MIMULUS— MONOTROPA. 
culm «rect; leaves lanceolate, very short, 
pungent, at length involute ; panicle con- 
tracted branches generally in pairs, 2- 
flowered ; flowers awnless, ovate ; paleas 
hairy. 12-18 i. Rocky hills. 
ni'gricans, (African millet,) flow^ers in 
panicles; crowded ; glumes shining, becom- 
ing black ; leaves ensiform, very long. Ex. 
WIMU'LUS. 13—2. (ScrophularicB.) [From 
mimus, a mimic] 
rin"gens, (monkey-flower, b. Ju. 2^.) 
erect, glabrous ; leaves sessile, lanceolate- 
acuminate, serrate ; peduncles axillaiy, op- 
posite, longer than the flower ; teeth of the 
calyx acuminate. 1-2 f. 
ala'tiis, (b. Ju. 2^.) erect, smooth ; leaves 
pctioled, ovate, acuminate, serrate ; stem 
square, winged. 2 f. 
Infe'ns, (yellow monkey-flower,) erect, 
stoloniferous ; leaves roundish ovate, lower 
ones petioled-obtuse, upper ones sessile, 
acute. 
lewis"ii, (p. Au. 11.) erect, small, pubes- 
cent ; leaves sessile, lance-oblong, nerved, 
mucronate denticulate ; flowers few, termi- 
nal, veiy long peduncled ; teeth of the ca- 
lyx acuminate. 6-8 i. S. 
fylutino'sus, a shrubby species with or- 
ange-colored flowers. Ex. 
MIRAB"ILIS. .^—1. (Nycta^ines.) [From 
the Latin rmrabilis, wonderful.] 
jal"apa, (four-o'clock, r. y. Ju. 2^.) flow- 
ers heaped, peduncled ; leaves glabnms. 
dichot"(/tna, (Mexican four-o'clock, 2^.) 
flowers sessile, erect, axillary, solitary. Ex. I 
longijio'ra, (w. Au. 2^.) flowers ci'owded, ^ 
very long, nodding ; leaves sub-villose. Ex. 
M[TCHEL"LA. 4—1. (RubiacecB.) [In honor 
of the late Dr. Mitchell of New York.] 
re' pens, (w. Ju. 2^.) stem creeping, 
branched ; leaves smooth, roundish, oppo- 
site. Woods. 
MITEL"LA. 10—2. {Saxifrage:.) 
dyvliyV'la, (w. M. 2^.) leaves somewhat 
.obed ; lobes acute-dentate ; stem erect, 
with two opposite leaves above the middle. 
12-18 i. 
cordifo'lia, (w. M. 2| ) radical leaves cor- 
date, sub-3 lobed, doubly crenate ; scape 
naked, or with a single leaf, scaly at the 
base ; petals fimbriate-piimatifid. 6-8 i. 
prostra'ta, (Ju. 11.) root creeping ; stem 
pro.strate ; leaves alternate, round-cordate, 
sub-acute, obtusely sub-lobed. Canada. 
MOLUCEL"LA. 13—1. (.Labiatre.) [From 
moluca, to bite, on account of its sharp taste ] 
Ice'vis, (shell-flower, w-g. Ju. 0.) calyx 
campanulate, 5 toothed ; teeth equal, awn- j 
less ; leaves petioled, round-ovate, toothed. 
MOLLU'GO 3—3. (Caryophyllecs.) [From 
mollis, soft.] 
verticilla'ta, (carpet-weed, w. Ju. ^.) 
leaves verticillate, wedge-form, acute; stem 
branched, depressed ; peduncles 1-flow- 
ered. 1 
MOMOR"DICA. 19—15. {Cucurbitacea.) \ 
echinn'ta, (w. Au. @.) pomaceous ; berry 
l-seeded, roundish, setose, echinate ; leaves 
cordate, 5-lnbed, angled, acuminate, entire ; 
calyx 6-cIeft; corolla 6-parted. 
balsami'na, (balsam apple, S. 0.) poma- 
ceous ; berry angled, tuoercled; leaves 
glabrous, spreading, palmate. Ex. 
