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ly, for firmnefs in an opinion, orfteadinefs in a pradice.” 
The fame want of fincerity, the fame adhejion to vice, and 
averlion from goodnefs, will be equally a reafon for their 
rejecting any proof whatfoever. Atterbury. 
Adhesion, in medicine, a term ufed for two parts 
fticking together,.which are naturally feparate. If any of 
thofe parts in the thorax or belly lie in contaft, and in¬ 
flame, they commonly grow together. The lungs very 
frequently adhere to the pleura. On this fubjedt fee Dr. 
Flemyng’s Treatife on Adliaelions, or Accretions of the 
Lungs ; or an abftract from it in the Med. Muf. vol. i. 
ADHESIVE, adj. Sticking; tenacious. 
To ADHIBIT, v. a. [adhibco , Lat.] To apply ; to make 
life of.—Salt, a necetfary ingredient in all lacrifices, was 
adhibited and required in this view only as an emblem of 
purification. Forbes. 
ADHIBITION, f. Application; ufe. 
ADHIL, in aftronomy, a (far of the iixth magnitude, 
upon the garment of Andromeda, under the laft liar in her 
foot. 
ADHOA, in ancient cuftoms, denotes what we other- 
wife call relief. In which fenfe we Sometimes alfofind the 
word written adoha, adoamentum, and adhogamentum. 
ADJACENCY,/, [from adjaceo, Lat.] The Bate of 
lying clofe to another thing. That which is adjacent. 
ADJACENT, adj. [adjacent, Lat.] Lying near or 
clofe ; bordering upon Something.—Uniform pellucid 
mediums, fucli as water, have no fenfible reflection but 
in their external Superficies, where they are adjacent to 
other mediums of a different denlity. Newton. 
Adjacent, /. That which lies next another. 
ADIACHYTOS,/'. [ from a. negative, and liiu.yyu, to di f- 
fufie, Scatter, or be profufe.] Decent in point of dress. 
Hippocrates thinks the drefs of a fop derogatory from the 
phyfician : he’fays, that many in his days hid their igno¬ 
rance under ornaments of drefs, and ftrove to get the good 
liking of the people by their appearance at the public 
games. 
ADIANTUMj/ifa^iarroi/, becaufeit repels water when 
plunged into it; others from a. and Sucu/ew, from its not 
withering.] In botany, a genus of the cryptogamia filices 
clafs. The generic characters are—Fructifications af- 
femblc-d in oval Spots, at the end of the fronds, which are 
turned back, or at the reflex tip of the frond underneath. 
Defcription. In this large genus of ferns one only (the 
fourteenth) is native of Great-Britain, and that in a Sin¬ 
gle place or two of Scotland and Wales. The reft are 
chiefly the growth of hotter climates, particularly the 
Weft Indies. 
Species. I. Frond Ample, i. Adiantum reniforme, 
or kidney-leaved maiden-hair : fronds kidney-(haped, 
ftalked, many-flowered. It is a native of the illand of 
Madeira. 
2. Adiantum philippenfe, or Philippine maiden-hair: 
fronds kidney-lhaped, alternate, petiolate, lobate, many- 
flowered. This is a native of the Philippine iilands. 
3. Adiantum repens, or creeping maiden-hair : fronds 
trapezium-ihaped, cordate, pinnatifid; divilions lance- 
Jhaped, ferrate at the tip, the lower ones gaihed. It is a 
native of the Ifle of France. 
II. Frond compound. 4. Adiantum radiatum, or ray¬ 
ed maiden-hair : frond digitate ; leaflets pinnate : pinnas 
one-Rowe red. This elegant little plant rifes by a Simple 
ftalk to the height of fix or eight inches, and then divides 
into five of more Simple branches difpofed in a radiated 
expanded form ; thefe are fuftained by a few Simple leaves 
placed in the manner of an umbrella, under their infec¬ 
tions. It is a natiye of Jamaica and Domingo. 
5. Adiantum pedatum, or Canadian maiden-hair: 
fronds pedate ; leaflets pinnate; pinnas gibbous before, 
gaihed., fruit-bearing. John Tradefcant, jun. brought 
this Species into England from Virginia before the year 
*640. It is alfo a native of Canada, Japan, and the So¬ 
ciety Iftes. It flowers in Auguftand September. 
6 . Adiantum lanceum, or Surinam maiden-hair : fronds 
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pinnate: pinnas oppofite oblong, the end ones triangu¬ 
larly haftate. This is a native of Surinam. 
