G L O 



tTie time cf the day, and the quadrant will cut the true azi- 

 ■ aith, or bearing of the fun for that time: the difference 

 r tween which, and the bearing (liewn by the azimuth com- 

 pafs, Ihews the variation of t'le compafs in that place of the 

 earth. Fergufon's Aftron. p. 292, &c. 

 Globe Amamnth. See Gompiir.j:ka. 

 Globe Animalcule, in Natural Hi/lory, is a fingiJar, mi- 

 nute, aquatic animal, whofe form feems exaftlv globular, 

 without either head, tail, or fins. It moves in all dircftions, 

 either rolling like a bowl, or gliding along fn.oothly with 

 out turning itfelf at all. Its whole body is tranfparent, ex 



Common receptacle oi- 



G L O 



enclofing the folitary, ovate feed}. 

 long, divided by fcales. 



Elf. Ch. Common calyx imbricated; proper one tubular, 

 mfenor. Partial corollas with the upper lip cloven ; under 

 one three-cleft. Receptacle chaffy. 



I. G.hngtfolia. Long-leaved ' Globularla. Willd. Sp. 

 V. I. 53(^; (Alypum five Herba terribilis ; Sloan. Jam, 



I. 19. t. 5. f. 3.)— "Stem fhrubbv. Leaves linear. 



PI 



la:icoolate, entire. Hads of flower's axiliar)-." This 



green-houfe fhrubisa native of Madeira, flowering in July 



. J -., • , u, , r - r ^"dAuguft. The -^W of this plant i,^ hard and white, 



oept where it is covered with circular black Ipots ; fome of with a very large ^/M, and an unequal light brown or erc-y 



which have fix or feven, fome one, two, three, four or five, bark. Leaves growing very thick towards the ends of the 



branches, /'/omr^ confilling of feveral fpherical heads, of a 



and others none at all. Thefe Ipots arc probably the eggs 

 or young ones of the animal. The general appearance of blueifh colour 

 the body exhibited a kind of fliort moveable hairs or briiUes, 

 bv means of which it is conjeftured the motions of the ani- 

 mal may be performed. Baker's Microf. 1753, P- S^^' 

 &c. 



Globe, Daify. See Globulai;i.\. 



Globb Fijh, in Ichthyology, a name by which fome fpecies 

 of the oftracion are called. See Ostk.\cion". 



Globe Flower, in Botany. See Sph.eraxtiius. 



Globe Ranunculus . See Trollils. 



Globe 77'//?Zf. See Ecinxops. 



GLOBULAR Chart, a reprefentation of the furface, or 



fome part of the furface, of the terraqueous globe upon a rica five G. frutefcens ; Pluk. Amalth"t. 58. f. 5.) " Stem 



plane; wherein the parallels of latitude are circles nearly ''---'' t^ i- 1 1 , ., . . 



concentric : the meridians, curves, bending towards the 

 poles ; and the rhumb-lines alfo curves. 



The merits of this chart confiil in this, that the diftances 

 between places on the fame rhumb are all meafurcd 'by the 

 fame fcale of equal parts ; and the diftance of any two 

 places in the arch of a great cu-cle, is nearly reprefented in 

 this chart by a ftraight line. Hence land-maps, made ac- 

 cording' to this projeftion, would indifputably have 

 "reat advantages above thole made any other way. See 

 Map. 



But for fea charts, and the ufe of navigation, it is yet 

 controverted, whether the globular chart be preferable to 

 Mercator's, where tl;e meridians, parallels, and particularly 

 the rhumb-lines, are all ftraight lines ; inafmuch as ftraight 

 lines are found mere eafy to draw and manage than cun-es, 

 efpeciallv fuch as rhumb-lines en the globular chart are. 



This -projeftion is not new, though not much taken notice of fphere, hairy. — We are not acquainted with any figiu-e ot 

 till of late. It is mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geography ; this fpecies. 



j'l'.'^/pappous, all over downy. 



2. G. Alypum. Herb Terrible. LIeu. Sp. PI. 139. 

 (Alypum montis Ceti ; Ger. em.. 506.)— "Stem ihrubby. 

 I-eaves obovato-lanceolate, three-toothed or undivided. 

 Heads of flowers terminal." — A green-houfe fhrub, found 

 m various parts of the fouth of Europe, flowering from 

 Auguft to November. Root woody. Leaves alteruate, 

 fafciculated in the lower axillje, near an inch long, glaucous, 

 fome are undivided, others three-toothed. Flo'u.'crs blue or 

 purple. The whole plant is bitter, and purgative in a vio- 

 lent degree. 



