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M onocotyledones, a term in placentation, applied to plants 



whose seeds have a single cotyledon. 

 Monoecia, one house, the twenty-first class in the sexual 



system. 

 Moiiogynia, one female, the first order of the first thirteen 



classes in the Linnaean system. 

 Monopetala corolla, a flower having one petal. 

 Monophyllum involucmm, consisting of one leaf. 

 Monopyrenus, with one stone, or seed. 

 Monosperma, having one seed. 

 Miliaris scabriti&s, a species of glandular roughness appearing 



on the surface of some plants like grains of millet. 

 Mucronatum folium, a leaf divided into many linear seg- 



ments or divisions. 



Multiflorus pcdunadus, a footstalk bearing many flowers. 

 Multipartitumyb/uwz, a leaf divided into many parts. 

 JMultiplicatus Jlos, a luxuriant flower, whose corolla is multi- 



plied so as to exclude some of the stamina. 

 Multisiliquae, many pods, an order of plants in the Fragmen- 



ta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Muricatus cmdis, a stalk whose surface is covered with sharp 



points, like the Murex shell. 

 Muricatae, an order of plants in the Fragmenta methodi natu- 



ralis of Linnaeus. 

 Musci, mosses, one of the seven families in the vegetable 



kingdom, and ail order of plants in the Fragmenta metho- 



di naturalis of Linnaeus. 

 Mutica gluma, when the arista is wanting. 

 Mutilatusy/o.9, a mutilated flower. 



Natans /b&zjm, a leaf which swims on the surface of the water. 

 ^Navicularis valvula, when the valve of the seed vessel re- 



sembles a ship. 

 Necessaria polygamia, ne essary marriages, the fourth order 



of the nineteenth class in the sexual system. 

 Nectarium, that part or the corolla that contains the honey 



juice. 

 Nervosum folium, leaves whose surface is full of nerves or 



strings. 

 Nidulantia semina baccarum, seeds nestling in the pulp of 9 



berry. 

 Wiiidum folium, a bright, shining, glossy leaf. 



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