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Gathered by the fame botanift oil the Cordillera del 
Planchon, Chili, in dry fituations, flowering in January. 
Similar in habit to the lad, as well as in the colour of its 
flowers and the pointed fcales of its calyx; but the mar¬ 
ginal florets appear to be broader and fliorter. The leaves 
are bordered with much fmaller, and far more numerous, 
blunt, prominent, not-runcinate, teeth, and are ufually 
quite fmooth on both Tides. 
7. Mutifia fubfpinofa, or (harp-toothed mutifia : leaves 
linear, fliarply toothed ; arrow-fliaped at the bafe ; tendrils 
Ample; ftem winged. Gathered by Nee, near the town 
of Gauamantanga, in Peru, flowering in July ; and on 
the Cordillera del Planchon, in February. The ftem is 
about a yard high, fmooth, with three leafy Iharply- 
toothed wings. Leaves feflile, clafping the ftem with 
their (lightly arrow-fhaped bafe, which is connected 
with the wings of the ftem, but not properly decurrent, 
or tapering. Flowers large and liandfome, folitary, on a 
fliort terminal brafleated ftalk: their radius yellow, or 
fometimes purple ; difk yellow. 
8. Mutifia fagittata, or arrow-leaved entire mutifla : 
leaves lanceolate, entire; arrow-fliaped at the bafe; ten¬ 
drils Ample ; ftems winged. Native of the highelt moun¬ 
tains of Chili, flowering in January : Nee all'o found it in 
Peru. Stem two feet high, or more; downy, with four 
leafy downy wings, whole teeth are (harp and hooked. 
Leaves four or flve inches long, quite entire, woolly 
beneath, clafping the ftem with their broad arrow-fliaped 
bafe, gradually tapering from thence to a narrow point, 
ending in a long Ample tendril. Flower terminal and 
folitary, as in all the Ample-leaved fpecies ; florets of the 
radius often ten, purple, without any barren ftamens. 
Cavanilles calls it hafiata. Willdenow juftly thought him- 
felf obliged to change the name, as the leaves are by no 
means haftate : fquarrofa would have been a (fill more 
expreflive appellation, 
9. Mutifladecurrens, or decurrent entire-leaved mutifia: 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate, decurrent, entire, fmooth ; ten¬ 
drils cloven. Native of the Cordillera del Planchon 
above mentioned, flowering in February. Stem fmooth, 
zigzag, branched, two feet high. Flower large, with 
about twelve radiant florets, which are purple, as well as 
the difk. 
10. Mutifla inflexa, or narrow curve-leaved mutifla : 
leaves linear, very narrow, deflexed at the bafe, incurved ; 
tendrils Ample; braftes awl-fhaped. Native of various 
places in Chili. Stem branched, climbing to the height 
of ten or twelve feet, fmooth. Leaves numerous, l'cat- 
tered, leffile, thick, very narrow, fmooth, three inches 
long. Flower large, with feveral awl-ihaped bradles ; 
florets of the radius eight (or ten), deep purple ; difk 
yellow. 
11. Mutifia linearis, or linear clofe-leaved mutifla: 
ftem ere< 5 l; leaves linear, revolute, ereft, l'pinous-pointed, 
without tendrils. Nativeof the mountains of Chili. This 
is Angular in its genus, for the want of tendrils. The 
ftem is fhrubby, a foot high, (lightly branched. Leaves 
numerous, crowded, about an inch long. Flowers ter¬ 
minal, feflile, folitary, fmaller than any of the foregoing. 
MU'TIUS (Caius), furnamed Codrus, and afterwards 
Scavola, was one of the illuftrious Roman family of the 
Mutii, and rendered his name famous in the war between 
Porfenna king of Tufcany and the Romans. That prince, 
refolving to reftore the family of Tarquin the Proud, 
went to befiege Rome 507 B.C. Mutius refolved to fa- 
crifice himfelf for the fafety of his country; and, boldly 
entering the enemy’s camp, killed Porfenna’s fecretary, 
whom he took for Porfenna himfelf. Being feized and 
brought before Porfenna, he told him boldly, that three 
hundred young men like himfelf had (worn to murder 
him ; “ but, fince this hand has miffed thee,” continued 
he, “ it mull be punifhed ;” then, putting his right hand 
on the burning coals, he let it burn with fuch/conftancy 
asaftonilhed the beholders. The king, amazed at the in¬ 
trepidity of this young Roman, ordered that he (hould 
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have his freedom and return to Rome; and foon after 
concluded a peace with the Romans. From this adlion 
Mutiusobtained the furname of Sccevola, or “left-handed,” 
which was enjoyed by his family. See the article Rome. 
