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ovaries. Occasionally the calyx and corolla also fuse and we have a 
double ovary surmounted by a io-lobed calyx and corolla (cf. 
Lonicera). 
Mitella Tourn. ex Linn. Saxifragaceae (1). 7 sp. N. Am., Japan. The 
inconspicuous greenish firs, stand in unilateral racemes. 
Mitraria Cav. Gesneriaceae (1). 1 sp. Chili. 
Mitrasacme Labill. Loganiaceae. 28 sp. Austr., trop. As. 
Modecca Lam. (Adenia Forsk.). Passifloraceae. 30 sp. trop. exc. Am. 
Modiola Moench. Malvaceae (11). 1 sp. Amer., S. Afr. 
Moehringia Linn. = Arenaria Rupp. 
Moenchia Ehrh. = Cerastium Dill. 
Mogiphanes Mart. Amarantaceae (4). 10 sp. trop. Am. Included in 
Alternanthera in Nat . Pji . 
Mohria Sw. Schizaeaceae. 1 sp. S. Afr., Madag. The sporangia are 
on the under side of ordinary leaves, and the margins are turned 
back over them (cf. Pteris). 
Molinia Schrank. Gramineae (x). 1 sp. M. caerulea Moench, Eur. 
(incl. Brit.), As. 
Mollugo Linn. Aizoaceae (1). 13 sp. trop. , and N. Am. 
Moluccella Linn. Labiatae (vi. 4) . 2 sp. Medit. 
Momordica (Tourn.) Linn. Cucurbitaceae (in). 25 sp. trop. [M. 
Elaterium L. = Ecballiu? 7 i Elateriuni \ . 
Monachanthus Lindl. = Catesetum Rich. 
Monanthes Haw. Crassulaceae. 3 sp. Morocco, Canaries. 
Monarda Linn. Labiatae (vi. 8). 6 sp. N. Am. Sta. 2. Fir. protan- 
drous and visited by bees (and humming-birds in the red sp.). The 
leaves of some sp. are used medicinally in the form of tea (Oswego- 
tea). 
Moneses Salisb. = Pyrola Tourn. [M. grandiflora S. F. Gray — P. 
uniflora .] 
Monimia Thou. Monimiaceae. 3 sp. Madag., Mascarenes. 
Monimiaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Ranales). 24 gen. with 150 sp., 
chiefly S. trop., and esp. in the ‘oceanic’ floral regions (Madag., Austr., 
Polynes.). Shrubs and trees, with leathery evergreen leaves, usually 
opp., exstip., and firs, solitary or in cymes. The axis is hollowed 
so that the Hr. is perigynous ; the firs, are commonly unisexual and 
often the two sexes differ in the hollowing of the axis. Frequently 
the bud opens by throwing off the outer ends of the perianth-leaves 
as a sort of lid. Perianth simple ; sta. oc , the anthers introrse or 
extrorse, opening by slits or valves; cpls. usually 00, each with 1 
usually basal erect anatropous ovule. Fruit of achenes, often more 
or less enclosed in or borne on a fleshy receptacle. The order forms 
a connecting link between Lauraceae and the other Ranales, being 
closely allied on one side to L., on the other to Calycanthaceae. 
Chief genera: Hedycaria, Peumus, Tambourissa, Laurelia. Placed 
in Micrembryae by Benth.- Hooker, in Polycarpicae by Warming. 
