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New Species. II. Frond compound. 28. Adiantum tri- 
phyllum, or three-leaved maiden-hair: frond three-leav¬ 
ed : leaflets fefllle lanceolate pinnatifid crenate. This is 
a very beautiful little fern, tender, entirely fmooth, afpan 
high. It was found by Commerfon in Buenos Ayres. 
29. Adiantumcuneatum, or wedge-leaved maiden-hair: 
fronds pinnate, leaflets oppolite fubpinnate, pinnas wedge- 
Ihaped retufe alternate. 
30. Adiantum pumilum, or dwarf maiden-hair: frond 
pinnate, Itipe capillary, pinnas alternate roundifh ferru- 
late, the uppermofl: larger trapezium-ihaped, frudtifica- 
tions interrupted. This little plant feklom rifes above 
two or three inches from the root; its leaves and ftalk are 
very delicate ; and the fructifications but few. It is a na¬ 
tive of Jamaica, in dry and rocky places. 
31. Adiantum deltoideum, or deltoid-leaved maiden¬ 
hair : frond pinnate, pinnas alternate deltoid obtufe, the 
uppermoft triangular ; fructifications continued above and 
in front. A native of Jamaica. 
32. Adiantum macrophyllum, or large-leaved maiden¬ 
hair : frond pinnate, pinnas oppofite rhomboid acute, the 
lower larger, the lowed fubhaftate reflex; fructifications 
continued in front and below. This is a native of Jamai¬ 
ca, in mpift and fhady places. 
III. Frond decompound. 33. Adiantum fcandens, or 
climbing maiden-hair : fronds decompound: leaflets 
w'edge-fhaped, equally gafhed : Item climbing. It is a 
native of Cochin China. 
34. Adiantum ftriatum, or ftriated maiden-hair : frond 
bipinnate, pinnules rigid fickled-ovate, fructifications fu- 
perior interrupted, ftipe round rough. 35. Adiantum 
ItriCtum, or ftiff maiden-hair : frond bipinnate, pinnas 
four-cornered faftigiate efeCt, pinnules alternate poliflied 
entire, fructifications fuperior continued. Thefe are na¬ 
tives of Jamaica. 
36. Adiantum microphyllum, or fmall-leaved maiden¬ 
hair : frond bipinnate, leaflets alternate oblong obtufe 
crenate, the loweft-pinnatifid. Height nine inches. It 
is a native of Jamaica, among rocks near St. Jago de la 
Vega, by the river. 
37. Adiantum denticulatum, or tooth-leaved maiden¬ 
hair : fronds decompound, pinnas alternate trapezoid 
acuminate crenate, notches tootliletted, fructifications fu¬ 
perior interrupted. IV. Frond fuperdecompound. 38. 
Adiantum fragile, or brittle maiden-hair : frond fuperde¬ 
compound bipinnate at top, pinnas obvate wedge-fhaped 
entire, fructifications interrupted. Thefe are natives of 
Jamaica. 
39. Adiantum tenerum, or tender maiden-hair : frond 
fuperdecompound, pinnules alternate rhomb wedge-fhap¬ 
ed blunted gafhed, fructifications interrupted. Height 
from fourteen to eighteen inches. A native of Jamaica, 
in fhady places. 
Propagation and Culture. The only fpecies that have 
been cultivated with us are the firff, fifth, fourteenth, fif¬ 
teenth, twentieth, twenty-fourth, and twenty-fixth. The 
fourteenth may be preferved in pots filled with gravel and 
lime-rubbifh, in which it will thrive much better than in 
good earth. Although the fifth or American maiden¬ 
hair will live through the winter in the open air in mode¬ 
rate feafons, yet in fevere frofls it is fometimes deflroyed, 
and therefore it will be prudent to keep a plant or two 
under (belter. This grows naturally in Canada in fuch 
quantities, that, when the French were in polfeflion of 
that country, they fent it to France as package for goods, 
and the apothecaries at Paris ufed it inftead of the true 
maiden-hair. The fifteenth and twenty-fourth, grow¬ 
ing naturally in hot countries, muff be preferved in a 
ftove, where their finning black Hulks and odd-fhaped 
leaves will afford an agreeable variety among other exo¬ 
tic plants. The firff, twentieth, and twenty-fixth, may be 
kept in the green-houfe. 
Adiantum nigrum. See Asplenium. 
