BUN 



at Touloufe. Tlie capitoiils of Toiiioufe liave placed liis 

 bull in their town-lmll among otlur ornaments of tlieir city. 

 Gen. Uia. 



Bun EL, Jacop, a painter of liillory, was born at Blois 

 in 3558, and became tlie difeiple of Frederick Zucchero. 

 He was in high reputation as a painter both at Rome and at 

 Paris ; and in the church of the Auguftines, in the latter 

 cit)', he painted a " Defcent of the Holy Gholl," vvliich 

 was preferred by that excellent judge, Nicolo PonfTm, to all 

 the paintings in that city. Pilkington. 



BUNG, the ilopple of a calk, barrel, or the like. 

 The bung is a wooden pl'Jg, fcrving to Hop the hole left 

 in the top of a Vclfel to be liiltd by. It anfwers to what, 

 among the ancient.^, was called cp'^jlonimm, and in the middle 

 digeJ'igUhis, the J'eal of a vcjjj, beeanlc in thole days it was 

 ufuaily fealed. 



After tunning new wine, or cyder, the bung is ufuaily 

 left open for fome time, that whtn the liquor comes to work, 

 there may be vent for the froth or Icuni, and that the hoops 

 may not be in danger of being burll by the violence of the 

 fermentation. Yet, in feme cafes, they leave v\incs to 

 ferment, without giving them vent by tlie bung, in order to 

 render them more brillc and fpirituoub : in which cafe, it is 

 neccflary the vefTel be hooped with iron, and other precau- 

 tions taken that the bung may not fly. 



BUNGAY, in Geography, a town of Suffolk, England, 

 is built on the banks of the river Waveney, which divides 

 this county from Norfolk, and is navigable for barges from 

 Yarmouth on the coaft. This place is memorable for a 

 dreadful fire which, in 1688, confumed nearly the whole 

 of the town, and deftroyed property to the amount of 

 29,8901. The town, however, revived after this deplorable 

 event, and its houfes, S:c. were re-ere£ted in an improved 

 and more convenient ftyle. The town confifts of two 

 pariflies, and has two handfome churches. That, dedicated 

 to St. Mary, is a large ftruclure, with a lofty fleeple. 

 Between the two churches are the ruins of a Benediftine 

 nunnery which was founded in the time of Henry II. 

 Here are alfo the remains of a very ifrong caftle, which 

 appears to have been built by the Bygods, earls of 

 Norfolk. In the time of the barons' wars, this place was 

 flrongly fortified by Hugh Bygod, who is faid to have 

 publicly defied the king, but he was obliged to compound 

 with Henry II., by a fum of money, and hoftages, to fave 

 It from a fiege, and demolition by that monarch. The 

 carl afterwards efpoufed the caufe of Richard, Henry's fon, 

 againft his father; when the king feized this, and the callle 

 of Framlinghp.m. The callle was demohflied in the reign of 

 Henry III., but in the 10th of Edward the firll Roger 

 Bygod obtained a licence to embattle his manfion which 

 V as built on the fite of the caillc. 



The inhabitants of Bungay have the privilege of a very 

 extenlive common in the vicinity of the town. Here are 

 a weekly market on Thurfday, and two fairs annually. 

 It is ic6 miles N.E. of London, and contains 187 houfes, 

 and 903 inhabitants in Trinity pavifh, and 305 houfes, 

 with 1446 inhabitants, belonging to that of St. Mary. 

 BUNGO. See Bongo. 



Bunco, a province of Africa, in the kingdom of Loango. 

 BUNGURY, a town of Hindoftan i.V Lahore, feated 

 near the river Rauvee. N. l?.t. 32^ 30'. E. long. 74° 58'. 



BUNGUSH, a diltriit of Cabul, fituate to the 

 fouth of the Cov/ river and eaft of the Sinde, terminating 

 on both. N. lat. about 33° and E. long, about 70°. 



BUNIALU, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in ths province 

 of Natolia ; 28 raiks W. of Caftair.oni. 



BUN 



BUNIAS, in Bolar.y, (the rame of a plant with a root 

 i.kea turnip, m Diofcoridts and Plinv, from /9ci.,o-- a hill), 

 Lmn. gen. 52.% Schreb. 1070. Willd. 1217. Ji'lf. 

 241. Vent. vol. iii. p. I 14. Ga;it. S28. Clafs and order, 

 Mraaynommfdicuhfa, Schreb. Wiild. and Smith. SUinuoj'a 

 Lmn. Nat. OA. S^jufjle Linn. Crucifcra. JufF. and 

 Vent. 