MU'TIUS-SCZEV'OLA (Quintus), called the Augur, 
a Roman of great authority as a lawyer, married the daugh¬ 
ter of Laslius, and was the father-in-law of Lucius Crafius. 
He was praetor in Alia, and conful in the year B.C. 117, 
with Metellus, with whom he had the honourof a triumph. 
On various occalions he performed great fervices to the 
Hate .; and though, at that period, far advanced in years, 
he took part with Marius againft Sy 1 la.. Cicero was in- 
ftrudled by this venerable perfon in the principles of wil- 
dom ; and, in gratitude for his attentions to him, he made 
his preceptor one of the interlocutors in his flrft dialogue 
De Ora tore. 
MU'TIUS-SC^TV'OLA (Quintus), an eminent Roman, 
who was tribune of the people in the year B.C. 106, and 
conful in 95 B.C. with Caius Licinius Craffus. He was 
praetor in Afia, over which he ruled with fo much pru¬ 
dence and juftice, that he was propofed as a model for all 
future governors. His charadter was extremely high for 
legal knowledge, with which he unqueftionably pofl’effed 
a moll mafculine eloquence. Craffus, in Cicero’s dia¬ 
logue De Oratore, llyles him “ the bell orator among 
lawyers, and the bed lawyer arrjong the orators.” Quin¬ 
tilian gives the fame character of him. He was killed in 
the civil wars between the Marian and Sylla fadlions, in 
the year B.C. 82, in the Temple of Vella; and his body 
was thrown into the Tiber. He is thought to have been 
the flrft perfon who reduced the civil law to a methodical 
fyltem : on this fubject he wrote eighteen books, which 
are often referred to by the ancient lawyers. He is fome¬ 
times confounded with the preceding; both having been 
confuls, both lawyers, both praifed by Cicero, and both 
concerned in the unfortunate civil wars : their names 
being the fame, an attention to dates is neceffary to dif- 
tinguifli them. 
Others of the family of Mutius Scoevola were eminent 
as jurifconfults and pleaders. 
MUTIUSCHI'CA, a bay or gulf in the Frozen Sea, on 
the north-weft coaft of Nova Zembla. Lat. 75. 50. N. 
Ion. 57. 14. E. 
MUT'NANG, a town of Bengal: twenty miles well 
of Toree. 
MILTON, j. A fpear, or filh-gig, ufed by the natives 
of New Holland. See Grant’s Voyage. 
MUTO'VA. See Motoua, p. 119. 
MUT'QUIN, a town of South America, in the pro¬ 
vince of Tucuman : twenty-five miles north-eaft of Fer¬ 
nando. 
MUTSCHCOU'R, a town of Perfia, in the province of 
Irak: thirty-five miles north of Ifpahan. 
MUT'SCHEN, or Mutzschen, a town of Saxony, in 
the circle of Leipfic. In the neighbourhood is found a 
fpecies of cryllal, to which they give the name of Mut- 
fchen diamond : twenty-two miles weft of Meiffen, and 
twenty eall of Leipfic. Lat. 51. 14. N. Ion. 12. 48. E. 
MUT'SCHNITZ, a town of Germany, in the princi¬ 
pality of Coburg : nine miles north-eaft of Coburg. 
MUTT, a town of Hindoollan, in Bahar : thirty-feven 
miles fouth-fouth-well of Arrah. 
MUTTAHARR'OW, a town of Hindoollan, in Gu- 
zerat, at the mouth of the Surfooty : twenty-five miles 
north-weft of Puttan Sumnaut. 
MUTTAMUSKEE'T, a lake of North Carolina, twen¬ 
ty miles long, and five wide : three miles north of Pam¬ 
lico Sound. 
MUTTE'AH, a town of Hindoollan, in Bahar: ten 
miles north-north-weft of Bettiah. Lat. 26. ce. N. Ion. 
84- 35 -E- 
MUTTE'AH, a town of Hindoollan, in Bahar: twelve 
miles north-north-eaft of Bettiah. 
MUTTEA'RY, a town of Hindoollan, in Bahar: 
twenty-two miles fouth-eaft of Bettiah. Lat. 26, 38. N. 
Ion, 
