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tants of tlie hinlitd: p.irt? "f the mountain?, Iiowcver, dill 

 afT^it their indepeiideiice, an.i dcfeiid their liberty with 

 mid MKited valour agaiiiil ev:.-ry hoi'lik- attiick. Thtir courage, 

 conciirriiijf with a perfctl k-iowl.dgt; of the coDiitiy, faves 

 thtm frv>ni the fiiperior force ot their eiiemifs, as the Alge- 

 riiits have, within a late period, frtqiitntly experienced. 

 The oovernment, therefore, endeavours to maintain a good 

 underilaiiding and frienddiip, where force is inefieclnal, 

 and often yields even to unrcafonable demands. Thus the 

 Cabvles of Coiico are treated with great len'ty ; for the 

 fituation of their country is favourable, and they can 

 affiiniblo a ilrong army ; and they carry gre.u quantities 

 of oil and foap for fale to Alj;iers. The cafe is the fame 

 with refpett to the Cabyles who inhabit the fca-coall about 

 Eugia, Bona, and Tabarca. Among the Cabyles, who 

 acknowledge no common chief, thofe of the greattll age arc 

 particularly honoured ; and only their priefls, or " Mara- 

 buts," enj.iv the general confidr-nce of the tribes, and have 

 under the cloak of religion acquned great power and anlho- 

 rity, which in fore inflances have become hereditary. 

 Thefe then aft in the capai;ity of heads of the tribes, form 

 treaties of peace, fend ainbafTadors, and are by others, and 

 even by the Turks, confidcrcd as the chiefs of the nation. 

 In the vicinity of the ftpulehre of a deceafed Marabut, 

 or faint, is generally the habitation of the Marabut of the 

 tribe, who, by means of a flag hoilled on a pole erefted 

 upnn the edifice, gives the ufual fignal when the time of prayer 

 arrives. Frorn the lame place fignals are made, on the 

 appr ach of t!ie enemy, to the Cabyles, to alTcmble them 

 at the appointed place of rendezvous. The language of the 

 Cabyles, like that uf the Moors, is a dialetl of the Arabic. 

 It deviate;, however, fo much from the latter, that in 

 many places Moors and Cabyles are not able to underlland 

 one another. 



CABYNE, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Indian 

 ocean, fouth of Bruton ; and near the ifland called Hage- 

 diflen or l^izard-ifland. 



CACABELOS, a fmall town of Spain in Leon, feated 

 in a valley between high mountains ; 40 miles N. W. of 

 Leon. 



C.-\CABOGA,. in Zoology, the name of an American 

 ferpent, by fome accounted the fame with the Tarciboia, or 

 black water fnake of that part of the world ; but by others 

 defcribed as being of a yellow colour, living about houfes, 

 and doing great mifchief among poultry, although its bite 

 is not fatal to mankind. This is an ambiguous fpecies. 



CACACA, in Geography, a town of Africa, in the 

 kingdom of F>z, taken by the Moors from the Spaniards 

 in 15J4, is defended by a Ilrong fort on a rock ; 16 miles S. 

 of Mehlla. 



CACAGUALES, a town of North America, in the 

 country of Mexico, and province of Tlafcala. 



C AC ALIA, in Botany, {J^x>ca^ia, Diofcorides.) Cluf. 

 C. Bauh. ig;. Tourncf. CI. 12. gen. 10. Tab. 25S. Ray 

 Method. Plant. 34. Hill. 391. Linn. gen. 93J, who in 

 his earlier works called the genus Klcinia, but afterwards 

 adopted the name taken up by Clufiiis, Jcc. though dubious 

 of its identity v/itb the plant of Diofcorides and Fliuy. Reich. 

 lolj. Schreb. 1260. Gs;rt. 963. Tab. 166. Jufl". 17^. 

 Vent. 2. 510. La Marck. PI. 673. Clafs and order, fyiige- 

 nefui polygatnia itqualis. Nat. Ord. Compofite difcoidcn:. Linn. 

 Corymhijeree, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. common, fimple, oblong, fomewhat caly- 

 cled at the bafe, cylindric ; fcales five to ten, or more, 

 equal, lanceolate- linear, forming a tube, with a few (hort 

 ones incumbent on t!ie bale. Cor, compound, tubular; 

 florets herraaphvodite, uniform ; border four or five-cleft, 



eiv^, gradually lc(Tening into the tub?. Slant- filaments 

 five, very fliort, capillary; anthers cylindric, tnbulir. P'ljl. 

 germ oblong ; Kyle threa^il-diaped, the length of the (lamens ; 

 lligmas two, oblong, rcvolute. Peru, tiie permanent calyx. 

