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He alfo ventured to accj^e Hippocrates of committing fuch 

 errors, in the cure of feveral furgical difeafes, as would not 

 be pardoned in a ftiulent. His works are, I. " Anatomia 

 Chirurgica ;" or " Iftoria dell' odVi c mufcoli del eorpo 

 iiniaiio, con la def<^izzione de' vafi ;" Rome, 1675, 1687. 

 2. " Anatomia per ufo ed intellig^-nza del dcfigno ;" Rome, 

 1691. This worii contains fonie good figures of the ancient 

 ftatues. Genga prepared the bodies, by difpofing the 

 bones and mnfcles in tlic forced attitudes of the gladiators 

 iv tlicir combats : ihd Lancifi added explanations of the 

 fii^ures. 3. " Commentarla Latina et Italics r.d Hippo- 

 cratis Aphorifmos, ad Cliirurgiam pertiiicnlia ;" Rome, 

 1694, 8vo. Bonon. 1697, 8vo. Eloy. 



GENGENBACH, in Geog'-aphy, an imperial town of 

 Germany, in t!ie circle of Swabia, litaated on the Kinzig, 

 in the Orler.au : in this town is an abbey, whofe prelate was 

 a prince of the empire. Among the indemnities agreed on 

 at Ratilbon in 1802, this town and abbey were given to the 

 margrave of Baden ; 15 miles S.E. of Stralburg. N. lat. 

 48 27'. E. long. 8 l'. 



GENGOU-LE-R.OYAL, St., a town of France, in 

 the department of the 8a6ne and Loire ; celebrated for its 

 wine ; 1 1 miles N. of Cluny. 



GENIAL, Genialis, an epithet applied by the ancients 

 to certain deities, whom they luppofed to prefide over gene- 

 ration. 



They were thus called a gei\ndo, from bearing ; or, ac- 

 cording to the correction of Scaliger and VoflTuis, a generiilo, 

 to yean, produce : yet Fellus fays, that they were alfo called 

 geruli, which feems to require tlie former reading. M. Da- 

 cier, in a note, ihews that genere has the fenfe of ^paT'l:!-.. 



Among the genial gods, Jli genuiL-s, fays Feftus, were 

 ■water, earthy lire, and air, which the Greeks called eleim-nts. 

 The twelve ligns were fometiincs alio ranked in the number ; 

 as alfo the fun and moon. 



GENICULATUS, Culmus, in Botany, a ftraw bent 

 like the knee, as in Alopecurus genkulalus ; fee Culmuk ; 

 and Caulis, n. 19. 



GENICULI, the joints or knots which appear in the 

 {hoots of plants ; whence botanlRs call thofe marked there- 

 with geniculate plants. 



GENIE. See Gevius. 



GE NIE S, St., in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Aveiron, and chief place of a canton, in 

 the diilritl of Efpalion ; 18 miles E.N.E. of Rhodez. N. 

 lat. 44' 28'. E. long. 3° 3'. The place contains 3333, 

 and the canton 7988 inhabitants, on a territory of 202^ 

 kiliometres, in 8 communes. — Alio, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Gard ; 9 miles N.W. of Nifmes. — Alfo, 

 a town of France, in the department of the Lower Alps ; 

 6 miles N.E. of Sifteron. 



GENII, in Mythology. See Genius. 



GENILLE, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Indre and Loire ; 3 mile:. N. of Lockes. 



GENIO-GLOSSUS, in Anatomy, (from ymc:, .the 

 ih\n, and y'-.n.-rTi-, thj tongue,) a large mulcle belonging to 

 the tong;!e. See Deglutition. 



GENlO-HYOlDEUS, from^s.-.o-., the chin, and ■o.Jm; 

 an epithtt given to the bone of the tongue, is a mufcle be- 

 longing to the OS hyoides. See Dkglutition. 



GENIO-PHARYNOEUS, from y»Ho. and focfvyi, a 

 name given by Winflo.v to a particular flip of the con- 

 ftriiib,:- pharyiigis fuperlor. 



GENIOSTOMA, in Botany, from ■ymi'.v, a iearJ, and 



. fCf^a, the mouth, becaufe the onlice of the flower is befet 



with a deiife fringe. Forll. Gen. t. 12. ticlueb. 131. 



WiUd. Sp. PI. V, I. 998. Mart. Mill. Dift. v. 2. Juff, 



420. Lamarck Illuitr. t. 133, merely copied from 

 'order. — Clafs and order, Pentandria Alonogynia. Nat. 