Gen. Char. C^l. perianth four-leaved ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, fpreading, deciduous. Cor. fonr-pctalled,' cruci- 

 form ; petals obovate ; claws f.ttenuated, trtd. Slam, fix, 

 the length of the calyx, two oppofite ones a little Ihorter 

 than the others ; antiiers ereCt. biiid at the bafe. Pi/}. 

 germ oblong ; Higma obtufc. A7;V/<.' irrtgular, ovate-oblongj 

 lom^cwhat tuiir-lidcd, not opening, deciduous. 



Eir. Char. Silicle deciduous, four-fided, with unequal 

 acute angles, not opening. Dr. Smith. 



Spec. I. B. coniuta, Linn. (Myagrum cornutum. Lam. 

 Pugioninm cornutum, Giert. Willd. and Vent.) " Silicies 

 with two fpreading horns, fpinous at the bafc," Linn. 

 /,ra-j."x tongue-Hiaped, very entire, glaucous, without veins, 

 halt embracing the item. Racemes terminal ; very loolc in 

 a Hate ot maturity, with wide-fpreading peduncles. Flowers 

 fmall, not larger than tliofc of Draba verna. Felah narrow, 

 very entire, acuminate, white, a little longer than the calyx. 

 Gern^ fomewhat hifpid, two-celled. Silkle membranous, 

 lenliculariy-comprtned, tranfverfely oval ; furr.ilhed at each 

 extremity with a long, comprefl'ed, fword-rtiaped procefs 



arodue 



the 



appearance of two wide-fpreading horns ; 

 reticulated on each fide 'with veins; fomewhat tranfparent 

 between the veins, and armed with four pair of weak 

 divaricated fpints proceeding from the veins. Celts naturally 

 two, placed by the fide of each other and feparatcd by 

 a thin partition ; but, in the mature fruit, one is conftantly 

 obliterated. .JW linglc, ovate oblong, compreflTcd, incloftd 

 in an aril. Gacrt. Tab. 142./^. cj. NaUve of the Levant 

 and of the dcfeit of the Calmncks near the Cafpian fea. 

 2- V,.fpmofa, Linn. Mant. 96. (Myagrum fpinofum Lam.) 

 " Racemes fpinefcent." Gasrt. Tab. 141. f. 2. Root zn- 

 nual. Stems a foot high, ered, branching, fubdividtd, 

 round, ilender, very fmooth, green. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 blunt, fomewhat angular, fmooth, petioled. Racemes ereB., 

 ftifF, rigid, terminating with compound fpincs, and a few 

 feffile flowers. Calyx oblong, clofed. Petals lanceolate, 

 pale violet. Germ heart-fliaped. Style cylindrical, the 

 length of the germ, permanent. Stigma thickilh. Silicle 

 a fpungy drupe, hea. t-fliaped, turgid, fmooth, and even 

 terminated by the pyramidal, permanent llyle ; rind thick, 

 fliell two-celled, hexangular, two oppofite angles broader. 

 Seeds folitary, roundifh, Linn, and Gxrt. Native of the 

 Levant. 3. B. Erucago, Linn. (Erucago fcgetum, Tourn. 

 Myagrum Erucago, Lam.) Jaeq. Auft. Tab. .540. Gcert. 

 Tab. 142. f. 2. " Sihcks four-angled, beaked ; angles 

 two-creftcd; lower haves lyrtlhaped; lobes oppofite, tri- 

 angular," La Marck. Root annual. Stems numerous, a 

 foot and half high, (lender, fpreading, rough with a very 

 flioit pile. Radical leaves rather ilraight, with toothed 

 lobes, foon withering. Stem leaves imzW, lanceolate, toothed, 

 and dillant. Flowers yellov*', peduncled, in loofe, terminal 

 racemes. Silick a quadrangular drupe with a rough furface, 

 narrowed in the middle, term.inated by the lung llyle, and 

 divided at its angles into two very prominent, toothed 

 crells. Rind fpongy-membranous, thin, whitilh. Shell 

 bony, four-celled ; cells in pairs, one over the other, all 

 fertile. Seeds roundifh, plano-convex, rufefcent. La Marck 

 and Gsert. Abundant in corn fields, in the fouthern parts 

 of France. 4. B. afpcra, Willd. " Sihcles four-angled, 



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