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beautifully ftaincti and veined with puvple and red ; it flowfin 

 r.om June to Octobtr ; and was introduced into Kew gar- 

 (!en, in 1753, by MelFis. Kennedy and Lee. 2. A. /.«/- 

 ikl^tt, with erea flcm, reflex-fpreading ur.d acute corollas, 

 icTik leaves, and pedicles (horter than the involucre. This 

 plant refsmbles the former in its llruilnre and habit, bnt the 

 leaves are naiTower, and the item terminaied by an irregu- 

 lar involucre of larger pctiolate leaves ; the peduncles naked 

 and one-flowered, flowers four or fix rather nodding ; the 

 petals alternately lefs, whitilh, red at tlie tip, ftreaked, or 

 dotted with red at the bale, filaments yellow, p-iilil red, and 

 iligma trifid. This fpecics is a native of South America. 

 3. A. Lighi, ftriped-flowered A. with erect ilem, fpatulate- 

 oblong leaves, peduncles of the umbel longer than the invo- 

 lucre, and two-lipped corolla. The barren Hems are clothed 

 with awl-(haped leaves, and terminated with fpatnhite-oblong 

 leaves, placed in a kind of rofe ; the florifcruus Hem clothed 

 with awl-ihaped leaves, the peduncles few and naked ; the 

 three upper petals of the corolla larger, white, dotted at tlie 

 bafe, and fpotted at the tip with red, the three lower ones 

 fUoiter and red ; the lilaments longer than the lower petals, 

 rugged, the anther,; twin and yellow ; the pillil red. This 

 plant, which is a native of Lima, is remarkable for the 

 l.irgeiiels of its flowers, and for their fragrancy, fcarce- 

 ly inferior to mignonette ; it flowers in February and 

 March, and was introduced here about 1776 by John 

 Brown, Eiq. 4. A. Saljllla, with twining ftem, petlolate, 

 lanceolate, acuminate leaves, branching umbel, peduncles 

 longer than the involucre, braded and loofe. The leaves are 

 uervofe, petioles naked, the involucre many-leaved, awl- 

 lliaped and reflex, the peduncles few, elongated, fuilaining 

 one or two flowers, the outer petals red, and the inner 

 greeniih. This 13 a native of Lima. 5. A. wultifora, with 

 twining ttem, pctiolate, lanceolate, and acuminate leaves, 

 fnnple umbel, peduncles fliorter than the braftcs, and petals 

 alternate and truncate. This fpecies refembles the lall in 

 habit and IlruSure ; but the petioles are wrinkled at the 

 edge, and the umbel is not peduncled, the manyfiowered in- 

 volucre conhfts of broader leaves, and the peduncles are hm- 

 ple and naked ; the three outer petals are Ihorter, narrower, 

 and entire, the inner truncate or emarginate, with a point ; 

 the colour is unknown. It is a native of South America. 

 6. A. oi'ala, with twining ftem, lanceolate leaves, lanugi- 

 nofe on the upper lurface, lucid on the lower, and corollas 

 tubular ; or, according to Willdenow, with twining ftem, 

 pttiolate, elhptic, acuminate leaves, above viUofe, ramofe 

 umbel, bracleate loofe peduncles, longer than the involucre, 

 and bell-lhaped corolla. The ftem, twining contrary to the 

 fun, is flender, and three feet high, the leaves are alternate 

 and feffile, the flowers terminate in umbels, the petals approxi- 

 mate into a tube, ovate-oblong, the three outer fcarlet, green 

 at the tip, the three inner green, flatted tov.-ards the top, 

 and variegated with black dots ; the ftamens are fixed to the 

 germ near the bafe of the petals, anthers ovate and brown ; 

 germ green without, marked with fix longitudinal grooves, 

 and terminated with fix fm;Ul notches, ftyle fubulate, ftiginas 

 (harp, capfule globular, an inch in diameter, fix-grooved, 

 fix-notched at the edge. This fpecies differs from the former 

 in its woolly leaves, and tubulofe flowers. It is a native of 

 Peru. 



All thefe are ftovc-plants, and may be propagated by 

 parting the roots in Autumn. Tiie firll is more hardy than 

 the third, and may be treated as a greeu-houfe plant, but it 

 will flower and ripen its feeds better under the glafs of a hot- 

 bed frame, freely admitting air: it is more ufually raifed 

 from feeds fown in the Spring in a pot of light earlli, ou a 



ALT 



gentle hot -bed, either of dung or tan. Curtii Mag. Mar- 

 lyu's Miller. 



