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ii^X affai'ift tliis aft, in cafes where no penalty is provided, 

 (liall for cvei-y offence forfeit 5I. leviable by Jillrcfs, half 

 to the iiiforiner, a^d half to the poor. Complaint fhall, in 

 all cafes, be made within twelve months. This ad does not 

 extend to pledges for money above lol., nor to pt.rlons lend- 

 ing money npon pjoods at 5 per cent, interell. 



In the cities of Italy, lliere are companies eftablidicd by 

 anlhorlty for the letting ont money in pawns, called 

 " monnts of piety ;" an hon<nivable title, like that of the 

 *' cliaritahle e rpuration," but little beconiiu;^' fuch inlhtu- 

 tions; inafmueii as the loan h \iot grulis. In fonie parts of 

 -Italy, they have likcwife " monnts of pi'.ty" of another 

 I<> id, wherein they only receive ready money, and return it 

 ^i;?iii, with iiiterell at (i> mnch per annum. At l«)logna, 

 Ltiey tiave fcveial fuch "monnts;" which are dilhnguilhed 

 intoy>-i7t^- ntit/ Jici-/>:-/iin/ ; the intere.1 of the former is only 

 -four per ft.-nt. ; in the latter, ftven. 



BROKl'.RAGE, the fee paid to a Broker. 

 BROKAY, in Geography, a town of Hindoltan, in the 

 conntry of Candeifli ; ti miles S.W. of Bmlianponr. 



BROLO, a town of tile ifland of fjitily, in the valley 

 of Deniona ; 7 milts V/. "of Pati. 



BROMBE^IG, a town of Pohfi rrnfTui, feated on the 

 river Bro, ealkd alfo D'ulgrjl, which fee. 



BROM'E, Alexander, in BiograjJjy, a poet of the 

 J 7th centnry, was attorney of the lord mayor's court c;f 

 -London in the Jtign of Charles II., and wrote the great- 

 cil number of the fonjis and epigra;ns that were publilhcd 

 in favour of th^ royahits, and againll the " rump," in tlie 

 .time ot OJivcr Cromwell, av.d during the rebellion. Thefe, 

 vith his tpiflles -and epioran;s, tranilated from different au- 

 thors, ivei-c piir,ltd in one voianie f!vo. after the reftoration. 

 He.altj publifiird a vei fnm of H.Maee, and left behind 

 him a comtdy.r.ntitled " The Cunning Lovers." He alfo 

 publilhed two .»-;.iumes in 8vo. of the plays of Richard 

 Brome, a drainaiic writer in the reif;n of Charles I., who 

 had been oiiginaily a menial fervant to the celebrated Ben 

 Jonfon. One of .the pluys of R. Bronie, called '-The Jo- 

 vial Crew," was nut long ago revived, and fnccrfsfuUy ex- 

 hibited. He died in i'.^i. The editor of his plays, 

 A. Brome, was .born in [620, and died in 1^66. Biog. 

 Dram. 



Brome, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the prin- 

 cipality of Lnnebiirgb-Ztll, leated on the Oiire, and belong- 

 ing to a jurifdiction of the fame name, which comprehends 

 a part of the marlhy forell of Dromhng. 

 Brome ^^,"<7/i, in Botany. See Bromus. 

 BROMELIA, (in memory of Oiaus Biomel, a Swede, au- 

 thorof Lupologia, Stock. H.i", J2mo. andChloii's Gothlea, 

 1694, 8vo.) in BaUviy, Linn. ^'en. 595. Reich. 4.17. Schreb. 

 450. Ckfs, hsxandr'ia monogyn'ta. Nat. Ord. coronarU. Bru- 

 nulia:. JufT. 



Gen. Char. Cat. perianth three-cornered, fiiperior, per- 

 manent ; feg.T.ents three, ovate. Cor. either monopetalnns 

 with thj'ee deep divifions, or of three p.-tals, narrow, lance- 

 olate, ereft, longer than t!ie calyx. Neffary, adhering to 

 each petal above the bale, converging. S/am. filaments fix, 

 awl-(haped, fliortcr than the corolla, inferted into the recep- 

 tacle. Linn. Schreb., on the corolla or calydne glaiuh. Bole., 

 on calycmc glantis proihtced above ike germ (ihcnce in fome de- 

 gree gynandrous ?) Jnff. Anthers ereft, arrow- Ihaped. 

 P'lfl. germ inferior ; ilyle fimple, threadfliaped, the length 

 of the Ilamens ; ftigma obtufe, trifid. Pericarp, a berry orcap- 

 fule, one or three-celled. Seec/s, fomewhat oblong, obtnfe. 

 EflT. Char. Ca/yx trifid, fuperior. Car. with neti.areous 

 fcales at the bale. 



* Flowers on a common receptacle; corolla monopetalous. 

 Vol. V. 



