B R Y 



( Bo-Jm Ut«r:.l(r, Hi.Jf. Liglit. Witli. Hrll. Dlckf. Ehrt. 

 B. pjDiiforme, Var i. Scop. Mnluni latcrak, HofF.) Hal- 

 Icr Hill. vol. iii. tab. xlvi. f. S. Eiig. Bot. 997. " Fiuit- 

 ftalks latoral, curved, rtioitcr than tlic Waf ; loaves linear, 

 av.l-fliaped, one-nfrved, with an even furfacc." Lateral 

 bartramia. Perennial. Sums in tufts, ereifl, two or three 

 inches high, branched, leafy. Leaves fprcadin;:;, denfe, of 

 a tine g;rcen, rather inclining to one fide, foft, thin, keeled, 

 feiTiilated towards the tip, dilated at the bafe. Fniil-Jinlks 

 Bxillirr, folitaiy. Ca^/i//c globofe, at length lattrally con- 

 trafted, and longitudinally marked with fixteeii ftronj fur- 

 rows, a little drooping, ferruginous ; inner tnn^e plaited, 

 almoft entire, a little lorn at the opening; ; lid convex, fliort ; 

 calyptra conical, foon falling off. 2. B. Mmiformis, Hed- 

 wig. Swaitr. Roth. (Bryum poniifurme, Linn, e'cc.) Dill 

 t,»h. xliv. f. I. Ilaller tab. xlvi. f. ;. Moii^. vol. iii. 

 tab. vi. f. 6. " Fniit-ftalks ercd, longer than the fteins ; 

 leaves awl-fhapcd, onc-ncrved." Appli; bartramia. Peren- 

 nial. Stems in denfe tufts, branched, faftigiate, leafy, often 

 an inch high. Leaves line green, fpreading, lincar-awl- 

 fhaped, with a ftrong nerve, I'errulatcd near the tip, not 

 much dilated at the bafc, ftriated when dry. Fniil-ftalh 

 folitary, terminal at firft, but foon becoming axillary, an 

 inch, or an inch and a half long, red. Capfules ereft, glo- 

 bofe, green ; wlicn ripe brown, a little curved and drooping, 

 longitudinally furrowed ; fringe Ihort ; outer red ; inner 

 vei-y thin ; lid convex, very (hort; calyptra conic-awl-lhaped, 

 foon falling off. .3. B./on/^jna, Swartz, Smith, and Turner, 

 (.Mnium fontanum, Linn. Hedw. With. Sec. Bryum fon- 

 tanum, Hudf. Sibth.) DiUen. tab. xliv. f. 2. Flor. Dan. 

 29S. Eng. Bot. 390. " Fruit-llalks ereft, longer than 

 Oie fteni ; leases ovate, very entire ; branches ialciculated, 

 ereft, thread-fhapeJ." Fountain bartramia. Perennial. 

 Stems in denfe tufts, often a fpan high, dcterniinatcly 

 branched, leafy, towards the bottom clothed with a 

 rully down. Leaves yellowilh green, imbricated on all 

 iides of the (lem, (hort, acuminate, keeled, one-nerved. 

 Flowers dioicous, terminal ; males forming a difc, fur- 

 rounded by larger leaves and new little branches. Fniit- 

 Jlalhs folitaiy, three inches high, red, fpringing from the 

 divarications of the branches. Capfules obliquely droop- 

 ing; ovate -fpherical, brown, with many furrows, lid convex, 

 with a (hort, acute, crooked point; fringe (liort, brown ; inner 

 one in a double feries. 4. B. areuala. Smith. (Mnium 

 arcuatum and hypimm chryfucomum, Dickf. Bryum ar- 

 cuatum, Hall.) Dill. tab. xxxix. f. 36. Eng. Bot. 1237. 

 " Fruit-llalks recurved ; leaves lanceolate, one-nerved, fur- 

 rowed, ferrulated ; branches fcattered, fpreading." Curve- 

 llalked bartramia. Perennial. Stems ereft, branched, leafy, 

 clothed with a denfe rully down ; branches numerous. 

 Leaves imbricated but fpreading, ytllowidi green, glofTy, 

 acuminate ; Fru'u JlalLs folitary, terminal, at length lateral, 

 fliort, red, with a fmall fcaly perichitium. Capfuk drooping, 

 globofe, green, glufiTy, furrowed ; lid a little convex, with a 

 (hort, obtufe point, fcarlet ; outer fringe (hort, fulvous, 

 with obtufe teeth ; inner membranaceous, white, with fix- 

 teen divifions, correfponding with the outer teeth. 



BRYUM, laSucit fijho, a name given by fome to the 

 oyfter-green. See TRtMnLLA. 