3. G. bifnagarica. Linn. Sp. PI. 139. (Scabiofa bifnaga- 

 a five G. frutefcens ; Pluk. Amalth. t. 58. f. 5.) " Stem 



ihrubby. Radical-leaves wedge-lhaped, abrupt ; Item-leaves 

 lanceolate." — Native of the woods of Indi.i. Stem of many 

 ftraight, hard, leafy bratiches, each about five or fix inches 

 high. Flo'V.-trs in a blue terminal head. 



4. G. -vulgaris. Blue Daify. Linn. Sp. PI. 139. 

 (Aphyllanthes anguillarx ; Camer. Hort. t. 7.) — "Stem 

 herbaceous. Radical-leaves three-toothed. Stem-leaves 

 lanceolate." — A hardy perennial, common in fome parts of 

 Europe, and flowering in May and June. Root woody». 

 Stfm a fpan high, terminated by a head of deep blue Jlvwers. 

 Willdenow mentions two varieties of this fpecies, oue with a 

 Itajlefs Jlcm, the other with white jlrj-wers . 



5. G./puKfj. Linn. Sp. PI. 139 — " Radical-leaves ere. 

 nate-prickly ; rtem-leaves entire, pointed.'' — Native of Spain, 

 Albinus having gathered it in Granada. It flowers in Mav. 

 — Radical-leavss numerous, fnuU, ftitf and notched, each 

 notch ending in a prickle. Flowers compofir.g an oblon-^ 



zs alfo by Blundcville, in his Exercifcs. See Chart. 



Globular Projeflion. See Projection. 



Globular Sailing. See Great-circle S.^ilino. 



GLOBULARIA, m Botany, \^-as fo called by Tourne- 

 fort, becaufe its flowers grow in the iliape of a little globe 

 or ball.— Linn. Gen, 47. Schreb. 63. \Villd. Sp. PI. 

 V. 1. 539. Ait. Hort. Kev.-. ed. 2. v. I. 222. Mart. Mill. 

 Di6t. V. 2. Larr.-.uck Diet. v. 2. 730. Illuftr. t. 56. 

 Tourn. t. 269. Ga;rtn. t. 44. Jufl 97. — Clafs and 

 order, Tetrar.ilria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Aggregate, Linn. 

 Lyfimachis, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Ca!. Common perianth imbricated, with equal 

 fcales, the length of the diik ; proper perianth of one leaf, 

 tubular, five-cleft, acute, permanent. Ccr General one 

 nearly equal ; proper one of ?. iingle petal, tubular at the 

 bafe ; limb in five fegments ; the upper lip very narrow, 

 cloveu, iTiorteft ; the lower ccnfifting of three larger, equ;d 

 fcgmcnts. Stam. Filaments four, fimple, as long as the 



6. G. eorJifolia. Linn. Sp. PI. 139. Jacq. Auflr. 

 t. 245. — " Stem nearly naked. Leaves wedge-fhaped, witii 

 three points ; the middle one very fmall." -Native both of 

 hills and vales in Hungar)-, Auttria, and Switzerland, 

 flowering from April to July. Root creeping, each jouit 

 throwing out a cluiler of leaves, from t-he centre of which 

 Iprings a fmooth purplilh ^cni about four inches lojig, ter- 

 minated by a head of blue j^owers. 



7. G. naru Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 542. — " Flower-llalks 

 naked, very fliort, leaves fpatulate, foinewhat ovate, en- 

 tire."--Found in tlve fouth of France, and on tiic Pyrer.ie.-, 

 where our dried fpecimen was gathered by Dr. Noehden. 

 — Root woody and very thick, bearing numerous tufts of 

 little haves, among which aril'e the ilvort, folitary dower- 

 ftalks. FLwers forming a terminal head. — It has never 

 been figured. 



8 G. nac'icaulis. Linn. Sp. PI. 140. Jacq Amir, 

 t. 230. — " Stem naked, leaves entire lanceolate.'' — Native 

 proper corolla ; anthers diiUnct, incumbent. Fiji. Germea of mountainous and ftoiiy places in Auilria and Switzerland, 

 foperior, ovate; ftyle fimple, the length of the fhtmens ; flowering in July. — iJoj/ perennial, fibrous, creeping, throw- 

 ftiema obtufe. Peric. none ; proper calyx fhutting up and ing out numerous, tiiickilh, tii-m liavt., darker on the up- 

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