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tak?" root if planted in April, in pots filled witli lijrlit cartli, 

 iiiid jjlu\'ged inro a moderate hot b^-d. 7'lity (hoiild afterwards 

 be eniucd to the open air by degrees, be trai:fplanted into 

 I'tparatf pots, placed with other exotics in a flicltv-red fttua- 

 tion till autumn, and then removed into the green-houfe 

 or dry ilove. If propagated from feeds, they fhoiild be 

 f )wn in autumn, flieltered under a frame in winter, removed 

 to a very gentle hot-bed in fprinp^, and finally treated like 

 th-jfe raifed from cutting?. The fpinofnm, nudum and 

 coriaceum may aU be propagated by cuttings, and treated as 

 the difforme. They will probably hear the open air in 

 mild fcafons, but are not yet fuflicieiitly common to run 

 that hazard. Martyn's Miller. 



Bi'PLEUROM v'lUofum. Linn. Sp. PI. and Syft. Nat. See 

 H IP. II- AS Depi'.iip.'rala. 



BUrORTHMUS, in /indent Geography, a mountain at 

 tlie extremity of the peninfula formed by the Argolide, 

 fouth-ealt of Peloponnefns. Upon this mountain were two 

 temples, one of Ceres and Profcrpine, and another of Mi- 

 nerva. Paufanias. 



r/JPRASlUM. a town of Achaia, at a fmall diftance 

 rovth of the river Peiicus and of the town of Elis, which 

 gave name to a fruitful country in which it was fituated. It 

 did not exift in the time of Strabo. — Alfo, a river of Pelo- 

 ponnefns, in the country of Elis. Steph. Byz. 



BUPRESTIS, in Entomology, a genus of coleopterous 

 infefts, dillinguiflied in a peculiar manner for the uncommon 

 brilliancy and highly metallic fplcndour of their colours, 

 which emulate the fined and moil beautifully polifiied me- 

 tals. The infefts of this kind have the antennas ferrated, 

 and as long as the thorax ; feelers four, which are alfo fili- 

 form, with the lad joint obtufe, or truncated ; head partly 

 retrafted within the thorax. 



Linnsus, Fabricius and Gmelin defcribe the following fpe- 

 cies : unidentata, bicolor, gigantea, vittata, failuofa, punfta- 

 tiffima, bfrolinenfis, corrufca, decora, lurida, obfcura. pundla- 

 ta, fafciala, rauca, ftriata, ritulans, oftognttata, ignita, linea- 

 ta, ocellata, aerofa, maculata, maculnfa, ilricla, Iterniconiis, 

 chi-yfis, violacea, aegypatica, mariana, farinofa, fulminans, 

 cyanipes, oiodclla, blanda, aurata, tripHnftata, elegans, chry- 

 folligma, dorlata, imprefla, ornata, taeniata, cayer.nenfis, cy- 

 lindrica, fcabra, trochilus, decaftigma, rullica, canaliculata, 

 acuminata, plebeja, tranqucbarica, lugubris, cariofa, undata, 

 auflriaca, fibirica, fplendens, fufca, auriJenta, tenebrionis, 

 fafcicularis, variolaris, onopordi, hirta, rubi, deaurata, niti- 

 dula, Ixta, falicis, cyanea, difcoidea, bimaculata, quadrima- 

 culata, novem-maculata, trillis, aenea, cuprea, nobilis, barba- 

 rica, umbellatarum, quadripnnftata, cruciata, manca, pyg- 

 mxa, minuta, meditabunda, viridis, biguttata, atra, clata, 

 ruficollis, ftiliva, linearis, granulans, deprcffa, calcarata, fuli- 

 ginofa, iivEmorrhoidalis, quercus, hirfuta, ii-maculata, fex- 

 maculata, varicoruis, acuta, nxvia, piiSa, inaurata, tatarica, 

 virginica, nana, marginata, nigra, rofacea, ungarica, nebu- 

 lofa, brnttia, llephanelli, rugofa, and coccinea, which fee 

 refpeftivcl)'. 



A monographia of the bupreflis tribe is expefied from the 

 pen cf Dr. Schrciber of Vienna, which, in all probabihty, 

 will contain a greater inunber of fpecies than thofc enume- 

 rated above. Several entirely new fpecies are alfo defcribed 

 by Mr. Donovan in his recent elucidation of the entomolo- 

 gical produclions of New Holland ; the moll remarkable of 

 which are buprellis grandis, macularia, limbata, futuralis, 

 guttata, and feveral varieties of variabilis, and imperiatis, the 

 iall of which is mentioned by Fabricius. Syll. Eleuth. 



