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of the human body, the degrees of which are 

 thefe, Capillus, Linea, Unguis, Pollex^ Palmus^ 

 DodranSf Spitha?r2a, Pes, Cubitus, Bracbium, Or- 

 gya. 



METEORICI Flores fibres luin^^^i, unde- 

 termined] A fpecies o( fibres which do not ob- 

 ferve the hour of explication wirli fo much 

 pundtuaHty as the others, but are much influ- 

 enced by fhade, the humidity of the air, 

 weight of the atmofphere, &c. 



MINIMUM Perianthitim, comparatively ve- 

 ry fmall, as in the Cortufa, Dodeeatkeon, Patago- 

 nula^ Convolvulus., Ipomoea ; oppofed to MagnunJi 



MONADELPHIA [uiu^, unicus, one only, 

 &: A^iAip9?, frater, brother] the fixteenth clafs 

 in the Linnsean fyftem : it is a natural clafs, 

 and comprehends thofe plants Avhich produce 

 hermaphrodite flowers with one collection of 

 united Stamina. The natural chara£i:erifl:ics 

 are Calyx, Periardhium, always prefent, con- 

 tinuing, and frequently double. The Calyx 

 merits peculiar attention, being, in this clafs, 

 the pofitive generical diftin«5lion. Corolla, 

 Petala five, obcordate, the fides lapping each 

 over the other, contrary to the motion of the 

 fun. Stamina, Filament a united below, dif- 



tinct 



