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leave, when tasted, a hot sensation in the 

 mouth and throat, they should be used 

 with caution. Hydnum repandum, how- 

 ever, and Cantharellus cibarius are both 

 acrid, and yet are excellent articles of food. 

 It is a good practice with such species to 

 slice them into hot water, and press the 

 slices in a cloth before stewing. 



In general, we would suggest as to the 

 use of Fungi, that they should be eaten 

 with moderation, and with plenty of bread 

 to secure sufficient maceration. In case of 

 accident, a strong mustard emetic should 

 be taken immediately, and medical advice 

 called in. The narcotic symptoms, and 

 attendant inflammation of the intestines, 

 are too grave to be trifled with by domestic 

 medicine. If, however, medical aid is not 

 at hand, the system must be kept up with 

 chloric ether, brandy, or other stimulants ; 

 and if diarrhoea and painful colic, as often 

 happens, are urgent symptoms, opium 

 must be given freely. The narcotic symp- 

 toms, except from the use of such Fungi 

 as the Fly Agaric, are seldom predomi- 

 nant. [M.J.B.] 



MUSK. Mimulus moschatus ; also Ero- 

 dium moschatum. 



MUSKROOT. The Sumbul root, sup- 

 posed to be derived from a species of 

 Angelica ; also the Spikenard, Nardostachys 

 Jatamansi ; and Adaxa Moschatellina. 



MUSK-SEED. The seeds of Abelmoschus 

 moschatus. 

 MUSK-TREE. Eurybia argophylla. 



MUSK-WOOD of Jamaica. Moschoxy- 

 lum Sicartzii ; also Guarea Swortzii. — of 

 New South Wales and Tasmania. Eurybia 

 argophylla. 



MUSOOR, or MUSSOOR. Indian names 

 for Ervum Lens and E. hirsutum. 



MUSQUAMEEXA. A native American 

 name for Cornus circinata. 



MUSQUASH-ROOT. An American name 

 for Cicuta maculata ; also Claytonia acuti- 

 flora. 



MU3S-EXDA. A genus of Cinchonacew, 



deriving its name from the word applied 



by the Cingalese to some of the species. 



It consists of shrubs, natives of tropical 



countries, but not of common occurrence 



in America. The flowers are arranged in 



terminal corymbs, and have a five-parted 



calyx, one of the segments of which is 



occasionally extended into a large white 



I leaf; a funnel-shaped corolla, with a five- 



, parted limb and hairy throat ; and five 



! sessile anthers concealed within the tube 



I of the corolla. The fruit is succulent and 



j two-celled, with the placentas stalked and 



! curved, so as to resemble a Burgundian 



j cross. 



Several species are in cultivation, the 

 I best known being M. frondosa, whose yel- 

 low flowers, contrasted with the white 

 | calycine leaf, give it a singular and pretty 

 appearance. All the flowers do not pro- 

 duce this leaf-like sepal, but two or three 

 in each corymb, and occasionally two sepals I 



| are thus developed. The venation differs 



in these from that of the stem leaves, for 



| while the latter have a midrib and a net- j 



work of smaller veins, the dilated sepals \ 



have several veins of about equal size, pro- ; 



ceeding from the base towards the apex, 



where they converge. This might be 



cited in support of Dr. Dresser's notion, 



that the sepals, &c, should, in many cases 



at least, be considered as modifications 



rather of the leafstalk than of the leaf 



itself. The bark and leaves of some of 



the species are esteemed as tonics and 



febrifuges in the Mauritius, where they 



are known as Wild Cinchona. Elsewhere 



I the leaves and flowers are used as diu- 



i retics and expectorants, while in India the 



! juice of the leaves and fruit is said to be 



j used as an eyewash. [M. T. MJ 



MUSSCHIA. A genus of bell worts, dis- 

 tinguished by its corollabeing deeply five- 

 cleft ; by the filaments of the stamens 

 I being broad below and smooth ; and by 

 the capsule being five-celled, opening by 

 several transverse fissures. M. aurea is 

 the only species. It is a small glabrous 

 shrub, a native of Madeira and Teueriffe, 

 and has large handsome yellow flowers. 

 The genus was named in honour of M. 

 Mussche, a French botanist. [G. DJ 



MUSTARD. Sinapis. — , BASTARD. 



Cleome. — , BLACK. Sinapis nigra. —, 



BOWYER'S. Lepidium ruderale. — , j 

 , BUCKLER. The common name for Bis- \ 



cutella ; also applied to Clypeola Jonthlaspi. i 

 i — , GARLIC. Erysimum Alliaria. — , 

 i HEDGE. Erysimum. — , MITHRIDATE. 



Tlilaspi arvense. — , TREACLE. Clypeola. 



— , TOWER. Turritis; also Arabia Tur- ; 



rita. — , WHITE. Sinapis alba. — ,WILD. 



Sinapis arvensis. 



MUSTARD-TREE of Scripture. Salva- i 

 dora persica ; or by some regarded as a i 

 species of Sinapis. 



MUTABILIS. Changeable in colour or 

 in form. 



MUTHAR, MUTTER, or MUTTIR. In- 

 dian names for Peas, Pisum sativum. 



MUTIAjSTA. The Mozambique name of a 

 tree which produces Vegetable wax. 



MUTICOUS. Pointless. A word em- 

 ployed in contradistinction to some other 

 term indicating being pointed : thus, if, in 

 contrasting two things, one is said to be j 

 mucronate, the other, if it had not amucro, j 

 would be called muticous ; and the same j 

 term would be equally employed in con- j 

 trast with cuspidate or aristate, or any : 

 such. It is also used absolutely. 



MUTIS1ACE.E. A division of the Com- \ 

 positw, included in the two-lipped suborder 

 Labiatifloro?, and further distinguished by 

 its cylindrical or somewhat tumid style, 

 the arms of which are usually blunt or 

 truncate, convex on the outside. [J. H. B.] 



MUTISIA. A genus of Composites which 

 gives its name to the tribe Mutisiece, cha- 

 racterised by their irregular florets, most 