 Ord. " uncertain," Juif. Aptjcineie-^ 



Gen. Ch. Crd. Perianth inferior, turbinate, permanent, 

 with five acute fcgmentj. Cor, ai one petal, funnel-lhaped ; 

 tube dilated upwards, longer than the calyx, its oriiice 

 bearded ; limb fpreading, in live deep, ovate, rather ponited 

 fegments, as long as the tube. Staw. Filaments five, Ibort, 

 in the tube of the corolla ; anthers oblong, prominent. 

 Fiji. Germen fuperior, ovate ; ftyle thrcad-fliaped, longer 

 than the tube ; lligma cyHndrical, obtufe, furrowed. Peric. 

 Capl'ule ? oblong, of two cells. Seeds numerous, fomewhat 

 angular,.. ranged along a thread-lhaped receptacle. 



Eff. Ch. Corolla funnel-fhaped, bearded at the mouth. 

 Calyx inferior, with live fegments. Stigma cylindrical, 

 abrupt, furrov/ed. Pericarp of two cells, with many feds. 



I. G. riibejlris. Forll. Prod. 17. Native of rocky places 

 in the ifland of Tanna. Stem flirubby, climbing without 

 tendrils, branched in an oppoi'ite manner, round, with a 

 fmooth grey bark. Leaves oppolite, about three inches 

 long, elliptic-lanceolite, pointed, entire, flightly wavy, 

 fmooth, opaque, with one rib, and a few remote, curved, 

 interbranching veins. Footpialls flendcr, fmooth, cl^annelled, 

 half an inch long. Stipulas intrafoliaceous, united, (hort, 

 acute, rather membranous. Flowers fmall, . jn folitary, 

 forked, oppofite, fomewhat downy, axillary panicles, rather 

 longer than the footftalks. Bra8eas (hort, acute, united at 

 their bafe, in pairs under each fork of the panicle. Calyx- 

 minutely fringed. Corolla apparently reddith. — From one 

 of Foriler's own dried fpecimens. Juflieu probaWy never 

 faw the plant, or we think he would have referred it to his 

 Apocineie. No figure has been publiflied, except of the 

 fru6tincation. 



GENIPA. (See GARDE>nA.) The name is barbarous, 

 of Weft Indian origin, and appears to be fometimes called 

 Gcnipo.t. See Tournefort, 658. 



GENIPABU, in Geography, a river of Brafil, whicti 

 runs into the Atlantic, S. lat. 5" 35'. W. long. 34' 46' 



GENIS, St. a town of France, in the department of the 

 Lower Charente, and chief place of a canton, in the diilrift 

 of Jonfac ; 24 miles S. of Saintes. The place contains 86z, 

 and the canton 12,600 inhabitants, on a territory of 2i2| 



kiliometres, in 1 7 communes Alfo, a town of France, in 



the department of Mont Blanc, and chief place of a canton, 

 in the ditlriil of Chambery, ne^ir' the conflux of the Rhone 

 and Guiers ; 15 miles W. of Chambery. Tlie place con- 

 tains 1550, and the canton 796o> inhabitants, on a territcry 

 of 112^ kiliometres, in 12 communes. 



Gexis la Fal, St. a town of France, in the department 

 of the Rhone, and chief place of a canton, in the diilrift of 

 Lyons ; 4 niiLs S. of Lyons. The place contains 2400-, 

 and the canton 15,522 inhabitants, on a terriLory of 97! 

 kiliometres, in 10 communes. 



GENISTA, in Botany, Green-weed, or Dwarf Broom^ 

 The etymology feem.s not very clear, either from genu, n 

 knee, in allufion to the bending of the twigs, or from geno, 

 to produce, becaufe it grows wild in abundance ; yet fuch 

 are propofed bv the learned, and we hav.> no better to offer. 

 Linn. Gen. 368. Schreb. 488. Willd. Sp. PL v. 3. 936. 

 Sm. Fl. Brit. 754. Mart. Mill. Did. v. 2, Juli". 353. 

 Lamarck Ilhiilr. t. 619. Gsrtn. t. 151. Clafs and ordtr, 

 Diadflphia Decandria. Nat. Ord. Papilionaccie, Linn. Lerru- 

 minij'x, .luff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, fmall, tubu- 

 lar, two-lipped ; the upper lip with two teeth, more deeply 



dividtd ; 



