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(Bot.) See LECITHIDACEE. Mon'mouth, JAMES FITZROY, DUKE OF, B. 1649, was a natural son of Charles II., whose favorite he became. In 1665 he m. Anne Scott, Duche of Buccleuch, the richest heire in the kingdom. After the death of Charles in 1684, M., regarded by many as being a legit i mate son of that monarch, and by others as the champion of the Protestant cause, took up arms against James II., and gained a victory over his troops at Axminster, but, being defeated at Sedgemoor in 1685, was made prisoner and executed in July of the same year. (mon'muth,) a W. and maritime co. of England,b. W. by S. Wales, and S. by the Bristol Channel. Area, 446 sq. m. C. Mon mouth. Pop. 195,391. Mon mouth, in Illinois, a vill. of Warren co., abt. 120 m. N.W. of Springfield. Pop. 4,662.- In New Jersey, an E. central co., washed by the Atlantic Ocean; area, 810 sq. miles. Soil very productive. C. Freehold, near which place the British under Sir Henry Clinton were defeated by Gen. Washington, June 28, 1778, with considerable lo . Pop. 46,195. [s. 612]