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MONOTROPSIS— NARCISSUS. 



monsomdna, (J. 2|.) scape longr, straight, | 

 1-flowered ; scales distant ; flowers erect; 

 stamens 10-12. Shady woods. 



lanugino'sa, (y-w. Ju. Z/.) scape bearing 

 flowers in a spike ; bracts and flowers hairy 

 on all sides. Parasitic on roots. 



era-ope' a, (y. J. 2/.) scape bearing flowers 

 in a spike ; flowers and scales on the stem 

 glabrous outside ; lateral flowers octan- 

 drous. Canada." 

 MONOTROP"SIS. 10—1. (Erica.) 



odora'ta, (r-w. Mar.) flowers bell-form, in 

 aggregate heads. .3-4 i. (S'. 



MON"TIA. 3—3. (PortuJaccecE.) 



fonta'na, (false spring-beauty,) leaves op- 

 posite ; flowers axillaiy, small. 



MO'RUS. 19—4. (Urticce.) From mauros, 



black, so called from the color of the fruit 



of one of its species.] 



nigra, (black mulberry, Ju. ^ .) leaves 



ieart-form, ovate, or sub-5-lobed ; unequally 



toothed, scabrous. Ex. 



aV'ha, (white mulberry, M. Ip.) leaves 

 heart-form, with oblique bases, ovate or 

 lobed, unequally serrate, smoothish. From 

 China and Persia. Naturahzed. 15-20 i. 



ru'bra. (red mulberry, M. ^ .) dioscious ; 

 leaves cordate, ovate-acuminate, often 8- 

 iobed, equally .serrate, scabrous, pubescent 

 beneath; fertile anients cylindric. 15-30 f. 

 muUicau'lis, (many-stemmed mulberiy, 

 ^.) leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, cre- 

 nate, serrate, net-veined ; sub-scabrous and 

 pimpled beneath, sub-scabrous above ; 

 sprouts proliferous. 8-16 f. Leaves some- 

 times 12-14 inches long. 

 MU'COR. 21—6. (Fungi.) 



aspergiVlus, (mould,) stipe filiform, di- 

 chotomous; little heads terminal, sub-con- 

 jugate, oblong when mature. On putrid 

 fungi in autumn. 



MIIH'LENBERG"IA. 3—2. (Graminea.) [In 

 honor of Henry Muhlenberg, D.D., a distin- 

 guished botanist of Lancaster, Penn.] 

 diffu'sa, (dropseed grass, S. 2/.) culm de- 

 cumbent, branching, diff'use ; leaves lance- 

 linear ; panicles terminal and lateral, slen- 

 der ; branches appressed ; awns about as 

 long as the pale as. 12-18 i. 



erec"ta, (Au. 2^.) culm erect, simple, 

 leaves lanceolate ; panicle terniinal, simple, 

 racemed ; awn twice as long as the palea; 

 upper palea awned at the base. 2-3 f 

 VIYLOCA'RIUM. 10-1. (Erica.) [From 

 mule, a mill, and karua, a kernel.] 

 ligustri'nnm, (buckwheat-tree, w. M. ^.) 

 leaves perennial, alternate, sessile, entire, 

 rlabrous; racemes simple, terminal. 6-15 

 t. S. 



MYOSO'TIS. 5—1. (Boragir^^cB.) [From 

 mus, a mouse, ous (oto.i), an ear, the leaves 

 being hairy like a mouse's ear.] 

 arven"sis, (forget-me-not, w-b. J. 0.) 

 seeds smooth ; calyx-leaves oval, acuminate, 

 very hirsute, longer than the tube of the 

 corolla ; stem very branching ; racemes con- 

 jugate; leaves lance-oblong, hirsute. 4-8 i. 

 palustris, (scorpion grass, b. M. 2/.) 

 leaves lance oval, rough ; border of the co- 

 rolla longer than the tube ; flowers very 

 small, bright blue. ^Vet grounds. 



svffmtico'sa, stem very branching, sut 

 fruticose, hirsute; leaves lance-linear, hia- 

 pid-pillose ; spikes terminal, many flowers 

 on pedicels ; calyx closed ; nut smooth, 

 ovate. 8 i. 



na'na, (b. and y. 2^.) leaves oblong, vil- 

 lose, racemes few-flowered; nut smooth- 

 i.sh ; margin serrulate. S. 

