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irtemiptcd in the middle. S/rHs very miinerous, minute. 

 Rccept<irla altachcd to the paj-lition at each fide. 



Eif. Ch. Ciilyx five-clefr, crowning the gcrmcn. Corolla 

 incurved and recurved. Capfiilc inferior, imperfei^tly twO- 

 cellrd. Seeds numerous. 



Obf. We pn-fer, with LinnTUS, the name Gefncna to 

 Cefiicra, as the moil correft in its conllrudlion, and lupported 

 by the bell analogies, though Plnmier originally wrote the 

 latter. In fuch cafes it is ncedlefs to burthen the reader 

 with prccife quotations, and we merely adopt the orthogra- 

 phy that appears the beft, except there be any difference 

 wortli commemorating. 



Linnsus has given but three fpecies of this genus, to 

 which Swartz has added fcven nc->¥ ones, bcfides the Lin- 

 nxan Cranialarla fruticofa, in his Prodromus Fl. Ind. Oec. 

 where he alfo made the CjT;7,'rj of L'Heriticr z Grfneria ; 

 fee CviuLLA. But in his FI. Ind. Occ. 1032 hcfubmitsto 

 the opinion of thofe who reckon it diftinft. All the Gifrieria 

 are of Weil Indian origin, and very little known in Em-ope, 

 except the tomaUofa, kept in botanic gardens for its rarity 

 rather than beauty. Several of the fpecies firil dcfcribed by 

 Swartz are eminently handfome, and well dtferve to be in- 

 troduced into our lloves, efpecially his •vcnliicofa, which 

 bears tubular curved fcarlet flowers, with projecling ilamcns, 

 like fonie of the finell Erlce. All the fpecies are flirubby, 

 rxcept G. pu!ii':!a of Swartz, whoijs leaves referable a Pri- 

 viiila or yljiiga, and G. acaul'ts of Linn^us, Sp. PI. 850. 

 (llapunculo affinis, &c, Sloane Jam. v. I. t. 102. f. i.) 

 Loth which are herbaceous, and fcarcely rife above the 

 ground. Tlie leavei in all are fimple, alternate, moftly. 

 tlalked, more or lefs crenate, toothed, or ferrated, rongU 

 or fmooth. Fb-ujers corymbofe, moftly on a long common 

 Jtalk. Corolla varioufly (liaped in different fpecies, but 

 always more or lefs curved, from above one to two inches 

 long. They chiefly grow in rocky, fliady, mountainous 

 places in Jamaica, or in Hifpaniola. Full defcriptions oi 

 all that Dr. Swavtz has obfervcd may be found in his Fl. 

 Ind. Occ. v. 2. 1015 — 1031. 



GESORIACUiVI, in ylndciit Geography, a town of 

 Gaul, belonging to the Morini ; now Boulogne. 



GESSENE, in Geography, a town of liohemia, in the 

 circle of Boleflau ; nine miles N. E. of Turnau. 



GESSERIT, Qu,\MDIU. See Qu..\MDIu/f lene gejferlt. 



GESSES is the furniture belonging to a hawk. See 

 Je.sses. 



GESSI, Fkancesc'o, in Biography, a favourite difciple 

 and imitator of Guido Rheni in the art of painting, forae 

 of whofe works are little inferior to thofe of his mailer, and 

 are often fold for his. He is generally known by a want of 

 fulnefs of execution, and of energy in his aftions. 



GESSIGO" Point, in Geography, a cape of Ireland, in 

 the county of Sligo, at tlie nol-tliern extremity of Sligo bay. 

 N. lat.-54° 22'. W; long. 8=" 33'. 



GESSO, a town of Naples, in Abruzzo Citra ; 15 miles 

 N. E. of Civitsr Borella. 



GESSOPS, a town of the ftate of Maryland, in America ; 

 eight miles E. S. E. of Fort William. 



GESSOR, a name ufed by fome of the Arabian writers 

 for galbannm. 



GESTA) in Geography, a town of Sweden, in Wefl 

 Gothland ; 23 miles N. E. of Uddevalla. 



GESTATION, Uteiune, or ntero-gejiation, in Mid- 

 tuifiry, the bearing or containing a foetus in the womb. See 

 Conception. 



