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GLEBE, Gr,EBA, in Nataral Hiflory, Chm'tJIry, Sec. a 

 clod, or piece of ftone or earth, frequently containing fome 

 inotal, or mineral. 



Tlic glebes are carried to the forges to be walhed, purified, 

 and melted, &c. 



Gr.uDE, or Glfbe-land, is properly ufed for cluuch-land ; 

 «' Dos vol terra ad ecclefiam pertinens." 



Glebe-land is moll commonly ufed for land belonging to a 

 parilh-church, betide the tithes. 



Thus, Lmdvvood : " Glebe efl terra in qua confiftit dos 

 ecclelix ; generaUter tamen fumitm- pro folo, vel pro terra 

 culta." Thougli in the moll general, and extenfive ufe 

 of the word, glebe is applicable to any land or ground 

 belonging to any benefice, fee, manor, inheritance, or the 

 like. 



If any parfon, vicar, &c. hath caufed any of his glebe 

 Jands to be manured and foweJ at his own colls, with any 

 corn or grain, the incumbents may devife all the profits and 

 corn growing upon the faid glebe by will. (Stat. 28 H. 8. 

 cap. II.) And if a parfon fows his glebe and dies, the executors 

 fliall have the corn fowed by the teilator. But if a glebe be 

 ■in the hands of a tenant, and the parfon dies after feverance 

 of the corn, and before his rent due ; it is faid, neither the 

 parfon's executors nor his fucccffor can claim the rent, but 

 the tenant may retain it and alfo the crop, unlefs there be a 

 focci.-il covenant for the payment to the parfon's executors 

 proportionably, &c. "Wood's Intt. 163. 



GLEBF.C, in Geography, a town of 7\merica, in the 

 ftate of Virginia ; 10 miles S.E. of Tappahaiioe. 



GLEBOUS, in Rural Economy,?!, term fometimes provin- 

 cially iignifying the turf or gralfy furface. 



GLEBOW, in Geography, a town of the duchy of Cour- 

 land ; 18 miles S. of Mittaw. 



■GLECHOMA, in Botany, is derived from r>.t;xiv of 

 Diofcorides, though the latter is iifually taken for Pulegiuin, 

 or Penny-roval. — Linn. Gen. 291. Schrcb. 388. Willd. Sp. 

 PI. V. 3. 85'. Mart. Mill. Dia.v. 2. Sni. Fl. Brit. 625. 

 .TuflT. 113. — Clafs and order, DiJynamta Cymnofperm'ia. Nat. 

 Ord. Verlicillatx, I^inn. Labia'.ie, JufT. 



«Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth of one leaf, tubular, cylindrical, 

 ftriated, very fmall, permanent ; its mouth having five fliarp 

 unequal teeth. Cor. of one petal, ringeiit ; tube flender, 

 compreffed ; upper lip creft, obf.ife, lower lip fpreading, 

 larger than the upper one, obtufe, three-cleft, its middle 

 !obe lari-er, cmarginate. Stam. Filaments four, under the 

 upper lip, two of which are Ihorter ; each pair of anthers 

 ♦brining themfelves into a crofs. Pijl. Germen four-cleft ; 

 ftyle thread-fhaped, bending under the upper lip ; ftigma 

 cloven, acute. Perk, none ; the calyx iiouriAiing four, ovate 

 Jh'Js in its bofom 



ElT. Ch. Calyx five-cleft. Each pair of anthers converging 

 in form of a crofs. 



I. G. hederacca. Ground-ivy. Linn. Sp. PI. 807. Engl. 

 Bot. t. 853. — " Leaves kidney-lhaped, crenate.'' — Found in 

 woods and hedges, flowering in April and May. Root peren- 

 nial, and creeping. Leaves on fjut-ftalks, doited beneatli 

 with glandular points. Flozvers axillary, about three to 

 pach leaf, prettily fpeckled w:lh white and blue. Calyx 

 ilriated. Jhilh: rs white. Ground-ivy has been fo long and 

 fo generally known, that it has obtained various appellations, 

 Uich as Ale-hoof, Gill, Robin-run-in-the-hcdgc, Cat's- 

 foot, &c. Before the introduction of Hops its leaves feem 

 to have been ufed for flavouring and clarifying ale. Gerarde 

 has enumerated a long train of " Vertues" fuppofed to be 

 pofleiTed by this plant ; and when infufed into tea or ho- 

 ney, it is Hill a favouiite medicine with the common people 

 for coughs. Many animals eat it, though it is faid to injure 



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horfes if taken too copioufly. The fpecific charafter is nov^ 

 fuperfluous, as two fpccies enumerated in the firil edition of 

 the Species Phmtarum are now referred to other genera. 



