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In i Henry VIII. the gold rial was ordered to pais at 

 eleven {hillings and three-pence. In 2 Elizabeth, gold rials 

 were coined at fifteen (hillings a-piece, when a pound weight 

 of old ilandard gold was to be coined into 48 rials. In 

 3 James I. rofe-rials of gold were coined at thirty (hillings 

 a-piece, and fpur-rials at fifteen (hillings. 



RIALEJO, in Geography, a town on the W. coaft ot 

 the ifland of Teneriffe. 



Rialejo, or Ria Lexa. See Reai.e.to. 



RIALP, a town of Spain, in the province of Catalonia. 



RIANA, in Botany, a genus of Aublet's ; but that au- 

 thor gives no account, or reafoii, why it is fo called. We 

 prefume this may be its common name in Guiana. — Aubl. 

 Guian. 237. Jufi'. 287. Lamarck Illuftr. t. 135.— Clafs 

 and order, Pentandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Berbendes, 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, cloven 

 into five, roundifh, acute Segments. Cor. Petals live, ovate, 

 acute, joined at the bafe. Nedbry of five fcales. Stam. 

 Filaments five, very fhort, inferted at the bafe of the nec- 

 tary ; anthers ovate-oblong, nearly feffile, two-celled. Pijl. 

 Germen fuperior, ovate, villous, with five (freaks ; ftyle 

 flefhy ; ftigma capitate, obtufe. Perk. Capfule oblong, of 

 one cell, and three valves, compreffed in the middle. Seeds 

 three. 



Obf. Aublet defcribes the five-fcaled ne&ary, as five 

 inner petals. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx deeply five-cleft. Petals five. Nectary 

 compofed of five" fcales. Anthers nearly feffile. Capfule 

 of one cell and three valves. Seeds three. 



I. R. guianenjis. Aubl. Guian. t. 94 — Native of woods 

 in Aroura, where it flowers in Auguft. This firub is 

 ten feet high, and has a branched trunk. Branches ereft, 

 knobbed. Leaves oppofite, ftalked, ovate-oblong, acute, 

 toothed, fmooth, rigid. Stipulas fhort, twin, oppofite, 

 acute, deciduous. Flowers white, arranged in an alternate 

 manner, forming a terminal /pile ; each flower on a fhort 

 fialk, which has four fcales or bra&eas at the bafe. 



Juffieu fufpe&s that this plant may be akin to Pajbura, 

 Aubl. Guian. t. 380. 



RIANANTLA, in Geography, a town of Mexico, in 

 the province of Tlafcala ; 60 miles S. of Puebla de los 

 Angclos. 



RIANJO, a town of Spain, in Galicia, at the mouth 

 of the Ulla; 23 miles S.W. of Compoftella. 



RIANO, a town of Italy, in the Patrimonio ; 13 miles 

 N. of Rome. — Alfo, a town of Naples, in Abruzzo Ultra ; 

 8 miles W. of Teramo, 



RIANS, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Var ; 10 miles N.W. of St. Maximin. 



RIAO, an ifland in the Eaft Indian fea, about 25 miles 

 in circumference, near the W. coaft of Morty. N. lat. 2° 

 25'. E. long. 1 28 2'. 



RIAPA Creek, a river of Welt Florida, which runs 

 into the Miflifippi, N. lat. 31 2'. W. long. 91° 17'. 



RIAVIA, a mountain of Africa ; 60 miles W. of 

 Tripoli. 



RIAZAN, a town of Ruffia, and capital of a govern- 

 ment, on the Oka ; 80 miles S.S.E. of Mofcow. N. lat. 

 34 45'. E. long. 38° 54'. 



RIAZANSKOE, a government of Ruffia, bounded on 

 the N. by Vladimirfkoi, on the E. and S. by Tambovlkoi, 

 and on the W. by Mofkovfkaia and Talikoe ; 108 miles from 

 N. to S. and 100 from E. to W. N. lat. 54 40' to 55- 20' 

 E. long. 38° to 41 °. 



RIAZSK, a town of Ruffia, in the government of 



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Riazan ; 56 miles S.£. of Riazan. N. lat. 54 . E. long. 



