118 monotropa-narthecium:. 



MONOTROPA. 10-1. {Ericas.) 

 uni'Jiora, (bird's nest, Indian-pipe, w. J. %..) stem 1-flowered; flower nodding 

 at first, at length erect ; scales of the stem approximate. Whole plant 

 ivory white at first. 4-8 i. 

 MONOTROPSIS. 10—1. {Erica.) 

 odora'ta, (r-w. Mar.) flowers bell-form, in aggregate heads. 3-4 i. 5^. 



MORUS. 19 — 4. (UTticcb.} [From jraaaros, black, so called from the colour of the fruit of one 

 of its species.] 



ni'gra, (black mulberry, Ju. Yi.) leaves heart-form, ovate, or sub-5-lobed ; un- 

 equally toothed, scabrous. Ex. 



aV'ba, (white mulberry, M. b.) leaves heart-form, with oblique bases, ovate or 

 lobed, unequally serrate, smoothish. From China and Persia. Natural- 

 ized. 15-20 f. 

 MUCOR. 21-6. {Fungi.) 



aspergiV'lus, (mould,) stipe filiform, dichotomous ; little heads terminal, sub- 

 conjugate, oblong when mature. On putrid fungi in autumn. 

 MYLOCARUUM. 10-1. (Ericai.) [From mule, a mill, a.nd karua, a kernel.] 



ligustri'num, (buckwheat-tree, w. M. 1^ ) leaves perennial, alternate, sessile, 

 entire, glabrous; racemes simple, terminal. 6-15 f. S. 



MYOSOTIS. 5—1. {Boraginem.) [From otus, a mouse, o/jas, an ear, the leaves being hairy 

 like a mouse's ear.] 

 arven"sis, (forget-me-not, w-b. J. ©.) seeds smooth ; calyx-leaves oval, acu- 

 minate, very hirsute, longer than the tube of the corolla ; stem very branch- 

 ing; racemes conjugate ; leaves lance-oblong, hirsute. 4-8 i. 

 falus'tris, (scorpion-grass, b. M. %..) leaves lance-oval, rough; border of the 

 corolla longer than the tube ; flowers very small, bright blue. Wet grounds. 

 na'na, (b. and y. %.) leaves oblong, villose ; racemes few-flowered ; seeds 

 smoothish. S. 

 MYOSUROS. 5—13. (Ranunculacecs.) [From otws, mouse, and owra, tail.] 

 riiini'vius, (Ap. ©.) leaves linear, entire ; seed 1-flowered ; stamens 5-8 ; pe- 

 tals anther-form. 2-4 i. S. 



>rYRICA. 20—4. {Amentacem.) [The name is derived from the Greek, its original meaning 

 is uncertain.] 



ga'le, (Dutch-myrtle, sweet-gale, M. T^.) leaves wedge-lanceolate, serrate at 

 the apex, obtuse-steril ; aments imbricated; scales acuminate, ciliate; 

 fruit in scaly heads, with a strong aromatic odour. 4-5 f Bogs, moun- 

 tains, and lakes. 



cerife'ra, (bay-berry, wax-myrtle, g-p. M. Tj.) leaves acute; steril aments 

 loose ; scales acute ; fruit globular, naked. On boiling, a pleasant-flavour- 

 ed wax is obtained, which is used, either alone or with tallow, in making 

 candles. 5-18 f 

 MYRTUS. 11—1. (LabiatcB.) [From muros, perfume.] 



commu'nis, (myrtle, w. Ju. Tj.) flowers solitary ; involucrum 2-leaved ; leaves 

 ovate. Ex. 

 NARCISSUS. 6—1. (Narcissi.) 



2)seudo-narcis"sus, (daflJbdil, M. %) spatha 1-flowered; nectary bell-form, 

 erect, crisped, equalling the ovate petals. Ex. 



tazef'ta, (polyanthos, M. %.) spatha many-flowered ; nectary bell-form, pli- 

 cate, trtincate, thrice as short as the petals; petals alternately broader ; 

 leaves flat. Ex. 



jonquWla, (jonquil, M. %) spatha many-flowered ; nectary bell-form, short ; 

 leaves subulate. Ex. 



poef'icus, (poet's narcissus, 7]..) spatha 1-flowered ; nectary wheel-form, very 

 short, scarious, crenulate ; leaves inflexed at the margin. Ex. 

 NARTHECIUM. 6—1, {Junca.) [From narthex, fennel.] 



america'nuvi, (y. Ju. %.) racemes lax, sometimes interruptedly spiked ; pedi- 

 cels with a setaceous bract below the flower, and another embracing the 

 base ; filaments with very short hair ; leaves narrow, ensiform flowers 

 in a terminal spike or raceme ; scape 1 f Sandv swamps. 



