Miconia (for Spanish physician D.
Micon) -Mye-koh-nee-uh.
Microcitrus (little-citrus) - Mye-kroh-
sit-rus: Finger-lime (M. australa-
sica).
Microcycas (little-cycas) - Mye-kroh-
sye-kas: Corcho.
Microglossa (little-tongue, as to its
short ray-petals) - Mye-kroh-gloss-
uh.
Microlepia (little-scale, as to the covers
of the spore cases)-Mye-kroh-leep-
ee-uh.
Micromeria (small-part, as to flowers)
-Mye-kroh-meer-ee-uh.
Mikania (for Bohemian botanist J. C.
Mikan) - Mik-kay-nee-uh: Climb-
ing hempweed.
Milla (for Spanish gardener J. Milla)
-Mill-uh: Mexican-star.
Miltonia (for Viscount Milton)-Mil-
toh-nee-uh.
Mimosa-Mim-moh-suh.
Mimulus (little mime, as to its mask-
like corolla) - Mim-yew-lus: Mon-
key-flower.
Mirabilis (wonderful) - Mihr-rab-il-
iss: (Four-o'clock or Marvel-of-Peru
is M. jalapa).
Miscanthus (stem-flower) - Misk-
anth-us: Eulalia.
Mitchella (for American botanist John
Mitchell) - Mit-chell-uh: Partridge-
berry, Twin-berry, Squaw-berry.
Mitella (little-cap, as to form of young
pods)-Mit-tell-uh: Bishops-cap.
Mitraria (for cap-shaped pods)-Mit-ray-
ree-uh.
Molopospermum (striped-seed) - Mol-
op-oh-sperm-um.
Moltkia (for Danish Count Joachim
Moltke)-Molt-kee-uh.
Molucella (for the Moluccas or Spice
Is., where supposedly native)-Mol-
yew-sell-uh: (Shell-flower or Molucca-
balm is M. laevis).
Momordica (from word for bite, as to
bitten-looking seeds) - Mom-mord-
ik-uh.
Monarda (for Spanish physician-bota-
nist N. Monardes) - Mon-nard-uh:
Horse-mint.
Monardella (diminutive of monarda)
-Mon-ar-dell-uh.
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Moneses (lone-delight, as to singly
borne flowers)-Mon-nee-seez: One-
flowered shinleaf.
Monotropa (lone-turn, for solitary
flower seeking the light-as in tro-
pism)-Mon-not-rop-uh: (M. un-
iflora is Indian-pipe).
Monstera-Mon-ster-uh.
Montanoa (for Montano, Mexican
statesman)-Mon-tan-noh-uh.
Montia (for Italian botanist Giuseppe
Monti)-Mont-ee-uh.
Monvillea-Mon-vill-ee-uh.
Moraea (for Johannes Moraeus, father-
in-law of Linnaeus)-Moh-ree-uh.
Morinda (contraction of Morus indica)
-Moh-mid-uh.
Moringa - Moh-rin-guh: Horse-radish-
tree.
Morus-Moh-rus: Mulberry.
Moscharia (musky-scented) -Mos-kay-
ree-uh.
Muehlenbeckia (for Alsatian physician
H. G. Muehlenbeck)-Mew-len-bek-
ee-uh: Wire-plant.
Murraea (for Swedish botanist Johann
Murray) - Muh-iee-uh: Orange-
jessamine (M. exotica).
Musa-Mew-suh: Banana.
Muscari (brush, as to flowering habit;
or perhaps from Latin word for
musk, of uncertain pertinence) -
Muss-kay-rye: Grape-hyacinth.
Myoporum (close-pore, as to resinous
leaf dots)-Mye-op-or-um.
Myosotidium (myosotis-like) - Mye-oh-
so_h-tid-ee-um.
Myosotis (mouse-ear, as to leaf shape)
-Mye-oh-soh-tiss: Forget-me-not.
Myrica-Mye-rik-uh.
Myricaria (myrica-like) - Mye-rik-kay-
ree-uh: False-tamarisk.
Myriophyllum (myriad-leaf)-Mihr-ee-
oh-fill-um: Water-milfoil.
Myrrhis (the classical name) - Mihr-
iss: Myrrh; (Sweet-cicely, M. odo-
rata).
Myrsine-Mer-jye-nee.
Myrtillocacrus (myrtle-like-cactus, per-
haps for fruit) - Mer-til-oh-kak:-tus.
Myrtus (the classical name) - Mert-
us: Myrtle.
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Naegelia (for botanist Karl von Nae-
geli of Munich)-Nee-jeel-ee-uh: See
preferred genus Smithiantha.
Nananthus (little-flower) - Nan-anth-
us.
Nandina-Nan-dye-nuh.
Narcissus (name of mythical youth
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who was changed to a flower for love
of his own reflection in a pool) -Nar-
ciss-us (plural, narcissi): Daffodil and
Jonquil are two names commonly given
to members of this genus. Nasturtium
(nose-twist, for its pun-
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