 MYOSU'ROS. 5—12. (Ranunculaca.) [From 



mus, mouse, and oura, tail.] 



inini'mns, (Ap. ^.) leaves linear, entire; 

 seed 1-flowcred ; stamens 5-8 ; petals an- 

 ther-form. 2-4 i. S. 

 MYRI'CA. 20—4. (Amentacca.) [The name 



is derived from the Greek ; its original 



meaning is uncertain.] 



ga'le, (Dutch-myi'tle, sweet-gale, M. >) .) 

 leaves wedge-lanceolate, serrate at the 

 apex, obtuse; sterile aments imbricated; 

 scales acuminate, ciliate ; frait in scaly 

 heads, with a strong aromatic odor. 4-5 f. 

 Bogs, mountains, and lakes. 



cerije'ra, (bayberry, wax-myrtle, g-p. M 

 >).) leaves acute; sterile aments . loose , 

 scales acute ; fruit globular, naked. On 

 boiling, a pleasant-flavored wax is obtained, 

 which is used either alone or with tallow 

 in making candles. 5-18 f 



carolinien"sis, (Ap. ^.) leaves cuneate 

 oblong, coarsely-toothed ; staminate ament? 

 loose ; scales acute ; fruit globular, large- 

 3-5 f. 



penn" sylva'nica, (M. 'f).) leaves oblong, 

 acutish at each end, very entire or sparing- 

 ly sub-serrate at the apex, revolute at the 

 margin ; staminate aments loose ; scales 

 acute ; fruit globular, large. 3 f. 

 MY'R10PHYL"LUM. 19—12. (Onagra.) [From 



murios, innumerable, and phullon, leaf, from 



the great number.] 



verticilla'tiLin, (water milfoil, Ju. 2^.) 

 leaves pinnate, capillary, upper ones pec- 

 tinate-pinnatifid ; flowers axillary, vertici- 

 late, upper ones staminate-octandrous. 



teneV lum, (Ju. 2^.) erect, nearly leafless; 

 bracts entire, obtuse ; petals linear, coudu- 

 plicate and revolute ; flowers mostly per- 

 fect, tetrandrous. 4-12 i. 



scahra'tum, (J. p. 2X-) leaves pinnatifid 

 flowers verticillate-axillary ; upper ones 

 staminate, tetrandrous; lower ones pistil- 

 late ; fruit 8-angled. 12 i. S. 

 MYR"TUS. J 1—1. (Lahiata.) [From muros, 



perfume] 



comviu'nis, (myrtle, w. Ju. >>.) flowers 

 solitary ; involucrum 2-le aved ; leaves ovate 

 Ex. 

 NA'JAS. 19—1. (AroidecE) [From iVais, a 



water nymph.] 



canadenf'sis, (water nymph,) small, fili- 

 form; leaves narrow-linear. Canada. 

 NARCIS"SUS. 6—1. (Narcissi.) [From iVar- 



kissos, a beautiful youth, according to my- 

 thology, changed into this flower.] 



pse7ido-narcis"sus,{da^odi\,M. 11.) spatha 

 l-tlowered ; nectary bell-form, erect, crisp 

 ed, equalling the ovate petals. Ex. 



tazef'ta, (polyanthos, JSI. 2^.) spatha 

 many-flowered ; nectary bell-form, plicate, 

 truncate, thrice as short as the petals; pe* 

 tals alternately broader ; leaves flat. F.x 



jonguir'la, (jonquil, M. 7J.-) spntlm many- 



