mutinous (mutinus)

[ A voyage the natural difficulties of which had been much augmented by the distrust and mutinous spirit of his followers. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., i. 18. IMG:content-1146.png:[blocks in formation] Mutiny of the Bounty, a mutiny of the sailors of H. M. S. Bounty, commanded by William Bligh, which took place in the Pacific ocean in 1789 under the lead of Fletcher Christian. A part of the mutineers settled in Pitcairn Island, and were long governed by John Adams. Descendants of the mutineers and of Tahitians still gecupy Syn. 1 and 2. Sedition, Revolt, etc. See in sur rection. mutiny (mu'ti-ni), v. i.; pret. and pp. mutinied, ppr. mutinying. [ The same soldiers who in hard service and in battle are in perfect subjection to their leaders, in peace and luxury are apt to mutiny and rebel. South , Sermons, II. iv. [NL. (Carolus Lin Mutisia (mū-tis'i-ä), n. næus filius, 1781), named after its discoverer, José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808), a South American botanist.] A genus of erect or climbing shrubs, type of the tribe Mutisiaceæ, characterized by pistillate flowers, plumose pappus, alternate leaves commonly ending in a tendril, and large solitary heads with the flowers projecting. There are about 36 species, all South American, commonly leaf-climbers, with large purple, pink, or yellow flowers, many highly ornamental in the greenhouse. Mutisiaceæ (mu-tis-i-ā'sē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Le ing, 1832),