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MONOTROPSIS— NARCISSUS. 
monsonia'na, (J. 2J[.) scape long, straight, 
1-flowered ; scales distant; flowers erect; 
stamens 10-12. Shady woods. 
lanugino'sa, (y-w. Ju. li.) scape bearing 
flowers in a spike ; bracts and flowers hairy 
on all sides. Parasitic on roots. 
europe'a, (y. J. 2^,) scape bearing flowers 
in a spike ; flowers and scales on the stem 
glabrous outside ; lateral flowers octan- 
drous. Canada. 
MONOTROP"SIS. 10—1. {Ericm.) 
odora'ta, (r-w. Mar.) flowers bell-form, in 
aggregate heads. 3-4 i. S. 
MON"TIA. 3—3. {PortuJaccem.) 
fontn'na, (false spring-beauty,) leaves op- 
posite ; flowers axillary, small. 
MO'RUS. 19—4. (UrticcE.) From mauros, 
black, so called from the color of the fruit 
of one of its species.] 
nigra, (black mulberry, Ju. ^ .) leaves 
heart-form, ovate, or sub-5-lobed ; unequally 
toothed, scabrous. Ex. 
aV'ha, (white mulberry, M. ^.) leaves 
heart-form, with oblique bases, ovate or 
lobed, unequally serrate, smoothish. From 
China and Persia. Naturalized. 15 20 f 
ru'bra. (red mulberry, M. Ip .) dia?cious ; 
leaves cordate, ovate-acuminate, often 8- 
lobed, equally serrate, scabrous, pubescent 
beneath; fertile aments cylindnc. 15-30 f, 
multican'iis, (many-stemmed mulberry, 
^.) leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, cre- 
nate, sen-ate, net-veined ; sub-scabrous and 
pimpled beneath, sub scabrous above ; 
sprouts proliferous. 8-16 f. Leaves some- 
times 12-14 inches long. 
MU'COR. 21—6. (Fungi) 
aspergiVlus, (mould,) stipe filiform, di- 
chotomous; little heads terminal, sub-con- ] 
jugate, oblong when mature. On putrid 
fungi in autumn. i 
MUH'LENBEIIG"IA. 3—2. (GmmW.) [In 
honor of Henry Muhlenberg, D.D., a distin- 
guished botanist of Lancaster, Penn.] | 
diffu'sa, (dropseed grass, S. 14- •) culm de- 
cumbent, branching, diffuse ; leaves lance- 
linear ; panicles terminal and lateral, slen- 
der ; branches appressed ; awns about as 
long as the paleas. 12-18 i. 
erec"ta, (Au. Z/.) culm erect, simple, 
leaves lanceolate ; panicle terminal, simple, 
racemed ; awn twice as long as the palea; 
upper palea awned at the base. 2-3 f. j 
MYLOCA'RIUM. 10—1. (Ericm.) LFrom ! 
OTw/e, a mill, and A;arMa, akernel.] 
ligustri'num, (buckwheat-tree, w. M. Ip.) 
leaves perennial, alternate, sessile, entire, 
glabrous; racemes simple, terminal. 6 15 | 
f. S. I 
MYOSO'TIS. 5—1. (BoragineeB.) [From ' 
wiMs, a mouse, ous (otos), an ear, the leaves 
being hairy like a mouse's ear.] ' 
aroen"sis, (forget-me-not, w-b. J. 0.) 
seeds smooth ; calyx-leaves oval, acuminate, 
very hirsute, longer than the tube of the 
corolla; stem very branching ; racemes con- 
jugate; leaves lauce-oblong, hirsute. 4 8 i. 
paliistris, (scorpion gra.ss, b. M. 11.) 
leaves lance oval, rough ; border of the co- 
rolla longer than the tube ; flowers very 
small, bright blue. Wet grounds. 
svff vutico' sa, stem very liranchi ng, snt 
fruticose, hirsute; leaves lance-lint ar. his- 
pid-pillose; spikes terminal, many flowers 
on pedicels ; calyx closed ; nut smooth, 
ovate. 8 i. 
na'na, (b. and y. 2J[.) leaves oblong, vil- 
lose , racemes few-flowered ; nut smooth- 
ish ; margin serrulate. S. 
MYOSU'ROS. 5—12. (Ranunculacce.) [From 
mus, mouse, and oura, tail.] 
mini'mus, (A p. ^.) leaves linear, entire ; 
seed 1-flowered ; stamens 5-8 ; petals an- 
ther-form. 2-4 i. 8. 
MYRFCA. 20—4. (Amentacem.) [The name 
is derived from the Greek ; its original 
meaning is uncertain.] 
go'le, (Dutch-myrtle, sweet-gale, M. .) 
leaves wedge-lanceolate, serrate at the 
apex, obtuse; sterile aments imbricated; 
scales acuminate, ciliate ; fruit in scaly 
heads, with a strong aromatic odor. 4-5 f. 
Bogs, mountains, and lakes. 
cerife'ra, (bayberry, wax-myrtle, g-p. M 
^.) leaves acute; sterile aments loose; 
scales acute ; fruit globular, naked. On 
boiling, a pleasant-flavored wax is obtained, 
which is used either alone or with tallow, 
in making candles. 5-18 f 
cnrolinien"sis, (Ap. ^.) leaves cuneate 
oblong, coarsely-toothed ; staminate ament? 
loose ; scales acute ; fruit globular, large. 
3-5 f. 
penn"sylva'mca, (M. .) leaves oblong, 
acutish at each end. very entire or sparing- 
ly sub-serrate at the apex, revolute at the 
margin; staminate aments loose; scales 
acute ; fruit globular, large. 3 f. 
MY'RIOPIIYL"LUM. 19—12. (Onagrm.) [From 
murios, innumerable, and phullon, leaf, from 
the great number.] 
verticilla'tum, (water milfoil, Ju. 24^ ) 
leaves pinnate, capillary, upper ones pec- 
tinate pinnatifid ; flowers axillaiy, vertici- 
late, upper ones staminate-octandrous. 
teneV lain, (Ju. 11.) erect, nearly leafless; 
bracts entire, obtuse; petals linear, condu- 
plicate and revolute ; flowers mostly per- 
fect, tetrandrous. 4-12 i. 
scabra'lvm, (J. p. 11.) leaves pinnatifid ; 
flowers verticillate-axillary ; upper ones 
staminate, tetrandrous; lower ones pistil- 
late ; fruit 8-angled. 12 i. S. 
MYR"TUS. 11—1. {Labiates.) [From muros, 
perfume ] 
commn'nis, (myrtle, w. Ju. Tp.) flowers 
solitary; iuvolucrum 2-leaved; leaves ovate 
Ex. 
NA'JAS. 19—1. (Aroidece ) [From Nais, a 
water nymph.] 
caaadeii"si^, (water nymph,) small, fili- 
form; leaves naiTow-linear. Canada. 
NARCIS"SUS. 6—1. (Narcissi.) [From Nar- 
kissos, a beautiful youth, according to my- 
thology, changed into this Dower.] 
psr,udo-nri7ris".s7i.s,{d;\ffod\\,M. 11.) spatha 
1-flowered ; nectary bell-form, erect, crisp 
ed, equalling the ovate petals. Ex. 
tazcf/'fa, (polyanthos, M. 11.) spatha 
many-flowered ; nectary bell form, plicate, 
truncate, thrice as short as the petals ; pe- 
tals alternately broader ; leaves flat. Ex 
, Joaqiui'la, (jonquil, M. ?_(.) spatha mauy- 
