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oft" entire. Seeds to the perfect florets only, folitarv, round- 

 ilK Down fimple or woolly. Reciptuc'e naked. 



EiT CIi. Receptacle naked. Down fimplc or woolly. 

 Florets of the radius hgulate. Calyx of one leaf, clothed 

 with imbricated fcales 



All the plants ranged \inder this genus are natives of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. In the 2d edition of Linnius's Spe- 

 cies Plantarflm, where ilfirit appears, are five;^c.'yi;;n/j, Jacq. 

 Coll. V. 4. t. 2 1. f. I ; ripens, Curt. Mag. t. yo ; />jiia/ ro/a, ci- 

 Harts, and fruiii-ofa. The latter is the fame plant as G. ajle- 

 roiJts, Linn. Suppl. 38 1, but different horn Atrailylis oppnfi- 

 tifoliii, under which it is quoted in Syft. Veg. ed. 14. 730. 

 To the above are added, in the Mautifla, p. 287, G. fdoj'a ; 

 and in the Supplementum ii.K more, hcrbacea, h}fl>i(la, fpinofa, 

 crnua, unlflora, and bnrlala. Of thele the uv.'ijhra is there 

 fufpefted, we believe julHy, to be a mere variety of rigors. 



Tiie genus thus underilood undoubtedly forms a very iin- 

 natuml afleniblage, Linn^uf having chiefly confidered the 

 fimple-leavcd calyx, as Gxrtiier long ago remarked. Willde- 

 now accordingly has but feven Gorienir, the perfoiwta, rigens, 

 and ceinua of Linnaeus, with dijfiifa, int . grifolia, petlinalci, and 

 c Hiita of Thuiiberg. Others are fent to his genera oi I\Ttif- 

 Ji lia, whofe receptacle is villous, and feed-down formed of 

 limple hairs ; and Berckheya, whofe receptacle and feed-down 

 are chaffy Among the latter are the beautiful and truly 

 wonderful G ciliailt, and the fpinofa ; the latter figured in 

 Jacq. Hort. .Schonbr. t. 372 Tliis is doubtlefs a great 

 improvement, but it feems to us that the genus mult, after 

 all, chiefly depend en G. perfonatay which is an annual plant, 

 of no beauty, with many fpreading^cmj, about a foot liigh. 

 Z,frji>f.r alternate, fpatulate, revolute, pinnatifidor undivided ; 

 very white and cottony beneath ; and green and brillly, like 

 the ftems, above. Flozvers folitary, terminal, fmall, yellow, 

 with numerous prominent fpines to the calyx. The Jeetis are 

 crowned with wool, but have no ^XQ^r pappus or feed-down. 

 The leaves of G. rigens bear fome anrrfogy with this, but 

 the large orange bloffoms, unarmed calyx, and long fimple 

 feed-down, urge the propriety of feparating it. Tlie latter 

 is Lamarck's Gazania, above quoted. 



GORTYN.A., or Goutvv, in Ancient Geography, an in- 

 land cicy of Crete, being, according to Strabo, near 90 

 furlongs dillant from the African fea, or that part of the 

 Mediterranean which waflied the fouthern part of the ifiand. 

 Its oi-igin is oblcure, fome afcribing it to Gortyn, the 

 fon of Rhadamantlms, and others to Taurus, who carried 

 off Europa. In procefs of time, however, it eclipfed all the 

 other cities of Crete, efpecially after the illand was reduced by 

 the Romans. Of its ancient fplendour and magnificence we 

 may form fome judgment from its ruins, which are ilill 

 v.iible about fix mi!es from mount Ida ; though many of 

 them have been carried away by the Turks. In ancient 

 times it was famous for the temples of Apollo, Diana, and 

 .Tupiter Hecatombxus, fo called becaule Menelaus there 

 facrificed to Jupiter 100 oxen, v.hen he received information 

 of Helena's flight. Its walls were wafhed by the river 

 Letlie. Theophraflus, Varro, and Pliny fpeak of a plane 

 tree near Gortyna, which" never ihed its old leaves till new 

 ones fprouted forth. 



GORTYNI \, a town of Greece, in the northern pr.rt 

 of Macedonia. 



GORUAH, in Geojrr^pfjf, a town of Hindoollan, in 

 Bahar ; 62 miles W.S.W of Bahar. 



GORY, a town of Georgia, in the province of Carduel, 

 on the Kur ; 47 m.iles W. of Tetlis. N. kit. 41' 55'. 

 E. long. 44' 30'. 



GORZE, a town of Fr.nnce, 'in the department of thd 

 MofcUe, and cliief place of a canton, in ihe diiliiCt of MeSz j. 



