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ta metbodi naturaUs of Linnjeiis, amongft which 

 are the following genera, viz. Paonia, Jquilegia, 

 Acon'itum^ Nigellay Hetleborui, Ranunculus, Ane- 

 mone, &c. 



MURICATUS Caulis Imurex, a fifla whofe 

 lliell is covered with fharp points, or prickles] 

 prickly. 



Aluricata, an order of plants in the Fragmenta 

 methodt naiuralis of Linnzeus, in which there are 

 the following genera^ viz. Bromelia^ Renealmia, 

 TiUandfia, Bv.rmannia. 



Muricata Semhia, as in the Caucalis. 



Alurkatus Calyx, as in the Crepis biennis. 



MGSCI [Moa-xog, v'ltulus; properly any thing 

 young, new, or frefh] mofles ; one of the ieven 

 tribes or families of the vegetable kingdom, ac- 

 cording to Linnasus, and by him thus chara(51:e- 

 rized, having anthera without filamenta, remote 

 from the female flower; no pijiillum ; and feeds 

 without either arillus or cotyledon. They con- 

 ftitutethe fecond order in thedafs Cryptogamia, 

 and comprehend eleven fpecies, which are 

 divided Into acalyptrati, calyptrati diclinii and 

 calyptrati jnomclini. In Tournefort the mofles 

 conftitute the firft genus of tjic firft feftion of 



clafs xvii. 



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