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circle of Upper Saxony, and old mark of Brandenburg, 

 feven miles wefl of Steiidal. 



BADJOURA, a large village of Egypt, on the weftern 

 fliore of the Nile, not far from Furfhout, in N. lat. 26° 3' 

 16". 



BADIS, in Ancient Geography, a town of Carmania, 

 fcatcd on the coaft of the Pcrfian gnlf, near the promon- 

 tory of Carpella. Nearchus's Periplus Alfo, an epifcopal 



town of Africa, according to Ortelius, who cites St. Ali- 

 gn Hi n. 



Badis, in Geography, a fortrcfs of Livonia, on the fouth 

 fide of the giilt of Finland, about feven leagues eaft from 

 Revel, in N. lat. 59° i j'. and E. long. 24" 36'. 



BADIUS, in Entomology, a fpecies of Cerambyx (Steno- 

 corw) that inhabits Siberia. It is of a bay colour, with the 

 thonix and wing cafj^ (Iriatcd. Lepech, It. 



Badius, in Ornhho!jgy, a fpecies of Falco, about thir- 

 teen inches in length ; a native of Ceylon ; and dcfcribed 

 in Brown's ilhiflrations under the name of the bro-wn haivk. 

 The legs are pale ; head and body above brown, beneath 

 white with yellow lunar fpots ; tail pale brown, with four 

 duflcy lines. Ginelin, &c. 



BADKIS, in Geograjyhy, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 vince of Korafan, thirty-fix miles north of Herat. N. lat. 

 35^ 26'. E. long. 60° 35'. 



BADOGI, a town of Ruflia, on the north coaftof lake 

 Bielo, in the government of Novogorod, 196 miles nortli- 

 eall of Novogorod. 



B ADDUCE, in Natural Htjlory, the Eafl: Indian name 

 of a fruit very common in that part of the world. It is 

 round, and of the fizc of o\m of our common apples; it is 

 yellow on the outfide, and white within. It refenibies the 

 mangou/lan. but its pulp is more tranfparent; its talte is very 

 agreeable, and has fome rcfemblance to that of our goofe- 

 berries, 



BAE>RACHILLUM, in Geography, a town of Hin- 

 doJlan, in the Moodajce Boomfla country, 72 miles N. E. of 

 Rajamu-.dry, and 50 eaft of Byarcm. 



BADIIAI, a town of European Turkey, in Moldavia, 

 ten nides ::• rth of Stephanowze. 



_ BADRINUS, in Anc'tmt Geography, Fojfato Grande, a 

 river of Italy, in the territory of the Baii. 



BADRIS, a town of .Vfrica, in RIarmorica. Anton. Itin. 

 BADUCCA, in Botany, See Capparis. 

 BADUEL, Claud, in Biography, a pioteftant divine 

 of the fixteenth century, was a native of Nifmes, and under 

 the patronage of th; queen of Navarre was appointed reftor 

 of the univcrfity in that city. In 1557 he became the 

 paftor of a church in the neighbourhood of Geneva, and 

 and taught matliemaiics and philofophy till his death in 

 1561-. He tranflated into Latin, the fermons and fome 

 other works, of Calvin, publiflied at Geneva in 1557, 8vo. 

 He alfo wrote " De ratione vltx ilndiofa: ac littratae in 

 Matrimonio collocanda ac degendse," 410. printed at Lyons 

 in 1544. and tranflated into Latin in 1548; " De Colkgio 

 ct Univerfitate Nemnufenfi," printed at Lyons in 1054 ; 

 " Adla Marty rum nollri Sasculi," Genev. 1556; and alfo 

 Latin orations and epiftlcs. His Latinity is commended ; 

 and he was much efteeraed for his learning and piety. Gen. 

 Dia. 



BADUENNiE Lucus, or Baduhenna, in Ancient 

 Geography, the name of a foreft in Germany, mentioned by 

 Tacitus. Its fituation is not afcertained. This was the 

 place where Civilis formed his confpiracy againft the Romans. 

 BADULATO, in Geograpliy, a town of Italy, in the 

 kingdom of Naples, and province of Calabiia Ultra, four- 

 miles S. S. E. of Squillace. 