Some writers affirm that the larvae of the buprcftes live in 

 the folid wood, or in the trunks of decayed trees ; but this 

 is rather imcertain, lince they do not appear to be exaftly 



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known !n that (late. The conjeflure is, however, plaufible, 

 the perfedl inftfls being almoll conftantly found up(;n trees, 

 or plants, and ilowers. Few fpecies of this beautiful tribe of 

 inlefts are found in Europe; the largell and moll brilliant 

 of thofe hitherto difcovertd, arc from the Brafils, and other 

 hot climates. 



BUPRESTOIDES, a fpecies of Attflabus (Spon- 

 dylis), the colour of which is black; (litUs nervous ; thorax 

 fonvvvhat globular. Guitl. Fabr. &c. Dtfcribcd as Bu- 

 prefl'ts aler by Linn. Cerambyx maxillofus, &c. Degetr.Sca- 

 raba?ns, S;c. Frifch. 



BuPRESTOiDES, a fpecics of Carabus, of a black co- 

 lour; antenna; and feelers ferruginous; legs piccous. Inha- 

 bits the fouth of Europe. Gmel. &c. 



BUQJJOIjin Geography, a towm of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Straits of Calais, and diflritl of Arras ; 5 miles 

 W. of Bapaume. N. lat. 50° 12'. E. long. 2° 40'. 



V>\]K Paijlcy, in Botany. See Caucalis. 



"RvK-iueeti. See Sparcanium. 



BURA, in yfncLnt Geography, a town of the Peloponne- 

 fns, feated on the ridge of a mountain, weft of the river 

 Crathis. It futfered much from an earthquake in the year 

 3 7j B.C. Paufanias mentions feveral fine ftatues of this 

 city ; and particularly thofe of Ceres, Venus, Bacchus, and 

 Lucina. Venus had a temple, in which was placed her 

 marble ftatue, made by Euclid, an Athenian ftatuary. 



Bur a. in Geography, one of the fmaller Orkney idanda, 

 between Pomona and Ronaldflia. 



BURACO tJe felta, in Ichthyology, the name of a fi(h 

 caught on the fliores of the Brafils, and more ufually known 

 among authors by its Brafilian name, G\jx\%\-eoara. 



BURAGRACt, in Geography, a river on the coaft of 

 Barbary, which rifes in mount Atlas and falls into the At- 

 lantic ocean at the town of Sallee. 



BU RAMOS, an idolatrous people of Africa, in Nigritia, 

 on the borders of the river St. Domingo. Their country 

 extends to the mouth of the Rio-Grande. 



BURANELLO, in Biography. See Galuppi. 



BURATTI, or Bur ATS, in Geography, the name of a 

 barbarous and idolatrous nation, "which occupies part of Si- 

 beria. They arc called Braijhi by the Ruffians, and among 

 themfelves Barga Buratt. About the time of the Mongo- 

 lian monarchy, or perhaps at an earlier period, they feem to 

 have taken refuge in the wild mountainous region on the 

 north Jide of the Baikal, which they dill inhabit. The 

 Ruffians found this nation in Siberia, when they conquered 

 that country ; and from the year 1^144 they have peaceably 

 fubmitted to the Ruffian fupremacy. The whole Burat 

 nation is at prefent, in confequence of the border treaty, 

 under the dominion of Ruffia, and comprifes numerous 

 heathenilh people in the government of Irkutfl<, where it in- 

 habits the region from the Yenifley, along the Mongole- 

 Chinefe boiders, on the Angara, Tungiiflia, and the upper 

 Lena, about the fouthern Baikal, on the Sclenga, the Ar- 

 goon, and its rivers. Several years ago this government was 

 computed to contain ,52,000 tributary Burats ; but their 

 prefent number is probably four times as large. They are 

 divided into a great number of tribes, called " Kolbondas,"' 

 which are ftibdividtd into cads, or " Aimaks," and each 

 Aimak is compofed of a certain number of " Chottons," cr 

 villages, containing 10 or 20 families. Tlie olded of the 

 Chottons governs it, and fix of thefe Chottons are fubjeft to 

 a " Schulcn^a," or judge, chofcn from among their chiefs, 

 and confirmed in his office by the governor of the province. 

 Twenty-four Scliulengas form a tribe or Kolbonda, which 

 is commanded by a common chief, felefted from among the 

 families of their ancient princes. It is his province to watch 

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