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jniilcs S.W. of Metz. N. lat. 49' 3'. E. long. 6' 4 . 

 The place contains 1535, and the canton 14,278 irihabitantt, 

 on .1 territory of 220 kiliometres, in 31 communes. 



GORZEGNO, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Stura, on the Bormida ; 13 miles .S E. of Alba. N. 

 lat. 44^ 38. E long. 8 17'. 



GORZKE, a town of the principality of Magdeburg ; 

 34 miles E of Magdeburg. 



GOSAYPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in Allaliabad ; 

 13 miles N.W. of Jionpour. 



GOSCHGOSCHUENK, a town of America, in the 

 Delaware, confilting of three villages htuatcd on the banks 

 of the Ohio. Its np.!;e fignilies " the habitation of owls," 

 from the number of thofe birds that refort hither. 



GOSCHUTZ, a town of Sileiia, in the principality of- 

 Oels; 25 miles N.N.E. of Breflaw. N. lat. ji 23'. E. 

 long. /7° 30'. 



GOSELINI, Jl'J.i.\k, in Biography, an Italian writer, 

 was born at Rome in 1525, where he purlued his maturcr 

 fludies in the lioufe of the cardinal de Santa I'iora. When 

 he was feventeen years of age he was taken into the fervice 

 of Ferdinand Gon/aga, tlien viceroy of Sicily. He accom- 

 panied that nobleman to Milan in IJ46, and became his 

 fecretary, and was aftcrv.ards taken to the court of Spain, 

 where he obtained the eileem and favour of Philip II. 

 Under the duke of Albuquerque he was iniprifoned on a ' 

 charge of confpiracy againil the life of Giambatifla Monti. 

 He vindicated his own caufe, was releafed, and ad.mitted fo ' 

 public employment. He died in 1587, leaving behind him ' 

 fevcral works, tiiat obtained for him high refiutofio'n : of 

 thefe the principal are, " The Life of Ferdinan<l Gonzaga." 

 " Three Confpiracies, &c." " Rime," or a c-illectioa of 

 poems, feveral times reprinted. " Difcourfes." *' Letters," 

 &c. Bayle. 



GOSFIELD, in Geography, a townftiip of E.Tex county, 

 in Upper Canada, fituated upon lake Erie. 



GOSHAWK, in Ornithology, the EngHih name of the- 

 Falcci pa/umiariuj ; which fee. 



GOSHEN, in yfriei.nt Geography, a territory of Eg»"pt, 

 fituated between the Red fea and the Nile, upon the borders 

 of Canaan, not far from On or Hieropolis, which Jofeph 

 obtained of Pharaoh for the refidence of his father Jacob 

 and family. This was a fertile fpot of ground, and lit for 

 cattle : and, therefore, as Jofepluis tells us, I'liamoli kept 

 his own in that diftriot. It was alfo feparate from Eg\pt, 

 and therefore fittefl for Jacob and his family, wliich would 

 be out of all danger of interfering with the Egyptians. 



Go.siiEV, in Geography, a tdwnfhip of America, in 

 the county of Hamjifhire, and flate of Maifaehutetts, be- 

 tween Cummington and Conway : 14 miles N ot Northamp. 

 ton ; incorporated in 1781, and containing 724 inh.ibitanls. 

 — Alio, a townfhip in Vermont, lying partly in Addil'on 

 county, ajd partly in Calcdoiii.i, adjoinrng to Salisbury on 

 the welL — Alfo, a townlhip in Cheller caunty, Pennfyl- 

 vania, containing 966 inh.ibitants — .Alfrt, a town in I>itch- 

 field county, Conneclicut, famous for the prodnflion of 

 excellent cheefe, containing 1493 inhabitant? ; 7 miles N.W. 

 of Litchlald. — .Alfo, the nioll conliderabk- town in Orange 

 county. New York ; about 58 miles N. of New York city. 

 Its fituation is plcalant, anil it contains about 60 or 70 com- 

 pact houfes, an academy, court -liouie, gaol, and Pre(bytrri»n 

 church. The tovnihi]) contains 2563 inh.-il.irants. — Alio, 

 a place in Londoi; county, Virginia, where is a potl-ofiicc ; 

 «- miles from AVafliin^toii — Alio, a town in Kennebcck 

 county, Maine, containing 270 inhabitants. 



Gt)Mi:;N- Cr.ci, a river of New Jerfey, which runs into 

 Delaware bav. N. lat. 39 10'. W.long. 74- 54'. 



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