A D I 



ADO 



having the common 

 nor the lower 



rough with fine briftly hairs ; their under fide covered with Jlali not rough with prominent points 

 bttle brown ^crowded ca^/ules, which are quite uiiconneftcd tranches deeply divided; from the latter 'in having wedge- 



nKpedkaJcts, fomewhat falcate in front, and othefparticu- 

 lars. It IS perhaps too nearly related to A. acuminatum of 



with the leaf. 



A., formofum. 

 n. 3. — " Frond 

 triply pinnate ; 

 lower ones cut. 



Elegant New Holland Maidenhair. Br. 

 repeatedly compound, deltoid ; branches 

 leaflets rhomboid, obtufe, fmooth ; the 

 Involucrum kidney-fhaped. Partial ribs 

 downy. Common ftalk rough." — Difcovered by Mr. 

 Brown, near Port Jackfon, New South Wales. We know 

 not that we have ever feen a fpecimen. 



A. ajfimile. Rounded New Holland Maidenhair. Br. 

 n. 4. Swartz Syn. 125 and 322. t. 3. f. 4. (A. trigo- 

 num ; Labill. Nov. HoU. v. 2. 99. t. 248. f. 2; fee n. yi 



Deveaux. S'wart%. 



ADJIDSING. See BuNDELA and Rewah. 



ADIPOCIRE, in ChcmiJIry, is defcribed at length in tliC 

 Cyclopedia ; but the curious faft that this fubftance forms 

 a principal ingredient in fome fpccies of Biliary Calculi 

 has been omitted under both articles. 



ADJUSTMENT, the fettling of the averages or lofTes 

 on policies of afTurance. See Average. 



J , X r- J ji J r r r '^^^^^,^' ■" •^°''''y> was fo named in memory of the 



and 52 above.)— Frond repeatedly compound, very fmooth; favourite of Venus, reported by the poets to have been 

 leaflets roundifli-rhomboid, deeply notched m front ; the changed, by that goddefs, into a flower. But whether ours 

 notches contrafted, each bearing a fmooth kidney-ftiaped is the very plant, known ' by this name to the ancients 

 involucrum. Common Iblk and ribs perfeftly fmooth — would be almoft as difficult to prove as the original faft' 

 Gathered by Dr. White and Mr. Brown, in the neighbour- Our former article requires correftion, in confequeiice of 

 hood of Port Jackfon, and by the latter, as well as M. La- tlie publication of De Candolle, by which we have profited 



billardiere, on the fouth coaft of New Holland, and in fo much in Aconitum, Act j,a, &c. De Cand. Syll. v. i 



Van Diemen's ifland. From one to two feet high, com- t ■ /-. ^ ^ , . ^ JL." 



pofed of numerous bttle, fan-like, ilalked, ribbed, bright- 

 green lectflets, between whofe rounded marginal fegments 

 the fmooth, light-brown involucrums are llationed. Thefe 

 by age become reflexed, and turn up the numerous pale 

 capfules which cover their under furface. 



A., fubcordalum. Heart -leaved Maidenhair. Swartz in 

 Stockh. Tranf. for 1817. 75. — " Frond triply pinnate; 

 leaflets fl:alked, fomewhat heart -fliaped, pointed, (lightly 

 crenate, with radiating veins. Involucrums at each margin, five to fifteen, oblong, obtufe, pohflied, with firaplc naked 



220. Linn. Gen. 281. Schrcb. 377. Willd. Sp. PI. y. 2, 

 1303. Mart. MiU. Dia. V. I. Sm. Fl. Brit. 586. Prodr. 

 Fl. Grasc. Sibth. v. i. 379. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 3. 3J0. 



