INDEX 687 
Merismatic, meristematic, of 
dividing and growing cells 
Mermaid-weed (Am.), Proser - 
pinaca 
Meso- (Gr. pref.), middle ; -carp, 
108 ; -chil, intermediate part of 
lip; -phyll, 47 ; -phytes, 150, 169 
Mesquite-grass, Bouteloua ; -tree, 
Prosopis 
Metabolism, 33 
Metamorphosis, 20 
Meu, Meiun 
Mex., Mexico 
Mexican-aloe, Agave ; -fibre, 
Agave ; -poppy, Argemone', 
-rubber, Castilloa ; -sunflower, 
Tithonia ; -tea, Chenopodium 
Mezcal, Agave 
Mezereon, Daphne 
Mezquit, see Mesquite 
Mi, Bassia longifolia L. 
Miall, L. C., 179 
Michaelmas daisy, Aster 
Michx., Michaux 
Micranthus (Lat.), small-flowered 
Micro- (Gr. pref. ), small 
Micromillimeter, 1/1000 part of 
a millimeter, denoted by the 
symbol /x 
Micropyle, 80, 81, 105, in ; 
-sporangium, 54, 77 ; -spore, 54, 
77, Pteridophyta , Selaginella ; 
-sporophyll, 54, 77 
Midrib, 51 
Mig., Miguel 
Mignonette, Reseda ; -tree, Law- 
sonia 
Mihi, as authority, accepted by 
author 
Milfoil, Achillea ; water-, Myrio- 
phyllum 
Milk, Moraceae', -thistle, Silybum ; 
-tree, Brosimum, Mimusops ; 
-vetch, Astragalus ; -wort, Poly- 
gala\ -weed, A sclepias ; -wort, 
sea, Glaux 
Millet, Panicum , Sorghum ; bul- 
rush-, Pennisetum ; -grass, 
Milium ; great-, Sorghum ; 
Indian-, Panicum ; Italian-, 
Setaria ; little-, Panicum ; 
pearl-, Pennisetum ; Samoa-, 
Panicum 
Mint, Mentha ; cat-, Nepeta ; 
pepper-, Mentha, (Am.) Mira - 
bilis 
Miscellaneous useful products, 207 
Mission grass, Stenotaphrum 
Mistletoe, Loranthaceae , Viscwn , 
(Am.) Phoradendron 
Mistus, mixtus (Lat.), cross-bred 
Mitre-wort (Am.), Mitreola 
Mixed inflorescence, 65 
mm., millimeter 
Moa, Bassia 
Moccasin-flower (Am.), Cypri- 
pedium 
Mocker-nut (Am.), Carya to?nen- 
tosa Nutt. 
Mock-orange (Am.), Philadelphus 
Mode of origin of organs, 28 
Mollis (Lat.), soft, pubescent 
Moluc., Moluccas 
Moly, Allium RIoly L. 
Monadelphous, 70, 78 
Monandrous, with one stamen, 78 
Money wort, Lysimachia ; Corn- 
ish-, Sibthorpia 
Moniliform, necklace-like 
Monkey-apple (W. I.), Anona 
palustris L. ; -bread, Adansonia ; 
-flower, Mimulus ; -pot, Lecy- 
this ; -puzzle, Araucaria 
Monkshood, Aconitum 
Mono- (Gr. pref.), one- ; -carpel- 
lary, 82 ; -carpic, once-fruiting ; 
-chasialcyme, 63, 65 ; -chlamy- 
deous, 76 ; -clinous, hermaphro- 
dite, 68 ; -necious, oicus (Lat.), 
68 ; -graph, a systematic account 
of a group ; -petalous, sym- 
petalous ; -podial branching; 
-podium, 42, 62, 153, 154; 
-spermous, oneseeded ; -symme- 
trical, zygomorphic ; -thecal, 
Malvaceae ; -tocous, fruiting 
once only ; -typic (genus), with 
one species 
Monstrosities, 22, 29 
Montanus (Lat.), mountain 
Moon-seed, Menispermum\ -wort, 
Botrychium 
