mon-an’-tha 
mon-i’-lif-or’-mis 
mon-oc-ar’-pus 
/ 
,mon-og”-yn-um 
mon-9i’-ca 
mon-oph-yl’-la 
mon-0s-per’-ma 
mon-os’-por-a 
mon-os-tig’-ma 
mon-spel’-i-en’-sis 
Mon’-ster-a 
mon-stro’-sa 
mon-ta’-na 
Mon-ta’-fid-a 
Mon-tez u’-mze 
Moon-i-a’-na 
Moon’.j-i 
Mo-ra’-cé-2e 
Mor-el’-la 
I? 
Mo-rind-’a “| 
fv len wa rd UUs 
; 
} 
Morerret va 
| 
Nor-ing’-a 
Moyr-ing-a’-cé-ve 
SPNO-YUS ape 
mo-8a/-iC.US .. 
mos-cha’-ta 
mu cro-na’-ta 
mu: co’-sa 
Mu-cu’-na 
Muebl-en-beck’ -1a by : 
mul-tif’-id-um 
mul-tif-lo’-ra 
mul-til-oc-ul-a’-re 
mul’-tip-lex 
mul’-tus 
Maun’-du-lé-a | 
Mun’-gos 
Mun-ro’-ni-ai - 
4h 
PRONUNCIATION AND DERIVATION, 69 
(Greek), with a single flower ; 
(Latin), necklace shaped, cylindrical or terete, contracted at 
regular intervals ; 
(Greek), with one fruit, or once truiting only ; 
(Greek), with one pistil ; 
(Greek), monecious, having stamens and pistil on separate 
flowers on the same plant (H.) ; 
(Greek), with one leaflet; 
} (Greek), with one seed ; 
(Greek), with one stigma ; 
(loc.) of Montpellier [(pr:) Morng-pel-lee-yay ], capital of the 
department of I[érault in the South of France ; 
monstrum (Latin), a prodigy; (all:) curious appearance with its 
perfoliate leaves and considerable size as a climber; and 
delightful pine-apple-like fruit ; 
(Latin), unusual, either exceedingly large, or a monstrosity ; 
(Latin), growing on the mountains ; . 
(com.) Montano |(pr:] Mon-tarenyo a Mexican politician, 
(N . 2/380) ; 
(com.) of Montezwma, an Aztec war-chief or Emperor of Mexico 
at the time of the Spanish conquest, 1477--1520; 
(com.) of Moon, a botanist in Ceylon; author of “ Catalogue 
of Plants of Ceylon ” (Ch:) ; 
(Latin) Mulberry (Morus) Family, or Order ; Nicholson, probably 
by a slip, makes the first syllable short, whilst making that 
of Morus long ; 
morelle (French), solanum or Nightshade; (all:) similarity of 
fruit to some species ; 
Morus, indiacus (Latin), Mulberry, indian ;(ail:) mode of forma- 
tion of the compound fruit (N. 2/383); here again Nicholson 
makes the first syllable short ; but morinda, haying the first 
syllable short, is the Hindustani name, and possibly the 
derivation is therefrom; or, as frequently happens, the two 
ideas conjointly may have. been eonyeyed in the specific 
name ; 
Murinna (Malayalam), name of the plant; corrupted into 
Moringa (N. 2/384; Mcl. 3/518); the Tamil name is 
Muringai ; 
(Latin), Drumstick tree (Moringa) Family, or Order ; 
Uorus (Latin), name used by Ovid (Cass. Lat. Dic.); first 
syllable long ; 
(Latin, tessellated ; 
(Latin), smelling of musk, or other allied aroma; 
(Latin), mucronate, abruptly terminated by a hard sharp 
point ; which ig a continuation of the costa; 
(Latin), slimy, covered with a slimy secretion, or with a coat 
that is readily soluble in water, and becomes slimy ; 
(Brazilian), name of the plant (N. 2/389) ; 
(com.) Dr. H. G. Muehlenbeck [(pr :) Myl-en-bek], 1798—1845, 
physician of Switzerland (N. 2/389) ; 
(Latin), multifid, divided into many lobes or segments, more 
than half way down the surface from the edge (H.); 
(Latin) having many flowers ; 
(Latin), many celled; 
(G. multiplicis) (Latin}, manifold ; 
(Latin), many ; 
Munduli (African) ground nut (Arachis hypogeea); (all:) 
appearance of the plant ; i 
... (Latin), mungoose, or anything supposed to kill snakes ; 
(com.) Lieut. Munro, 30th Foot, an Indian botanist (Ch.) ; 
(W.A.L.) ; Wight called him such about 1835, or eight years 
after the death of the great Sir Thomas Munro ; 