ADI APHOR 1 STS, in church-hiftory, a name import¬ 
ing iukewarmnefs, given, in the 16th century, to themo- 
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derate Lutherans, who embraced the opinions of Melanc- 
thon, whole difpofition was vaftly more pacific than that of 
Luther. 
ADIAPHOROUS, adj. [a.$nz(pog(&-, Gr.J Neutral; 
particularly ufed of fome fpints and Halts, which are nei¬ 
ther of an acid or alkaline nature.—Our adiaphorous fpirit 
may be obtained, by diffilling the liquor that is afforded 
by woods and divers other bodies. Boyle. 
ADIAPHORY,yi Gr.J. Neutrality,indif¬ 
ference. 
AD IAPNF USTI A, \_ot, , negative, and to per- 
fpire, or h, neg. per, and orveco, to breathe.] Imped¬ 
ed perspiration, which was confidered by the ancient 
as the primary caufe of fevers, from what they termed 
vaporoja & 3 fuliginofa effluvia not being permitted to pafs 
through the habits and cutaneous pores, hence productive 
of febrile affections. 
AD 1 APTOTOS, from a., negative, and ^aimvrla, to 
ftumble, or Aide. The word figmfies firm ; but in medi¬ 
cine it is the name of a remedy againft the cholic, made of 
ftone-parlley, henbane-feed, white pepper, &c. formed 
into an electuary. 
ADJAZZO, Adrazzo, or Ajaccio, in geography, 
a handfome town and c;dtle of Corfica in the Mediterra¬ 
nean, with a bifhop’s fee, and a good harbour. It is po¬ 
pulous, and fertile in wine. It is 27 miles S. W. of Corte. 
E. Ion. 41. 54. lat. 38. 5. 
To ADJECT, v.a. \_adjicio, adjcclum, Lat.] Toaddto; 
to put to another thing. 
ADJECTION, J. [ adjeBio , Lat.] Theadtofadjecting, 
or adding. The thing adjected, or added. 
ADJECTITIOUS, adj. Added; thrown in upon the 
reft. 
ADJECTIVE, f. [ adjeElivum , Lat.] A word added to 
a noun, to fignify the addition or feparation of fome quali¬ 
ty, circumftance, or manner of being ; as, good, bad, are 
adjeblives, becaufe, in fpeech, they are applied to nouns, 
to modify their fignifications, or intimate the manner of 
exiltence in the things fignified thereby. 
ADJECTIVEL\ , adv. After the manner of an adjec¬ 
tive ; a term of grammar. 
ADIEU, adv. [from a Dicu, ufed elliptically for a Dieu 
je vdus commcnde, ulea at the departure of friends.] 'The 
form of parting, originally importing a commendation to 
the Divine care, but now ufed, in a popular fenfe, fome¬ 
times to things inanimate ; farewell. 
ADIGE, a river in Italy, which taking its rife fouth of 
the lake Glace among the Alps, runs fouth by Trent, then 
ealf by Verona in the territory of Venice, and falls into 
the gulph of Venice, north of the mouth of the Fo. 
To ADJOIN, v. a. [ adjoindre , Fr. adjujigo, Lat.] To 
join to ; to unite to ; to put to. To fallen by a joint or 
juncture. 
Asa maffy wheel 
Fixt on the fiimmit of the higheft mount, 
To whole huge fpoke ten thoufand leffer things 
Are mortis’d and adjoined. Shakcfpeare. 
To Adjoin, v. n. To be contiguous to ; to lie next, fo 
as to have nothing between.—111 learning any thing, as lit¬ 
tle fliould be propofed to the mind at once as is poflible ; 
and, that being underllood and fully mattered, proceed to 
the next adjoining, yet unknown, fanple, unperplexed, pro- 
pofition, belonging to the matter in hand, and tending to 
the clearing.what is principally defigned. Locke. 
To ADJOURN, v. a. \_adjourner, Fr.] To put off to a- 
nother day, naming the time; a term ufed in Juridical 
proceedings; as, of parliaments, or courts of juftice. lo 
put off; to defer; to let flay to a future time. 
ADJOURNMENT, f. [adjournement, Fr.] An aflign- 
ment of a day, ora putting oil till another day*. Delay ; 
procraftination ; difmiflion to a future time.—We will 
and we will not, and then we will not again, and we will. 
At this rate we run our lives out in adjournments Irom time 
to 
