Monotoca
(from monos, one, and tokos, a birth; the edible fruit having only one seed). ORD. Epacrideae. A genus comprising about half-a-dozen species of greenhouse evergreen shrubs or small trees, natives of East and South Australia. Flowers white, small, usually unisexual, disposed in racemose, axillary or terminal spikes, rarely solitary, sessile; corolla tube small, campanulate or scarcely cylindrical; lobes five or rarely four, valvate in bud. Leaves scattered, with recurved margins or nearly flat. The species described below are those best known to cultivation. For culture, see Epacris. M. elliptica (elliptic). fl. white; spikes erect, nearly terminal and aggregate, or axillary and solitary. May to August. l. elliptic-oblong, four times longer than broad. h. 8ft. 1802. A small tree. M. lineata (lined). A tall shrub or small tree, resembling M. elliptica in foliage; but he peduncles are shorter, axillary, and few-flowered, the flowers smaller, and the corolla more open. h. 6ft. 1804. Shrub. M. scoparia (broom). fl. white; spikes axillary, few-flowered, nearly sessile, nodding. May to August. l. oblong-linear, with revolute edges. Stems erect. h. 5ft. 1825. Shrub.