Juff". 232. Lamarck Illuflir. t. 498. Ga:rtn. t. 74 Clafs 



and order, Polyandria Polygynia. Nat. Ord. Multijiliqus, 

 Lina. Ranunculaceie, Jufl". De Cand. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of five obtufe, con- 

 cave, clofe-prefled, fomewhat coloured, deciduous leaves, 

 fometimes with a fmall fpur at the bafe. Cor. Petals from 



roundifli-crefcent-ftiaped." — Gathered by Mr. Freyreis, in 

 fliady woods in Brafil. Common Jlalk round, dark purple, 

 fmooth and pohflied. Frond eighteen inches long, its out- 

 line ovate, or deltoid. Primary and fecondary branches 

 alternate, widely fpreading, ftraight, round, fmooth, the 

 colour of the ftalk. Leaflets alternate, rather diilant, fome 

 regular, others oblique and dilated at the upper angle of 

 the bafe, an inch in length, with a long point to each ; 

 fmooth on both fides ; ftreaked beneath with copious, 

 forked, radiating veins, and flightly glaucous ; the margin 

 obfcurely ferrated. Common rib flightly zigzag, poliftied. 

 Dots at the upper and under edges, not at the bafe or apex, 

 roundifti, difl;inft, covered by brown crefcent-ftiaped involu- 

 crums. Swartz. This mode of expreffion mufl: not be 

 taken literally, for then the plant would be a Cheilanthes. 

 The author adds, that this fpecies is very difl:inft in 

 the fliape of its kajlets ; for fo only can we underftand 

 " forma pinnarum,'" as meaning pinnula rum. 



A. intermedium. Intermediate Maidenhair. Swartz in 

 Stockh. Tranf. for 1817. 76. — " Frond doubly pinnate; 

 leaflets halved, wedge-fliaped, oblong-rhomboid, obtufe, 

 ribbed and itriated ; with a right angle at the upper fide of 

 the bafe ; ferrated and fruftifying at the front and apex. 

 Stalk and ribs rough and downy." — Gathered by Mr. 

 Freyreis in low woods, in the interior part of Brafil, in 

 September. Root creeping. Common Jlalks a foot high, 

 triangular, rigid, roiighifh, brownifli-black, befct with 

 nifty hair. Fronds half as long, deltoid : firft divifions 

 oppofite, linear-lanceolate, curved upwards, of three pair 

 of leaflets, half an inch in length, befidts an odd one rather 

 longer, all fomewhat ftalked, flightly falcate, obtufe, 

 crowded, fmooth on both fides, of a browiiifti-green. 



claws. Stam. Filaments numerous, very fliort, awl-fliaped, 

 inferted into the bafe of the receptacle ; anthers oblong, 

 inflexed. Pifl. Germens numerous, ovate, inferted into the 

 oblong-conical receptacle, crowded, above the ftamens, each 

 pointed with a very ihort, partly decunent, ftyle ; ftignias 

 acute, reflexed. Peric. none. Recept. oblong, fpiked. Setdi 

 numerous, irregular, angular ; gibbous at the bafe ; reflexed 

 at the point, rather prominent, without awn or wing. 



EfiT. Ch. Calyx of five leaves. Petals from five to fif- 

 teen, deftitute of neftaries. Seeds naked. 



Herbaceous plants, with leiSyflems. Leaves deeply cut, 

 in a pinnate manner, their lobes many-cleft, in very numerous, 

 linear fegments. Involucrum none. Flowers folitarj', at the 

 furamits of the ftem, or branches, yellow, fcarlet or crimfon, 

 never blue. 



All the ten fpecies are found in Europe, or in the adjoin- 

 ing countries of northern Africa and Afia ; thofe of the 

 firft feftion in cultivated plains ; of the fecond in rugged 

 mountainous fpots. 



The perennial kinds have acrid, bitterifli, purgative roots, 

 capable of fupplying the place of Hellebore. Tiie annual 

 ones are almoft inadlive. 



The genus is divifible into two fedlions, by the habit and 

 duration, confirmed by differences in xheflowers and/ruit, 

 as follows. 

 ■ Sea. I. Monia. De Candolle. 

 Adonis of C. Bauh. Pin. 178. 



Petals from five to ten, concave or flat. Stam. eighteen 

 or twenty. Seeds collefted into an ovate or cylindrical fpike, 

 always fmooth, eacli beaked v>ilh a ftraiglit conical ftyle. 

 Roots pale, annual, tapering, but little divided. All tiiefe 

 annual ones arc fo nearly akin, that they have been taken by 



fereral 