40° 4'- 



RIB, i» Rural Economy, the fmall arched bones forming 

 the chefts of animals. Cattle and moil other animals fhould 

 be full in the rib. 



In horfes the cheft or barrel formed by the ribs fhould be 

 full and circular, taking their fullnefs quite from the back- 

 bone. See Horse. 



RlK-Furroiring, in Agriculture, a mode of ploughing 

 fomewhst fimilar to that of ribbling. 



Km-Grafs, a fort of grafs much cultivated in fome dif- 

 tritts, and which is faid to afford an herbage of which cattle 

 are very fond. It is alfo aflerted to be ufeful as a grafs for 

 milch cows, and alfo for fattening any lort of flock. It is 

 an indigenous plant in this country, which frequently 

 abounds in pailure or meadow lands where the foil is rather 

 inclined to moillure. See Plantago. 



In the mode of cultivating it as a grafs for cattle food 

 under the modern fyltem of hufbandry, from four to fix 

 pounds of feed are (tated by Mr. Donaldfon to be fown 

 upon the acre. It is a coarfe fort of grafs, however, that 

 requires to be kept well fed down, in order to render it va- 

 luable and prevent its running to feed. 



In Chefhire fome farmers are fond of it, while others 

 think that its place would be better fupplied by fome of the 

 other grades. In fome places, fome fields are fown with it, 

 nearly without any admixture of grafs feeds ; and where 

 plentiful crops of it have been produced no animal would 

 eat it, which is fuppofed probable from its nature. And in 

 the Staffordlhire agricultural report, it is faid that there is 

 authority for aliening that cattle will not eat its leaves, 

 but it is believed to be grateful in admixture with other 

 herbage. 



RIBA, or Ribas, in Geography, a town of Spain, in 

 New Cadile, on the Xaramo, founded by William de Ribas 

 of Segovia, a celebrated commander, in the year 1100; 9 

 miles from Madrid. 



Riba de Sella, a fmall fea-port of Spain, in Afturia, on 

 the coalt of the Atlantic ; 36 miles E.N.E. of Oviedo. N. 

 lat. 43 28'. W. long. 5 18'. 



RIBADAVIA, u town of Spain, in Galicia, famous 

 for its vineyards, which are laid to produce fome of the bed 

 wine in Spain ; 15 miles S.W. of Orenfe. 



RIBADENEIRA, Peter, in Biography, a Spanifh 

 Jefuit, was a native of Toledo. He dudied at Paris and 

 at Padua, after which he taught rhetoric with reputation at 

 Palermo. He died at Madrid in 161 1, aged 81. His 

 works are " Lives of the Saints," folio, 1616 ; the " Lives 

 of St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Francis de Borgia, and of the 

 Father Lainez and Solmeron ;" "A Treatife of the Schifm 

 of England ;" another entitled " The Prince," which is 

 full of bad political maxims ; and the " Library of Writers 

 among the Jefuits," 8vo. 



RIBADEO, in Geography, a fea-port town of Spain, in 

 Galicia, at the mouth of the Eo, with a good harbour de- 

 fended by two caflles ; 15 miles N.E. of Mondonedo. N. 

 lat. 43 33'. W. long. 7 5'. 



RIBAGNAC, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Dordogne ; 5 miles S. of Bergerac. 



RIBAGORZA, a didridl of Spain, bordering on the 

 E. part of Aragon, and W. part of Catalonia ; watered by 

 the river Noguera de Ribagorza, about 40 miles long and 

 18 wide, N. of Balaguers. 



RIBAN, an ifland in the Red fea, near the coaft of 

 Arabia. N. lat. 17 12'. 



RIBAT. 



