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MONKEY-BREAD. Adanso'nia. 



MONKEY-FLOWEK. Mi'multu. 



MONK'S HOOD. Aconi'tum. 



MONNI'NA. (Named after Monnino 

 Count de Flora Blanca, a Spanisl 

 patron of botany. Nat. ord., Milkwort 

 [Polygalacese]. Linn., ll-Diadelphi 

 3-Octandria. Allied to Muraltia.) 



The bark of the root is used in Peru for soap 

 and the Peruvian ladies ascribe the beauty o 

 their hair to the use of it. Greenhouse ever 

 green shrubs. Seeds in March, in a gentle hot 

 bed ; cuttings of young side shoots, in April 

 under a bell-glass, and kept close, but damp 

 prevented ; sandy peat and fibry loam, Wintei 

 temp., 40 to 45. 



M. m>te/H'<te(Crotalaria-like). 2. Purple 

 August. 1840. 



(blunt-leaved). 12. Violet and 

 white. June. Peru. 1830. 



MONOCHI'LUS. (From monos, one, 

 and cheilos, a lip ; the formation of the 

 flower. Nat. ord., Verbenes [Verbena- 

 ceae]. Linn., l-Didynamia 2-Angio- 

 spermia. Allied to Verbena.) 



Stove tuber. Division of the tuberg when 

 in a dormant state ; sandy loam, a little fibry 

 peat, and leaf-mould. Temperature, when 

 growing, 55 to 75. 



M. glozinifo'lius (Gloxinia-leaved). 1838. 



MONOGEA'MMA. (From monos, one, 

 and gramma, writing ; referring to the 

 spore or seed-cases. Nat. ord., Ferns 

 [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 2-Cryptoqamia 

 l-FUices.) 



Stove Ferns from the West Indies, with 

 brownish-yellow spores. See Ferns. 

 M.furca'ta (forked-teaweef). June. 1825. 



grami'nea (Grass-leaved). June. 1830. 



trichoi'dea (hair-like). June. 



MONOLO'PIA. (From monolopns, one 

 covering ; referring to the flower cover- 

 ing. Nat. ord., Composites [ Asteracece] . 

 Linn., IQ-Syngenesia 2-Superflua. Al- 

 lied to Chrysanthemum.) 



A pretty hardy annual, once called Helenium 

 Douglassii. Seeds, in mellow soil, in April. 

 M. ma'jor (greater). 3. Yellow. July. Cali- 

 fornia. 1834. 



MONOME'EIA. (From monos, one, 

 and meris, a part. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidaceae]. Linn., 20-Gynandrla 

 l-Monandria. Allied to Bulbophyllum.) 



Stove orchids. Division, in spring or autumn ; 

 fibry peat, broken pots, and sphagnum. Win- 

 ter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 90. 

 M. barba'ta (bearded). Spotted. India. 1841. 



ni'tida (shining). Mexico. 1841. 



MONO'PSIS. (From monos, one, and 



opsis, a face; the flowers being more 

 regular than is usual in the Nat. ord., 

 Lobeliads [Lobelliaceee]. Linn., b-Pen- 

 tandria 1-Monogynia.) 



A pretty little annual, once called Lobelia 

 speculum. Seeds, in a hotbed, in March j. 

 plants pricked off, hardened off, and transferred 

 to the open border at the end of May. 

 M. conspi'cua (conspicuous). . Blue. July. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1812. 



MONO'TOCA. (From monos, one, and 

 tokos, a birth ; the fruit, which is eat- 

 able, having only one seed. Nat. ord., 

 Epacrlds [Epacridace]. Linn., b-Pen- 

 tandria l-Monogynia. Allied to Leuco- 

 pogon.) 



Greenhouse, white-flowered evergreens, from 

 New South Wales. Cuttings of the points of 

 young shoots, in sand, over sandy soil, and 

 covered with a bell-glass, in May ; sandy peat, 

 and a little fibry loam. Winter temp., 40 to 

 48. 



M. a'lba (white). 6. June. 1824. 



elli'ptica (ov&l-leaoed). 8. June. 1802. 

 linea'ta (lined-/eawed). 6. June. 1804. 



scopa'ria (Broom). 5. June. 1825. 



MONSO'NIA. (Named after Lady A. 

 Monson. Nat. ord., Cranesbills [Gera- 

 niacese]. Linn., IQ-Monadelphia 7- 

 Dodecandria. Allied to Geranium.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennials, except 

 ovata, which is biennial. All from the Cape of 



ood Hope. Seeds, in a slight hotbed, in 

 spring, and transplanted ; cuttings, in spring 

 and autumn, under a hand-light ; division and 

 cuttings of the roots, in summer and autumn ; 

 sandy loam, and a little peat and leaf-mould ; 

 a cold pit or greenhouse in winter. 



M. loba'ta (lobed-teawed). 1. Purple. May. 

 1774. 



ova'ta (egg -leaved). 1. White. August. 



1774. 



pilo'sa (long-haired). 1. White. July. 1778. 

 Co'llce (Colla's). 1. Pale red. July. 



1820. 



specio'sa (showy). 1. Red. May. 1774. 

 pa'llida (pale). 1. Pale red. May. 



MONTBEE'TTIA. (In honour of M. 

 Montbret. Nat. ord., Irids [Iridacese]. 

 Linn., IQ-Monadelphia l-Triandria.) 



A little Ixia-looking bulb, with yellow flow- 

 rs, from the Cape of Good Hope. Offsets; 

 andy loam, with a little peat or leaf-mould ; 

 '. not protected on a warm border, should be 

 ept during winter in a cold pit. 

 /. flexuo'sa (zig-zag) . May. 1803. 



virga'ta (twiggy). May. 1825. 



MONTEZU'MA. ( Named after a king 

 f Mexico. Nat. ord Sterculiads [Ster- 

 uliacese]. Linn., IQ-Monadelphia 7- 

 ~>Qdecwndria. Allied to Cheiroetemon. ) 



