ALB 



ALB 



tiViulous acco-unts are given of it by the Arabian commen- 

 tators. 



ALBORAN, an iflantl in the Mediterranean, near the 

 coail of Fez. N. lat. 36''. W. long. 2^ 32'. 



ALBORNOS, GiLKs Ai.varuz Carillo, in Bio- 

 graphv, cardinal and archbifliop of Toledo, and one of the 

 moil celebrated ftatefmen of the 14th centnry. He was 

 born of noble parentage at Cuenija, in New Caliile ; having 

 ftudied canon law at Touloufe, he took orders and became 

 almoner to Alfoiiio XL, king of Cattile, and gradually rofe 

 to the primacy of Spain. As loon as lie was created car- 

 dinal by pope Clement VI., who rclided at Avignon, he 

 reiigned his archbilhopric. Having been lent to Italy as 

 legate by pope Innocent VI., he brought all the revolted 

 Hates to fubniiffion to the holy fee. Upon his return to the 

 fucceeding pope, Urban V., and upon being quelliuntd with 

 regard to the difpolal of the large funis ot money with 

 which he had been entrufted, he caufed a carriage, laden 

 with locks and keys, to be brought imder the windows. 

 " There," faid he to the pope, " is my account of the 

 money. I have made you mailer of all the towns, the keys 

 and locks of which you fee in that carriage." The pope 

 embraced him, and warmly exprelfed his obligations. Albor- 

 nos retired to Viterbo, and Ipent his remaining days in 

 aiSs of piety. He died in 1367, and was buried at To- 

 ledo. He founded a magnificent college at Bologna. Gen. 

 Biog. 



ALBORO, in L-hthyolc^y, a name by whieli the Erv- 

 THRINUS, a fmall red fi(h, cauglit in the Mediterranean, is 

 commonly known in tlie markets of Rome and Venice. 

 ALBOURG, m Geogrnphy. See Aalburg. 

 ALBOURS, a volcanic mountain, near mount Taurus, 

 eight leagues from Herat. 



ALBOUZEME, in Gecgrciphy, a town of Africa, on 

 the coall of Barbaiy. Before it is a bay formed by Cape 

 Mourou, or Befancouron the well, and Cape Quilate on the 

 eaft. It is otherwife called Buzemar, or the bay of Bu- 

 rema. 



ALBRECT, John William, in Blograpihy, born at 

 Erfurt, in Upper Saxony, the I ith of Augull, 1 703, was 

 feveral years protefTor of anatomy, furger)', and botany, at 

 Gottingen. The late Baron Haller, who fucceeded him in 

 thofe offices, in January 1736, fpeaks very favourably of his 

 talents, and gives the following lift of his works : " Obferva- 

 tiones anatomicas circa duo cadavera mafculina," Erford, 

 1730, 4to. " De effei-libus mufices in corpus animatum," 

 ibid. 1735, 8vo. " Parxnefis ad artis medics cultores," 

 Gottig. 1735, 4to. " De vitandis erroribus in medicina 

 mechanlca." Vide Bib. Anatom. vol. ii. p. 238. Haller. 



ALBRECHTSPERG, in Gcogmph, a town of Ger- 

 many, in the archduchy of Auilria, nine miles well from 

 S. P'olten. 



ALBREDA, a town of Africa, in the country of 

 Senegal. 



ALBRET, or Larrit, a fmall town of France, in the 

 late province or Gafcogne, and dueliy of Aibret. It is 

 fituate in tlie department of I^andes, in a fandy temtory, 

 15 leagues fouth from Bourdeaux. N. lat. 44° lo'. W^ 

 long. iG'. 



ALBRICIUS, in Biography, an Engliih philofopher and 

 phylician of the i ilh century, lludied in the Univerfities 

 of Oxford and Cambridge, and travelled for further improve- 

 ment. He excelled in polite literature, and was eminently 

 diftinguiihed by his natural genius and acquired knowledge. 

 Bale mentions the folloviing works, viz. " Ue origine 

 Ueorum ;" " De ratione Vencni ;" " Virtutes Antiqno- 

 rum ;" and " Canones Spcculativi," He wrote other books 

 Vol. I. 



of I'hilofophy and phyfic, wliich are difperfed in fevtial li- 

 braries of Ei\gland. Gen. Diet. 