ALSUNGEN, in Ci^^ni;)^); a lake of Sweden, in the 

 province of Halland, from wliich the rivtr Fai.k t nberc 

 iflues, and bv which river it comrmmicates with the fia, 



AI.SWANGEN, a town of Poland, in the duchy uf 

 Courland, four leagues well of Cjuldingeii. 



ALSVVEDE, a diilrid of tiie prefeaurate of Reinc- 

 berg, ill the principality of Mindcii, in Wcilphalia, tonllA- 

 ing of five parilhes, the inhabitants of which are employed 

 in agricultmc and the breeding of cattle. 



ALSZA, a fmall place of Turkey in Europe, belonging 

 to a tribe of Tartars, bei.vixt the Niepcr and Black Sea. 



ALT, a river of England, which runs into the Irlrti iVa, 

 7 miles weft of Ormfliirk, in the county of LancalLtr. 



Ai,T, formed of ii//uj, high, in Aiiifu; a term applied to 

 the high notes in the scali.. See alfu Diagkam. 



AuT-UuN/. LAI', JiolrJIiivia vaui, in Geri^it>''hy, a town 

 of Bohemia, in the circle of Bmizlau, or Bulcflawlko, founded 

 by Wratillaus in 915, and improved by his fon lloleflaw the 

 Cruel ill 937, but reduced by the troubles in the 15th aud 

 ifjth centuries to an inconliderable place. The collegiate 

 church of St. Cofnuis and Damian is very ancient. 



AtT-CLObTiiK, a town of Germany, in the circle of 

 Lower Saxony and duchy of liremeii, \z miles fuulh-eaft of 

 Stade. 



Alt-Ranstadt, or 01d-Raii(liuU, a town or parochial 

 village of Germany, in the circle of Leiplic, two leagues 

 from Leiplic, famous for a tie.ity concluded in 1706 be- 

 tween Charles Xli. of Sweden, and Augnllus II. king of 

 Poland ; and for the ftipulalion with the Imperial plenipo- 

 tentiary. Count W'naiilaw, in 17C7, on account of the reli- 

 gious freedom of liie Proteilant inhabitants of the duchy of 

 Silefia. 



Alta, a town of Sv.-eden, in Helfnigland, on the fron- 

 tiers of Geftricia. 



ALTEBA, in jltic'ient Geography, a place of Africa, iu 

 Numidia. 



ALTAI, or Alt AY momilains,\n Geography, are a chain of 

 mountains in the northern part of Afia, ranking among the 

 moll extenfive on the globe, and vying in length even with 

 the Andes of South America, which extends from about the 

 70th to the 140th degree of longitude eall from London, 

 or about 5000 miles. The feveral ridges and branches of 

 this immenfe chain of mountaini; are dillinguiftied by differ- 

 ent appellations, under which they will be noticed in the 

 courfe of this work. The Altay mountains are called by 

 the Chinele Altai-alin, and Ghin-fliall, which fignihes the 

 Gold Mount. Tiiey are divided into the Great and the 

 Lefler Altay. Tiie former fcparates the Mongolian Tar- 

 tary from the empire of the Sooiigorian Kidmiics, ai.d a 

 fmall part of Bukharia toward the weft. This range pro- 

 ceeds in vaiious windings toward the nortli-north-ealt, 

 throwing out feveral conliderable ridges, between which are 

 the main lources of the Yenifei, Oby, and Inifh, thi-ougb 

 Soongoria to the north-north-weft, where they enter m 

 conjunaion with the LefTir Altay. The Lifter Altay fc- 

 parates Soongoria from the government of Kulhyvau, 

 through which the abovementioncd flrcams purfiie their 

 courfe over a great extent of couiitiy. The great chain ol" 

 the Altay mountains commences with BoGuo, one of its 

 hlgheft points, piifles over the fources of the Irlifh, north- 

 weiiwaid between that and the lake Tclet/.koi-Ozcro, 

 unites beyond the Wnilci with the Sayase mountains and 

 thdfe of Baikal, and in Daouria with the Argulinian ir 

 KfRTSHiNSKoi mountains, fixing the limits between Si. 



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