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nia, Hippuris ; Digynia, in which are four 

 genera, viz. Corifpermum, Callitrkhe, Blitum, 

 Cinna. 



MONANGT^ [««K>;, unhus, & Ayf®-, vas, a 

 veffel, or loculamenhmi} The fifteenth clafs in 

 Boerhaave's fyftem ; it contains two orders, 

 viz. Primula, & Lichynis. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES [^o.oj, unkus, 

 one, & cotyl.~\ A term of placentation, applied. 

 to thofe plants whofe feeds have but a fingle 

 Cotyledon, which remains within the feed : thefe 

 are either perforates, as in Gramina; un'ilatera- 

 les, as in Palmce ; or reduSla, as in the Cepa. 



MONOECIA \jAw,, unkus, one, & or*®- 

 domus, a houfe] The twenty-firft clafs in the 

 Linnajan fyftem, comprehending the androgynus 

 plants, /'. e. thofe which produce both male and 

 female flowers, having no hermaphrodite ones. 

 The orders are eleven, vi%. Monandria, con- 

 taining 4 genera, viz. Xannkhellia, Ceratocarpus^ 

 Hlppomane, Cynomorium ; DiandRIA, contain- 

 ing but one genus, viz. Lemna ; Triandria, 

 containing 12 genera, viz. Zea, Tripfacum, Coix, 

 Olyra, Carex, Sparganium, Typha, Axyrls, Phyl- 

 lanthus, Tragia, Plernandia, Omphalea ; T£- 

 TRANDRIA, containing 4 genera, viz. Urtka, 



Morus, 