Gl.ECllOM.v Hederacca, groiir.d-'ivy or gill, in the Ma- 

 teria Medlca, is a well known plant, growing commonly un- 

 der hedges and flowering in April. Ground-ivy has a pecu- 

 liar ftrong fmell ; the leaves, according to Dr. Withering, be- 

 ing befet underneath with hollow dots, in which are glands fe- 

 crctingan eflfenlial oil, ard above with little eminences, which 

 do not fecrete any odoriferous oil ; for this furface, when 

 rubbed, yields no peculiar fcent, whereas the under furface 

 affords a pleafant reviving fcent. The tafte is bitterifli, aiid 

 fomewhat aromatic. This plant was formerly fuppofed to 

 p-.^fTefs great medicinal powers, not difcovered by later expe- 

 rience ; accordingly it is omitted in the materia mtdica by tlie 

 London college. Its qualities have been deferibed by diuer- 

 ent authors, as peftoral, detergent, aperient, diuretic, vulne- 

 rary, corroborant, errhine, &c. and it has been recommended 

 for the cure of tliofe difeafes to which theie powers feem to be 

 moll adapted, but chiefly in pulmonary and nephritic com- 

 plaints. In obillnate coughs it is a favourite remedy with 

 the poor, who, probably deriving benefit from it, perfiil in its 

 ufe. Ray, Mead, and fome others, fpcak of its being ufe- 

 fully joined with fermenting ale ; but Dr. CuUen obferves, " it 

 appears to me frivolous. In fiiort, in many cafes where I have 

 feeii it employed, I have had no evidence either of its diuretic 

 or of its peftoral effetts. In common with many others ot 

 the verticillata;, it may be employed as an errhine, and in that 

 way cure a head-ache, but no othcrways by any fpecific qua- 

 lity." It is ufually taken in the way of intufion, or decoc- 

 tion, as tea. Woodville Med. Bot. 



GLECPIONITES, a name given by the ancient Phy. 

 ficlans, to a fort of wine impregnated with penny-royal, 

 much recommended in all obllruftions. It takes its name 

 ixoxw gleehon, the Greek w:s.w\e oi penny-royal, or pulegium. 



GLEDITSIA, in Botany, named by Clayton, and 

 adopted by Linnceus, in honour of Dr. John Gottlieb GIc- 

 ditfch, profelfor of medicine and botany at Berlin, an advo- 

 cate of Linna;us againil Sigefljeck, and author of a Syjlema 

 Plantarum, founded on the infertion of the llamens, as well 

 as of an arrangement of Fungi, and various otlier botanical 

 treatifes in Latin and German. He died in 1786, aged 72. 

 Linn. Gen. 549. Schrcb. 735. Ait. Hort. Kew.v. 3.444. 

 Mart. Mill. Did. V. 2. JufT. 346. Lamarck Illullr. t. 857. 

 Ga;rtn. t. 146. Clafs and order, Polygamla Dieecla ; or 

 rather Dliccia Hcxandrla. Nat. Ord. Lomentaceii, Linn. 

 hcgumhinfit, .lulT. 



Gen. Ch Male, Cal. Perianth of three fmall, fpreading, 

 acute leaves. Cor. Petals three, roundifli, fefiile, fpreading, 

 refembling the calyx-leaves. Nedlary turbinate, united by 

 its border to the other parts of fructification. Stam. Fila- 

 ments fix, thread-fliaped, longer than the corolla; anthers 

 oblong, compreffed, two-lobed, incumbent. 



Female, on a feparate plant, Cal. Perianth like the male, 

 but of five leaves. Cor. Petals five, long, acute, rather 

 fpreading. Neftaries two, fliort, like abortive filaments. 

 Pyi. Germen fuperior, broad, compreffed, longer than the 

 corolla; ftyle fliort, reflexed; iligma thick, the length of 

 the ftyle, to which it is longitudinally affixed, downy in the 

 upper part. Perk. Legume very large, broad, compreffed 

 quite fiat, divided by numerous tranfverfe partitions, and 

 filled with pulp. Seeds folitary, roundifli, hard, and poliflied. 

 At the fummit, generally, of the male fpike is an united 

 flower, with four calyx-leaves and as many petals, with a 

 neftary and ftamens like tiie male, but with a piflil, pro- 

 ducing perfeCl fruit, as in the female. Hence Linnxus re- 

 ferred this genuf to his clafs Pslygamla, but if it remains 



there 



