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MONOTROPSIS— NAUCISSUS. 
vwnsonia'na, (J. IX) scape long, straiglit, 
' flowered ; fscales distant; flowers erect; 
Btamcns 10-12. Shady woods. 
lamigiuo'sa, (y-w. Ju. 2_f.) scape bearing 
flowers in a spike ; bracts and flowers hairy 
on all sides. Parasitic on lools. 
europe'a, (y. ^. 2i.) .scape bearing flowers 
in a spike ; ^lo^A'ers and scales on the stem 
glabrous outside; lateral flowers octan- 
drous. Canada. 
MONOTROP"SIS. 1 0-1. {EriccE.; 
odora'ta, (r-w. Mar.) flowers bell-form, in 
aggregate heads. 3-4 i, S. 
MON"TIA. 3—3. {Portulaccecp..) 
foida'na. (false sprinij-beauty,) leaves op- 
posite ; flowers axillary, small. 
MO'RUS. 19— 4. (Urtica.) From mauros, 
black, so called from the color of the fruit 
of one of i's species.] 
iii^ra, (black mulberry, Ju. ^ .) leaves 
^eart-form, ovate, or sub-5-lobed ; unequally 
toothed, scabrous. Ex. 
aV'ha, (white mulberry, M. ^.) leaves 
heart-form, with oblique bases, ovate or 
[obed, unequally serrate, smoothLsh. From 
China and Persia. Naturalized. 15-20 f. 
ru'hra. (red mulberry, M. ^ .) dioecious ; 
leaves cordate, ovate acuminate, oiten 8- 
lobed, equally serrate, scabrous, pubescent 
beneath; fertile aments cylindric. 15-30 f, 
mnUicfm'lis, (many-stemmed mulberiy, 
'^.) leaves cordate, ovate, acuminate, cre- 
nate, serrate, net-veined ; sub-scabrous and 
pimpled beneath, sub scabrous above ; 
eprouts 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. 
MUH'LENBERG"IA. 3—2. (Graminem.) [In 
honor of Henry Muhlenberg:, D.D., a distiii- 
giiislied botanist of Lancaster, Penn.] 
diffii'sa, (drop.seed gras.s, S. 2^.) culm de- 
cumbent, branching, diffuse ; leaves lance- 
linear ; panicles terminal and lateral, slen- 
der ; branches appres.sed ; awns about as 
long afS the paleas. 12-18 i. 
erec"ta, (Au. 11. ) 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. 
MYLOCA'RIUM. 10-L (EHcce.) LFrom 
mule, a mill, and karua, a kernel.] 
ligus^ri' mim, (buckwheat-tree, w. M. ^.) 
fcaves perennial, alternate, .sessile, entire, 
Xlab-ous; racemes simple, terminal. 6- 15 
-S. 
MYOSO'TIS. 5— L (Boraginex.) [From 
mus, a mouse, ous (oto.t), an ear, the leaves 
being hairy like a mouse's ear.] 
arven"sis, (forget-me-not, w-b. J. @.) 
seeds smooth ; calyx-leaves oval, acuminate, 
very hirsute, longer than the tube of the 
corolla ; stem very branching ; racemes con- 
jugate; leaves lance-oblong, hirsute. 4 8 i. 
paliistris, (scorpion grass, b. M. 2^.) 
leaves lance oval, rough ; border of the co- 
rolla longer than the tube : flowers very 
small, b-ight blue. Wet grounds. 
snffrutico'fia, stem very branchiflg, sni 
fruticose, hirsute; leaves lance line ar, his- 
j jjid pillose ; spikes terminal, many flowera 
I on pedicels ; calyx closed ; nut smooth, 
j ovate.. 8 i. 
I na'na, (b. and y. 11.) leaves oblong vil 
lose, racemes few-flowered; nut smooth- 
i.sh ; margin serrulate. S. 
MYOSU'ROS. 5—12. (Rnnunculacm.) [Fron 
vius. inouse, and oura, tail.] 
miiii'miix, (Ap. @.) leaves linear, entire, 
seed I-flowered ; stamens 5-8 ; petals an- 
ther-form. 2-4 i. S. 
MYRl'CA. 20—4. (Amentacca.) [The name 
is derived from the Greek ; its original 
meaning is uncertain.] 
go'le, (Dutch-myi'tle, sweet gale. M. I7.) 
leaves wedge-lanceolate, serrate at the 
apex, obtuse; sterile aments imbricated; 
i scales acuminate, ciliate ; fruit in scaly 
heads, with a strong aromatic odor. 4-5 f. 
i Bogs, mountains, and hike.s. 
I ccrifcrn, (bayberry, wax myrtle, g-p. M 
j 1?.) leaves acute; sterile aments loose, 
scales acute ; fruit globular, naked. On 
boiling, a pleasant-flavored wax is obtained 
I which is used either alone or with tallow 
i in making candles. 5-18 f 
I caroli}iie>i"Ris, (Ap. Tp.) leaves cuneate 
; oblong, coarsely-toothed ; staminate amentF 
loose ; scales acute ; fruit globular, large. 
3-5 f 
peim"sylva'mca, (M. ^.) leaves oblong 
acuti.sh 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'RIOPHYI/'LIIM. 19—12. (Onagrm.) [From 
murios, innumerable, and phullon, leaf, from 
the great number.] 
veriicilla'tum, (water milfoil, Ju. 2^.) 
leaves pinnate, capillary, upper ones pec- 
tinate pinnatifid ; flowers axillary, vertici- 
late, upper ones staminate-octandrous. 
I tenel"lum, (Ju. 2^.) erect, nearly leafless, 
bracts entire, obtuse ; petals linear, condu- 
plicate and revolute ; flowers mostly per- 
fect, tetrandrous. 4-12 i. 
j scabra'tum, (J. p. 11.) leaves pinnatifid 
I flowers verticillate-axillary; upper ones 
' staminate, tetrandrous ; lower ones pistil- 
late ; fruit 8-angled. 12 i. S. 
' MYR"TUS. 11— L {LaUatcB.) [From wuroa, 
I perfume] 
com mu' ids, (myrtle, w. Ju. ^.) flowers 
1 solitary; involucrum 2-leaved; leaves ovate 
jEx. 
! NA'JAS. 19—1. (Aroidea ) [i="roni Aats, a 
j water nymph.] 
canaden"sU, (water nymph,) small, fiili- 
' form ; leaves narrow-linear. Canada. 
NARCIS"SUS. 6—1. (Narcissi.) [From iVcr- 
j kissos, a beautiful youth, according to my 
thology, changed into this flower.] 
■ j7sejido-Hnrcis"su.s,{daWod\\,M. Z/.)spatha 
1 -flowered ; nectary bell-form, erect, crisp 
ed, equalling the ovate petals. Ex. 
tazcf'ta, (polyanthos, M. li.) spatha 
many-flowered ; nectary bell-form, plicate 
truncate, thrice as short as the petals ; pe 
tals alternately broader ; leaves Hat. Ex 
I jonquWla, (jonquil, M. spatha many 