 Seech lolitary, narrow-ovate ; down capillary. Rcecp. naked, 

 flat, dotted. 



EIT. Ch. Cal. cylindric, oblong, fomeuhat ca'.ycled at the 

 bafe. 



Obf. Linnsus in his Species Plant, and Syll. Nat. ad- 

 mitted fome plants into this genus, which in opp ilition to 

 his own generic character are wilh~ut the fliart fcales at the 

 bafe of the calyx. Thefe aie now placed under a dillinft 

 genus, for which Linnoeus's O'iginal name Kleinia has been 

 revived. La Marck in Encyc. and profcn\>r Martyn in his 

 edition of Miller, (lill, however, adhere to the arrangement 

 of LinnjEus. The latter has inconfillently retained the 

 original generic charaftcr, which the former has altered fo 

 as to adapt it to all his fpecies. 



Species. • Stems JJiruhly, 



I. C penelu!a, Willd. Forflc. delcrip. 14'. " Stem and 

 branches flefliy, leaflcfs, fcaly ; peduncles one-flowered," 

 Vahl. Symb. ^. p. 90. Perennial. Stem about three feet 

 high, branched, trilid towards the fummit. Seales fcattcred, 

 fpiral-wile, rather crowded, about half an inch long, lanceo- 

 latc-awlfliaped, ycllowifli, rigid, pungent, prelTed clofe to the 

 branches. Peduncles from the fummits of the branches, 

 folitary, (Iraight, about feven inches long, with a few linear, 

 fmall, remote fcales. Calyx many-leaved, containing many 

 florets. Corolla purple. 2. C. cylhulnca, I^a Marck. 

 " Stem weak ; leaves flender, cylindric, flelhy, with a few 

 hairs at their axils." Perennial. Stem a foot and a lialf 

 high. Branches flender, cylindric, fmooth, leafy. Leaves 

 feattered, cylindric, two inches long, pale green. A native 

 of Africa, cultivated in the royal garden at Paris. 3. C. 

 carnofa, Willd. " Leaves roundifli, flefliy, incurved ; pedun- 

 cles terminal, one-flowered, naked." Ait. Hort. Kew. 5. p. 

 156. Perennial. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 4. C.ficoides, Linn. Sp. PI. (Kieinia Hort. Clif.) " Leaves 

 comprefied, flefliy." Perennial. Stems feven or eight feet 

 higli, Miller; (about two feet; La Marck), woody at 

 bottom, foft and fucculent upwards, irregularly branched. 

 Leaves fcattered, thick, tapering, fucculent, a little curved, 

 a little compreflfed in a direftion perpendicular to the hori- 

 zon ; the upper ones covered with a very glaucous meal 

 refembling that on fome kinds of plum. Flo'wers yellowifli 

 white, at the extremities of the branches ; in a loofe, 

 branched coi-ymb. Stigma dark purple. Miller and La 

 Marck. A native of Africa. 5. C. repens, Linn. 

 Mant. no. " Leaves deprefled, flelhy." Perennial. It 

 differs from the lall in having a creeping root; and 

 leaves not compreflcd but concave on their upper fur- 

 face. Native of the Cape of Good Htjpe. The leaves and 

 upper part of the branches of thefe two are pickled by the 

 French with thtir meal on, and elleemed not inferior to rocic 

 fampliire. 6. C. ciincifol'ia. Linn. Mant. no. "Leaves 

 wedge-fliaped, flefliy." Perennial. Smaller than the two 

 preceding. Leaves Icattered, glaucous, veinlcD, flat above, 

 and fomewhat convex underneath. A native of the Cape. 

 Cultivated iu the Uplal garden. Linnxus, though he 

 could not make it flower, judged it to be a Cacalia, not a 

 Cotyletlon, on account of its leaves not being oppofite. 7. C. 

 articulala, Linn. Sup. 3J4. Thunberg prod. 142. I'Herit. 

 fl;irp. tab. 8j. (laeiniata Jacq. ic. rar. tab. ifiS. runcinata 

 La Marck?) " Stem decumbent, jointed ; loiver leaves haf- 

 tate, upper lyrate." Linn. jun. " Leaves flelhy, flat; leaf- 

 lets three-lobed :" Willd. " Leaves petiolcd, flat, haflate- 

 runcinate, flifliy, glaucous;" La Marck. Perennial. Siemt 



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