BADY, a river and an adjacent place of Peloponnefus 



in the territory of Elis, mentioned by Paulanias. After a 

 war which depopulated the country, the women, it is faid, 

 prefenttd their fupplications to Minerva, that they might 

 lupply the walte by a new progeny in confcqucnce of tSeir 

 (uVi intercourfe with their hufbands ; their petitions were 

 granted ; and they crefted a temple in honour of the goddcfs, 

 and hence the name Bady or Badii, ^aiv, or in the Dorian- 

 dialett Ao'j, i. c. plcafant or agreeable. 



BiEA, the name of a mountain in the ifland of Cepha- 

 lonia. 



B^BiE, a fmall town' of Alia, in Caria. Stcph. Byz. 

 B-fEBARZANA, or Babarnana, a town of Afia, in 

 Aria. 



B^BRO, the name of a town of Spain, mentioned by 

 Pliny. 



BiECKIA, in Bjtnny (named in honour of Dr. B:eck 

 phyfician tothe kii\g of Sweden). Linn, g.^gt. Scl!reb.6;;o. 

 Juif. 321. CVdh, Oifianriria monogynia. Nat. Ord. calycan- 

 thaUiT. Onagrs, JuiT. Gen. Char. Cal. perianth one-leated, 

 funnel-form, five-toothed, permanent. Cor. petals five, 

 roundifli, patulous, inicited into the calyx. Stam. filaments 

 eight, of which fix arc equal, two folitary, very fliort, bent 

 in ; anthers fubovate, fmall. Pijl. g-erm ronndifli ; llyle 

 filiform, fliorter than the coroUa ; lligma capitate. Per. 

 capfule globular, crowned, four-celled, lour-valved. Seeds 

 rouodidi, angular on one fide. 



EfT. Gen. Char. Cal. funnel-form, five-toothed. Cor. five- 

 petalled ; capf. globular, four-celled, crowned. 



Species, 'B.frutefcens. Reich. 2. 200. Ofb. It. 231. t. I. 

 Tiiis fhrub has the habit of fouthernwood, with wand-like 

 branches, and oppofi';e fiiovt fimple twigs ; leaves oppofite, 

 linear, fliarp, fn^ooth, entire ; flowers axillary, folitary, on 

 a naked peduncle the length of the flower, much flicn-ter 

 than the leaves. A native of China, where it is called 

 Tiongiiia. 



BiECOLICUM, or ^lACOLicos, in Ancient Geography, 

 a mountain ot Africa, in the Pentapolis. Pto'emy. 



BjECO 11, a place of Spain, in Bstica, where Viriates 

 wintered after having been defeated by Fabius Maximus 

 .^milianus. Appian. 



BjECULA, a town of Hifpaaia Tarragonenfis, in the 

 territory, or at leafl in the vicinity of the Authetani. Pto- 

 lemy. 



B.^DOO, in Geography, a diftrift of Africa, to the 

 weft of the river Niger, mentioned by Mr. Park in the 

 narrative of his journey. 



BiELAMA [Clupea B^lama), in Ichthyology, the name 

 of a filh found in the Red Sea, and defcribcd by Forlk. Fn. 

 Arab. — It is clupea Jetirojlris of Gmelin. 



B./ELON, in Ancient Geography, a town of Spain, north- 

 weft of Mellaria, upon the ftraits of Gades, which carried 

 on a confiderable commerce in fait with Tingis, on the op- 

 pofite fhore. 



BAEN, in Geography, a town of European Turkey, 

 in Moldavia, fixteen miles miles N. N. W. of Nicmecz. 



BjENUM, in Ancient Gegraphy, a town of Arabia Felix^ 

 Ptolemy. 



B^OBOTRYS, in Botany, (from Baio.;, fmall, and 

 BoTpvf, a raceme, the fruftifications being in thin racemes). 

 Lin. gen. Schreb. 318. Forltcr, Gen. 1 1. Chk, pentandria 

 monogynia. Gen. Char. Ca/. perianth double ; exterior three- 

 leaved ; leaflets roundiih, concave, fmaller ; inferior one- 

 leafed, bell-fliaped, ftiort, five-cleft, growing to the germ ; 

 clefts ovate, permanent, converging after flowering, and 

 crowning the fruit. Cor. one-petalled, tubular ; tube 

 very ihort ; border five cleft, ereft ; clefts rounded, very 



Ihort. 