7. Adiantum haftatum, or haftate-leaved maiden-hair: ' 
fronds pinnate : pinnas haftate-trilobate ftraight. This 
is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
8. Adiantum trilobum, or three-lobed maiden-hair: 
pinnas three-parted, obtufe, gaihed, many-flowered. It 
is a native of America. 
9. Adiantum ferrulatum, or ferrate-leaved maiden-hair: 
fronds bipinnate ; pinnules deltoid-oblong ferrate; fruc¬ 
tifications folitary Superior. This is a native of Jamaica. 
10. Adiantum caudatum, or tail-leaved maiden-hair : 
fronds pinnate fickied tailed at the tip. This is a native 
of the Eaft Indies and Japan. 
III. Fronds decompound, n. Adiantum flabellula- 
tum, or fan-leaved maiden-hair : fronds decompound : 
pinnas alternate rhombed rounded many-flowered, llipes 
pubefeent above. It is a native of China. 
12. Adiantum trifoliatum, or ternate-leaved maiden¬ 
hair : frond decompound ; leaflets alternate termite linear 
one-flowered. This is a native of America. 
13. Adiantum chufanum, or Chiriefe maiden-hair: 
fronds decompound: pinnas alternate pinnatifid : lobes 
unequal. It is a native of China. 
14. Adiantum capillus Veneris, or true maiden-hair : 
fronds decompound: leaflets alternate; pinnas wedge- 
Ihaped, lobed, pedicelled. Maiden-hair is a very fuccu- 
lent plant, yielding almoft its whole weight of juice; but 
neither tafte nor fmell promife any efficacy. Hallen lays, 
that, if the fyrup of capillaire, which they make from it, 
be good tor any thing, it is from the orange-flower water 
which they put into it. It is a native of the fouth of Eu¬ 
rope, and the Levant. Wales and Scotland, but rare. 
15. Adiantum villofum, or hairy-ftalked maiden-hair: 
fronds bipinnate : pinnas rhombed fructifying before and 
without, ftipe villous. This is a native of Jamaica. 
16. Adiantum pulverulentum, or dully maiden-hair : 
fronds bipinnate : pinnas oval truncate, before one-flow¬ 
ered, ftipe fliaggy. 17. Adiantum criftatum, or crefted 
maiden-hair : fronds bipinnate : lowelt leaflets two-part¬ 
ed: pinnascrefcent-lliaped, many-flowered above. Thefe 
are natives of South America. 
18. Adiantum furcatum, or forked maiden-hair : frond 
bipinnate: pinnas generally two-parted, linear; line of 
fructification Angle. 
19. Adiantum caffirorum, or Caffrarian maiden-hair : 
fronds bipinnate : pinnas ovate galh-toothletted chalky 
underneath. 
20. Adiantum fragrans, or fweet-feented maiden-hair: 
fronds bipinnate : pinnas ovate fublobed obtufe, naked 
underneath. A native of Madeira; and was introduced 
into England 1758 by Mr. Francis MalTon. 
21. Adiantum truncation, or truncate-leaved maiden¬ 
hair : fronds decompound, with pinnate leaflets : pinnas 
alternate wedge-fhaped rather fickle-lliaped truncate entire. 
IV. Frond fuperdecompound. 22. Adiantum clava- 
tum, or clubbed maiden-hair: leaflets alternate : pinnas 
wedge-fhaped, quite entire, alternate, one-flowered. It 
is a native of Dominica. 
23. Adiantum aculeatum, or prickly-ftiped maiden-hair: 
pinnas palmate many-flowered, ftipe prickly. This is a 
native of Jamaica and Dominica. 
24. Adiantum trapeziforme, or rhomb-leaved maiden-, 
hair : leaflets alternate ; pinnas rhombed, gaihed, fruit¬ 
bearing on each fide. A native of New Zealand and be¬ 
tween the tropics. 
25. Adiantum hexagonum, or hexagon-leaved maiden¬ 
hair : pinnas hexangular, emarginate, quite entire, one-, 
flowered on both tides. 
26. Adiantum pteroides, or heart-leaved maiden-hair : 
pinnas ovate entire crenulate, ftipe polilhed. A native of 
the Cape of Good Hope; introduced, by Mr. Fr. Maflbn. 
27. Adiantum jethiopicum, or Cape maiden-hair: pin¬ 
nas' rounded entire Crenulate, petioles Capillary. A native 
of the Cape of Good Hope and Jayan. 
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