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of plants in the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of 

 Linnseus, in which are thefe genera, viz. Phila- 

 delphus, Eugenia., Pfidium, Myrtusy Caryophyllus. 



ARCUATUM legtanen [ab arctts, the curva- 

 ture of an arch or of a bow-ftick] curved, as 

 in the Oniithoptis perpufillum. 



ARECTUM FoUum. See Ereaum. 



ARILLUS, the proper exterior coat of a feed 

 which falls o£F fpontaneoufly : it is exemplified 

 in Coffea, ^afjninum, Cytioglojfum, Cucumis, Di- 

 Siamnus, Dlofnia, CelaJIrus, Euonymm. The A- 

 r'lllus is either cart'dagineics, ov fucculentus. 



ARISTA [ab areo, to be dry or parched] 

 the beard of corn, or grafs ifiuing from a glu' 

 ma. 



ARISTATA Gluma lAiiJla] having an a- 

 rijia, oppofed to rnutica. 



ARMA, arms, weapons ; one of the feven 

 kinds of Fulcra of plants, according to Lin- 

 nseus, intended by nature to fecure them a- 

 gainft external injury : its fpecies are, Aculei, 

 FiirccSy Spincgy Stimuli. 



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