Species, I. B. yln.was, pine-apple. (La Marck III. PI. 

 2:3.) " Leaves ciliate-fpinous, Iharp-pointed ; fpike co- 

 mofe." Limi. Root perennial, fibrous. Root-leaves from 

 two to three feet long, and from two to thne inches biotid, 

 channelled, often a little glaucous. Stem lliort, cylindric, 

 thick, liafy. Spike glomerate, denfe, fealy, oval or conic, 

 crowned with a tuft of leaves, fiinilar to the root and 

 ftem leaves, but fmalier. Flowers bluilli, fcllilc, finall, and 

 fcatttred upon the etnimon, thick, flcfliy receptacle. Genu, 

 halt bnned in the fnbllr.nce of the receptacle, which, after 

 the (lowers tall off, increafes in f:/e, and lieconits a fntcu- 

 lent fruit, covered on all tides with fuiail liiang'jiar fea!e<!, 

 and relenibhng the llrobile of the genus Pinus, wIki.cc its 

 common Enghfli name is derived. It is a native of South 

 America, and is faid to be found alfo in Africa and the Eall 

 Indies. 2. B. Karatas. I^iiin. " Leavts erefl, long, narrow ; 

 flowers feflile, aggregate, fnbiadlcal. Root perennial, li- 

 brous, blackilh. Leaves fmooth, light-green, difpofed in 

 a kind of circle, and leaving a large open fpacc in the mid- 

 dle. Flowers numerous, purple, or bhiilh, fefTile on tiic 

 crown of the root, and forming a clofe, orbicular, convex 

 group. 6^(//v.v and ^'WfH covered with a ferruginous down. 

 Corol. funnel- (haped. Pericarp, berry ovate, three-celled, 

 very flefhy, fncculent, of an agreeable, acidulous tnlle, 

 when ripe. Seeds oblong. La Marck, from the MSS. of 

 Plumicr. A native of South America and the Weil In- 

 dies. 3. B. hcmi/fiherica. La Marck. " Subcaulefcent ; 

 flowers feffile, difpofed in a clofe hemifpherical group. 

 Nearly aUied to the preceding; but the haves are more 

 open and (horter ; and the root, when the plant is in frudli- 

 hcation, throws up a very fliort (leni. La Marck fnppofes 

 that the huniilis of Linnneus is only a variety of the hemifphe- 

 rica, of a Irnailer iize, with fewer flowers, and lets plcalant 

 fruit. A native of Mexico. 



** Flowers npon diitindf receptacles, with polypetalons 

 corollas; the proper bromelias of Plumicr. 



4. B. Piiiguiii. Linn. " Leaves ciliate-fpinous, fnarp- 

 pointcd ; raceme terminal." (I^a Marck Ulultr. PI. 22.;. 

 Gccrt. PI. 1 1, fruit). Refeinbling B. ananas in gtneial habit. 

 Root perennial. Leaves hve or tix feet long, according to 

 Jacquin, more thorny than thofe of B ananas, green above, 

 and covered with a whitifh powder beneath ; the inner ones 

 red and fliorter.than the others. i>«« cylindric, thick, firm, 

 two or three feet high, pubefccnt, fiirrounded by the red 

 interior leaves. Scales pale red, or whitHh, diminifliing in 

 Iize as they approach the Inmmit of the item. Floiuers voic- 

 colonred, feffile, in the axils of the upper fcales, and form- 

 ing a beautiful, pyramidal fpike. Fniil about the. Iize of a 

 walnut, ovate-pyramidal, obfcurely three-cornc/ed, threc- 

 ctlled, covered with a thick fuberofe-ficfliy vind, rugged, 

 with continent dots, and terminated by the permanent, trifid 

 fligma refenihling a tuft of fmall leaves. The fruit is de- 

 feribcd by La Marck as a capfule, but is faid by Brown 

 (Jamaic.) to have an agreeable fwcet p'.ilp, joined with 

 fiieh a ll.arpnefs, tliat, if luflered to conMuue in the month, 

 it will caufc the blood to ooze from the palate and gums. 

 A native of the Weft Indies. Delr.ription chiefly from La 

 Marck. 'J. V). nudicaulis. " Iladi'.ial leaves dentate-fpinous ; 

 item leavts very entire." Linn, Root perennial, paralitica], 

 attacliing itfelf to tiie tuinkstjf large trees. Root-leaves two . 

 feet long, three inches broad, ftiff, concave, fmooth, green, 

 pointed, and edged with llrong black fpines. Stem cylin- 

 dric, hrni, thick, two or three feet high, covered with a 

 fhort down, which generally gives it a whitifli colour, though 

 it is fometimes ahnoll entirely red. Stem -leaves or fcales oL- 

 long, very entire, part red or purple, part whitifh. Flow- 

 ers Iplktdj rofe-coioured, fcflile, not accompanied by fcales, 

 ^ whence 