ALBUCA, formed from aHu', white, in Batany, a 

 genus of the hexandiia monogynta clafs and order, of the 

 natural order of Itli.i or liliaci, the coronaiis of Linnaeus, 

 and the afphotld'i of Juflicu ; the charafters of which arc, 

 that it has no calyx ; the corolla has fix oblong-oval per- 

 manent petals, the three outer fpreading, and the three 

 inner converging ; the ilamina have filaments fliorter than 

 the corolla ; three oppolite to the inner petals, linear-fu- 

 bulate, complicate a little above the bale, then flat, three 

 opjioiite to the outer petals, thicker ; anthers on the former 

 oblong, fixed to the inflcx tip of the filament below the 

 middle, uprightly on the latter, fimilar but effete, or none ; 

 the i)illillum has an oblong, triangular germ, llylc three- 

 lided, lligma a triangular pyramid ; the pericarpmm an ob- 

 long, obtufe, triangular, three-celled, three -valved caplulc ; 

 the feeds numerous, flat, lying over each other, and widen- 

 ing outwards. There are eight fpecies, of which the firft 

 five have only three Ilamens fertile, and the others have all the 

 llamens fertile. I. A, alujfuna or tall, with interior petals 

 glandulole and bent m at the tip, leaves fubulate, chan- 

 nelled, convolute : flowers in April and May, and was in- 

 troduced about 1780, by Meflrs. Kennedy and I^ce. 2. 

 A. major, with interior petals, glandulofe and bent in at 

 the tip, leaves hnear-lanceolate, flattilh, flowers in May, 

 and was introduced about 1767, by Mr. W. Malcolm. 3. 

 A. minor, with interior petals, glandulofe and bent in at 

 the tip, leaves linear- lubuiate, channelled, flowers in May 

 and June, and was cult iyated by Mr. Miller in 1768. 4. 

 A. ccardatit, or channel -leaved, with interior petals vaulted 

 at the tip ; leaves Imooth, linear-fubulate, channelled, pe- 

 duncles the length of the bracles ; flowers in May, and 

 was introduced in 1774. 5. A. fpinjii.!, or fpiral-leaved, 

 with interior petals vaulted at the tip, and leaves fpiral. 6. 

 A. fnjligiata, or upright-flowered, with interior petals- 

 vaulted at the tip, leaves fmooth, peduncles veiy long, 

 flowers in May, and was introduced in 1774. 7. A. 

 vijl-ofa, with interior petals vaulted at the tip» leaves 

 hairy-glandulofe, flowers in May and June, and was in- 

 troduced about 1779, by Dr. J. Fothergill. 8. A. abyji- 

 nica, A. alba of Lamarck, with leaves linear, cliannelled, 

 and fmooth. To the above fpecies Wildenovv has added 

 A. Jiaccida, with interior petals glandulofe, and bent in at 

 the tip ; peduncles fpreading at right angles, leaves lan- 

 ceolate-hnear, and obliquely bent. A. "viridiflora, with 

 interior petals like the former, fcape ereft flcxuous, flowers 

 hanging downwards, leaves linear-fubulate canaliculate, and 

 externally hairy. A. caudata, with petals like the laft, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, convolute at the margin, {horter 

 than double the fcape, peduncles very long and fpreading 

 at right angles, and llraight flowers. A. fctcfa, with 

 petals as before, leaves linear-lanceolate and fmooth, 

 peduncles reclangularly patent and ereft flowers. A. 

 am-ett, with petals and leaves like the lall, peduncles 

 very long, erett and fpreading, and creel flowers. A. fm- 

 gniii.r, with interior petal; vaulted at the apex, leaves If.'- 

 near-lanceolated, ciianuclled, panicles fpreading of the 

 length of the nodding flower, and very (Itort brac'le;D.' 

 All the fpecies are brought from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 They may be cultivated by keeping the roots in pots, filled 

 with light earth, and flickered under a hot-bed frame in 

 winter, in which cafe lliey will thrive and produce flowers ; 

 but the bell method is to have a border in the front of a 

 greeri-houfe or Hove, where the roots of mofl: of the bul- 

 bous flowers may be planted in the full ground, and fcn:en- 

 ed in winter from froll ; in fuch fituations they thrive much' 

 3 Z better. 



