzzle ; shields over the orbits nearly 

 square, the hinder central ones rather larger. Scales of the back 

 triangular, keeled ; of the neck largo, prominent Muzzle elongate. 

 Black, with white streaks on back of neck, and bands across the back. 

 It is found in the Philippine Islands. 



