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CHAP. 23. 
Morifon- — Account of his life — His Hortus Ble- 
fenfis J in which are contained the rudiments of 
his fyftenty and the animadverfions on the Bau- 
hines — Publijhes Boccone's Plant^e Siciil^— 
His Diftributio Plantarum Umbelliferarum 
— His great worky the Hiftoria Plantarum 
Oxonienfis — Outlines of his method, 
Jacob Bobart, the continuatcr of Morifon^s Hif- 
tory — Brief anecdotes of 
M O R I S O N. 
OBERT Mori SON was born at Aier-^ 
Jeen, in 1620 ; was educated in the 
fame univerfity^ and, in 1638, took the de- 
gree of doftor in philofophy, equivalent to 
that of M. A. He firfl applied to mathe- 
matics, and was defigned by his parents for 
the theological line ; but his tafte for bo- 
tany and phylic fuperfeded their intentions. 
His attachment to the royal caufe, led him 
into the army ; and he received a dangerous 
wound in the head, in the battle at Brigg^ 
near 