GiiSTATioN is alfo a term in the Ancient Meilicine, ufed 

 for a fort of exercife, by us called carriage. 



It confifted in making the patient ride on horfeback, qr 



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in a chariot, or a boat ; or even in rocking him in his beJ, 

 if he coidd not endure a move violent agitation. 



Afclepiades firll brought friftions and gellation into prac- 

 tice. The defign of gellation was to recover llrength, after 

 a fever, &c. was gone. 



GESTE, in Geography, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Mayne and Loire ; 12 miles N. W. of ChoUet. — 

 Alfo, a river of Germany, wiiich runs into the \Vefer, near 

 its mouth ; called alio Geijle. 



GESTICULATION, the making of affefted, indecent. 

 or unfnitable geftures, or even of proper ones in too great 

 number. Ciefticulation is a grievous fault in an orator. 



GESTINEN, in Geography, a town of Switzerland, \a 

 the canton ofUri ; 15 miles S. of yVltorff. 



GESTRICIA, a province of Sweden, about 51 -miles- 

 long and 10 wide ; bounded on the Ni by Helfingland, 011 

 the E. by the gu'.f of Bothnia, on the S. by Upland, Weft- 

 manland, and Ualecariia, and on the W. by Dalecarlia. 

 The inhabitants do not concern themfelves with agriculture,s> 

 but derive their chief fnpport and wealth from mines, forges^ 

 forcils, lakes, and rivers. The capital of this province is 

 Gejle, which fee. 



GESTUf/FrtW(7, \nLatv, anancientwritj where aperfon'* 

 good behaviour was impeached ; now out of ufe. 



GESTUNGSHAUSEN, or Gesiiau.'^ex, in Geogra- 

 phy, a tov^Ti of Germany, in the principality of Coburg ;• 

 feven miles E. ai Coburg. 



GESTURE, a motion of the body, intended to lignify. 

 fome idea or paffion of the mind. 



Quintilian defines gellure, tot'uu. corporis nioius 'tSj conforma- 

 tic. Geftures are a kind of natural language, which fupplies- 

 the ufe of fpeech in thofe naturally dumb. The mimes and. 

 pantomimes were very great proficients in die ftyle of- 

 irr-lli'.rc. 



Gellure coufifts principally in the ailion of the hands and 

 ff.ce ; and may be defined, a. fuitable conformity of the' 

 motion of the countenance, and of feveral parts of the body, 

 in i'peaking ef the fiiUjeft matter of the difconri'e. (See 

 A-CTioN. ) With regard to oratory, gefturc ma-y properly 

 be called the fecond part of prouunciatron ; in which, as the 

 voice fhould be fuited to the impreffions it receives from the. 

 mind, fo the feveral motions of^ the body ought to be ac-" 

 comraodated to the various -tones and infleiSlions of the voice. 

 When the voice is even and moderate, little gellure is-' 

 required; and nothing is more unuatur.U and difgulling tharj 

 violent mution, in dilcourfing upon ordinary and familiar' 

 fubjedls. The motions of the body (liould, therefore, rife 

 in proportion to the veliemenee and energy of the e.^preflion,- 

 as tlie natural and genuine efft-tl of it. 



Gellure is either natural, or from imitation. The former- 

 denotes fuch aiSlions and motions, either of the whole body, 

 or of lome particular part of it, as naturally accompany our" 

 words, jull as tliefe refult from the impredions of our minds.' 

 As to the whole body, it (hould not continue long in the'- 

 fame pofition, but be conlhintly changing, with a gentle and' 

 moderate motion. As to the feveral parts of the body, the'J 

 head is the moll confiderable : to lift it up too high, has- 

 the air of arrogance and pride : to llretch it out too far, J 

 or throw it back, appears clownilli and unmannerl)' ; to han^-t 

 it downwards on tlie breall, Ihews an unmanly ba{hfulnele> 

 and want of fpirit ; and to fuffer it to lean on either flioulder,,i 

 argues floth and indolence : in calm and fed;!,te difcouries,^ 

 the head fliould keep its natural ftate and upright poltureyit 

 occafionally moving, and turning gently, foraetimes on one^ 

 fide, and lometiraes on the other, as occafiun requires, rnd' 

 then returning back to its natural pofition. It fliouldl 

 always accompany the other alliens of the body, except in* 



averfion. 