MONAR"DA. 2—1. (Lnbiatm.) [So called 
from Monardes, a Spanish botanist.] 
didJ'ymn, (mountain-mint, r. J. 2^.) leaves 
ovate, acuminate, sub-cordate, somewhat 
hairy; flowers in simple or proliferouft 
heads ; outer bracts large, colored, lanceo- 
late. Var. angust'ifo'lin, leaves lance-ovate, 
acuminate, pubescent ; stem pubescent. 
18-24 i. 
Jl^tnlo'm, (y. Ju. 2^.) stem obtuse-angled, 
nearly smooth, hollow, leaves oblong-lance 
olate, acuminate, coarsely serrate; calyx 
5-toothed, long, r^irved, bearded; corolla 
rough, pale. 
puHcta'ta, (y-b. S. 2^.) nearly smooth* 
stem white, downy ; leaves smooch ; flow- 
ers whorled ; bracts lanceolate, colored 
longer than the whorl ; corolla yellow, 
dotted with brown; calyx 5-loothed, une^ 
qual. 
hirsn'ta, (b p. Au. Zj!.) whole plant hairy 
leaves on long petioles; flowers small 
bracts short; calyx 2-lip|jcd; lower lip 3- 
toothed. 2-3 f 
ohlongnta, (wild burgamot, b. r. Ju. 2^.) 
pubescent ; heads simple ; exterior bracta 
ovats ; calj'x short, w ith the throat beard' 
ed, teeth divaricate ; stem obtuse-angled, 
hairy above ; leaves oblong, lanceolate, 
rounded at the base. Rocky situations, 
2 3 f. 
clinopo' dia, (y. p. Ju. 2^.) smooth; heada 
simple, terminal ; exterior bracts ovate, 
wide, acute, entire ; corolla pubescent, slen 
der; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, ser 
rate, hairy ; stem obtuse-angled, glabrous. 
cilia' ta, (p. Au. 11.) hirsute ; flowers ver 
ticillate ; bracts ovate, glabrous, ciliate, aa 
long as the calyx ; leaves ovate-oblong, 
tapering, serrate. 
rugo'sa, (w. Ju. 2^.) smoothish; heads 
simple, middling size ; outer br^K-ts ovate- 
undulate ; calyx smoothish ; leaves ovate, 
sub-cordate, acute, rugose; ner^ es beneath 
and petiole pilose ; stem ac ite-angled, 
smoothish. 4 f. Canada. 
gra'cilia, (y-w.) very glabrous ; heads lat 
eral and terminal; exterior biacts linear, 
ciliate ; corollas short ; leaves linear, lane©' 
olate-serrate ; stem obtuse-angled, broad 
ovate, acuminate. S. 
piirpu' rea, (r. Ju. 2^.) somewhat gla 
brous ; heads large, leafy ; outer bracts 
large, colored, serrate ; calyx colored ; 
throat bearded ; corolla long, nearly gla- 
brous ; leaves oblong-ovate, coarsely ner 
rate ; stem acutely angled. S. 
MONOOE'RA. 3—2. (Graminea.) [From 
monos, one, and keras, horn.] 
arornat"ica,{3. IX.) spikes solitary ; spike 
lets -* bout 6-flowered ; flowers awned, 
bearded at the margin ; outer paleas rough^ 
ened by glands awned on the back. S. 
MONOTRO'-'PA. 10—1. (Erica.) 
imiJloTa, (bird's ne.st, Indi.in-pipe, w. J 
2X.) stem 1-flowered; flower iiodding at 
first, at length erect ; scales of the stem ap- 
proximate. Whole plant ivory vv^hite ui 
first. 4-8 i. 