BRYUNE Bay, in Gi-ography, lies on the eaft fide of 

 Greenland, in N. lat. 65° 46'. In this b:!y is a little idand 

 called " Kangak" or Forehead, where a colony was founded 

 in 1755, by Andrew Olfen, a faftor belonging to the com- 

 pany of merchants. The harbour is one of the heft ar.d 

 fafeil in the country, lying half a league from the open 

 fca, between two fmall iflands, but the adjacent country is 

 barren, and has r.o rein-deer. Befides the ordinary fifii, 

 ieals, and birds, the fea aft'ords occaUonully the whale. 



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which come here in January and February, but they are 

 fcldom taken by the Greenlanders, and never by Europeans, 

 for want of proper boats and tackle. 

 BRZESC. See Brssst. 



BRZESKor BiRsiTSK, a town of Lithuania, in a ter- 

 ritorv of the fame name, one of the diitrifts of the province 

 of Polcfia, called ajfo the palatine of Brzc(kie, or Birfetdc, 

 is featcd on the river Bug, in a mar.fhy fituation, and has a 

 callle built upon a rock. Near it is a royal palace with a 

 good garden. In this town is a famous Jewilh fynagogue, 

 to which the Jews refort from all the countries of Europe. 

 A Greek bifliop rcfides in this town, and a provincial diet 

 is alfo held in it. N. lat. 52" 12'. E. long. 24°. In the 

 month of Oftober, 1794! a battle was fought near this 

 town between the Ruifians and the Poles ; the battle lafted 

 eight hours, and the Poles were totally defeated. Out of 

 13,000 of the beft Polifh troops, only 500 were made pri- 

 fouers, as thev rcfufed quarter; and the rell, 300 men ex- 

 cepted, were cut to pieces ; fo that the tield of battle, for 

 fome miles, was covered with the dead. 



BRZESNO, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Bole- 

 (lau, ^ miles E. of Jung Buntzhu. 



BliZEZANY, Bretany, or Brezan, a well built 

 town, with a caftle, of Poland, in the palatinate of Red 

 RulTia, 24 miles N.N.E. of Halicz. N. lat. 49° 45', E. long. 

 25-20'. 



BRZEZIN, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Biellk ; 44 miles N.W. of Biel(k. 



BRZEZINY, a fmall town of Poland, in the palatinate 

 of Lcnczicz ; 48 miles S.E. of Lenczicz. 



BRZISTEW, a town of Bohemia, in the circle of 

 BolefliU ; 11 miles S.E. of Jung Buntzlau. 



BRZOSTECK, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 

 Sandomirz ; 56 miles S.S.W. of Sandomirz. 



BSURA, a river of Poland, which runs into the Viftula, 

 12 miles E. of Ploc(ko. 



BU, a town of France, in the department of the Eure 

 and Loire, and diftrift of Dreux, 2 leagues N. E. of it. 



BUA, or the IJJc of Partridges, a fmall ifland in the 

 northern part of the Adriatic, near the coaft of Dalmatia, 

 joined to the town of Trau by a bridge , 20 miles W.N.W. 

 of Spalatro. 



BUADH-VAILL, q. d. mouth-piece of viftory, called 

 alfo, in the old Iriih tales and romances, Benwo-j-'cn and 

 Barr-vatU, is fuppofed by Mr. Oufley to have been a fpccies of 

 trumpet. It is made of a light iine-graincd wood, probably 

 willow, and is 6 feet 4 inches long ; the wider end meafures 

 J J inches diameter, from whence it gradually tapers to a 

 point at the other end, where a mouth-piece is fuppofed to 

 have been fixed. This inftrument, which is particularly 

 dcfcribed and lUuftrated by figures m the fourth volume of 

 tlie Irifh Tranfaftions, was found, in 1791, in the county 

 of Mayo, lying horizoiUally in the body of a turf bog, at the 

 depth of about 9 feet from the furface. The precife uge of 

 this inftrument, the wood of which was perfcftly iouni, is 

 not afcertained. Mr. Oufley fuppofes it to have been at 

 leaft previous to the fcttlement of the Englifli in Ireland, as 

 it is not mentioned by Carabrenfis, or any fubfequent au- 

 thor. Lord Dillon, on whoiV eftate it was found, concludes, 

 from the great accumulation of bog over it, that it mufl 

 have been in the fituation in v\'hich it was difcovered for 

 many ages, and this is further confirmed by the rudenefs 

 of its contrivance and workmanfhip, which indicates its re- 

 mote antiquity. 



BUALLT. SeeBuiLTH. 



BUAMACHUCO, a town of South America, in the 

 country of Peru, and janfdiaion of Caxamarquilla, chiefly 

 inhabited by Indians. 



BUANES, 



