MANCHINEEL

(Mancinella, the Spanish name.) A the West India islands, and celebrated for lus qualities. It is a erted that to sleep beneath Is to poison; and lhat the land crabs found in the maneliineel become ^usurious from feeding on its U though there is doubtle much exaggeration in a doubt exists of the deadly effects of manluice when introduced into the system. MAMIA'. [s. 727]