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rtiid intelligent correfpondent, to whom he was indebted for 

 many fpecimens of rare plants from the illands of Santa 



Cruz, Montfcrrat, &c Vahl. Eclog. fafc. 1.51. Willd. 



Sp. PL v. 2. 1 164. Mart. Mill. Did. v. 4— Clafs and 

 order, Polyandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Tiliacex, JufT. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of five lanceolate, taper- 

 ing, fpreading, finely ribbed, coloured, permanent leaves. 

 Cor. Petals none. Nedlary between the germen and ftamens, 

 the height of the former, pitcher-fhaped, very villous. 

 Slam. Filaments numerous, about 60, in a double row, awl- 

 fhaped, a little fhorter than the calyx, fmooth, except a few 

 hairs at the bafe ; anthers eredt, awl-fhaped, one-third the 

 length of the filaments, pointed, corrugated, naked, finally 

 waved at the edge. Pijl. Germen fuperior, ovate, very 

 villous ; ftyle fmooth, the length of the llamens ; fligmas 

 four, convex. Perk. Berry dry, corky, nearly globular, 

 of one cell, with five longitudinal tuberculated receptacles, 

 from its inner coat. Seeds numerous, ovate, nearly globular, 

 brown, befprinkhd with a few minute hairs, and each half 

 enclofed in a membranous tunic, with three double wings. 



E(T. Ch. Calyx inferior, of five coloured permanent 

 leaves. Petals none. Ncdtary pitcher-fhaped, between 

 the llamens and piftil. Berry corky, of one cell, with 

 many tunicated feeds. 



I. R./pecio/a. Vahl. Eclog. t. 9. — Found by Dr. Ryan, 

 in the ifland of Trinidad. A tree, with afh-coloured round 

 branches, finely downy towards the ends. Leaves alternate, 

 italked, elliptic-oblong, pointed, entire, fmooth on both 

 lides, except a mealinef's on the mid-rib beneath. Stipulas 

 awl-lhaped, hoary, rather longer than the footftalk, deci- 

 duous. Flowers axillary, moftlv folitary, on fhort fimple 

 ltalk». Leaves of the calyx an inch and half long. Berry 

 double the fize of a walnut. Seeds rather bigger than thofe 

 of Coriander. Vahl conceived this genus to be allied to 

 Ltietia, but diftinft in the neftary, permanent calyx, four 

 Itigmas, awl-lhaped (not round) anthers, and other parti- 

 culars. 



RYCKE, Theodore de, in Biography, a learned critic, 

 born at Arnheim in 1 640 ; was firlt an advocate at the 

 Hague, and then profefior of hiftory at the umverlity of 

 Leyden. In 1 68 I he delivered an oration " De Giganti- 

 bus," which, with a dillertation " De Primis Italix Colonis 

 et JiLnex adventu," he added to an edition of Stephanus 

 Byzantinus and •Scynunus Chius, Lugd. Bat. 1684. He 

 alio published a valuable edition of Tacitus, with notes and 

 llluitrations, in 1687, in two vols. l2mo. He died in 1690. 



RYCQUIUS, JUSTUS, was born at Ghent in 1587, and 

 educated at Douay. From this place he travelled into Italy, 

 and was for fome time librarian to count Lodovico Sahero. 

 Returning to the Low Countries, he was made canon of 

 Ghent, and refided fome time at Louvain. In t624hewas 

 appointed by Urban VIII. to the chair of eloquence in the 

 uiiiverfity of Bologna, where he died in 1627. He pub- 

 liflied a number of Latin poems, and other works, but is 

 chiefly known by his trcatife " De Capitolio Romano," 

 1617, containing a defcription of the works of art, ancient 

 and modern, prefervedin that relic of antiquity. This per- 

 formance obtained for him the title of a Roman citizen. 

 It was reprinted at Leyden by Gronovius in 1696, with 

 notes and plates. Gen. Biog. 



RYD, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in the province 

 of Upland ; 2omiles S. of Upfal. — Alfo, a town of Sweden, 

 in the province of Smaland ; 22 miles E.S.E. of Jonkio- 

 ping. 



RYDAHOLM, a town ot Sweden, in the province of 

 Smaland; 22 miles W.N.W. of Wexio. 



RYDAL Head, a mountain of England, in Weltmore- 

 land ; two miles N. of Amblefide. 



Rydal Water, a lake of England, in Weftmoreland, 

 which communicates with the Windermere lake. 



RYDALL, a river of Wales, which runs into the fea 

 at Aberyltwith. 



RYDDA, in Ancient Geography, a city which the Jews 

 conquered from the Arabians, under Alexander Jannxus. 

 Jofeph. Antiq. lib. xiv. cap. 2. 



RYDER, Sir Dldiiey, in Biography, was born in the 

 year 1691, and having received a good elementary education, 

 lie was brought up to the profeffion of the law. It may be 

 oblerved, that the family from which the fubjeft of this 

 article was defcended, had been very long eltablifhed in 

 Yorkfhire, and took their name from Ryther, in the hun- 

 dred of Barkilon, in that county, hence the name has been 

 written differently at different periods, as Rythre, Ryther, 

 or Ryder. It appears from Dugdale's Baronage, that 

 William de Ryther was fummoned to parliament among the 

 barons of the realm, from the 2lfl of Edward I. till the 

 I ft of Edward II., and that he was fucceeded by John de 

 Rythre, governor of Shipton callle. Sir Dudley Ryder 

 was appointed folicitor-general to his majefty George II. in 

 1733 ; in 1736 he was advanced to the office of attorney- 

 general, and in 1 754 he was appointed to the high office of 

 lord chief juftice of the court of king's bench. In the 

 year 1756 his majefty, as a reward for his long and very- 

 faithful lervices, determined to advance him to the dignity of 

 the peerage, by the title of lord Ryder, baron of Har- 

 rowby in Leicefterfhire, and a warrant was accordingly 

 figned by the king for that purpofe, on the 241I1 of May ; 

 but fir Dudley died on the following day, before the patent 

 could be completed. He left a fon, Nathaniel, the firlt lord 

 who was fo created in 1776. He died in 1803, and was 

 fucceeded by his eldelt fon, Dudley, the prefent lord. 



Ryder, or Ruyder, in Commerce, a gold coin in Hol- 

 land. The new ftand-pennings, or ryders, are fixed by the 

 regulation of 1749 at 14 florins, and the half ditto at 

 7 florins. The allay and value, Sec. are as follow : 



Impreffions. — The ryder has on the front, an armed 

 horfeman, with a drawn (word ; the legend expreiles the pro- 

 vince in which it has been coined, thus : MO. AUll. PRO. 

 cone. BELG. ZELAND, that is, Monela aureet provinci* confa- 

 deralionis Bclgiat ZelandU (gold coin of Zeland, a province 

 of the Belgic confederacy), with the arms of the province 

 at bottom : reverfe, the an:.s of the United Provinces, with 

 14 Gl. (14 guilders or florins); legend, CONCORDIA res 

 parv.t, crescunt (fmall tilings incrcafeby concord). The 

 half ryder bears the fame iniprefiions, except that it is 

 marked 7 Gl. 



The ducat has a foot foldier with a drawn (word, and a 

 bundle of arrows in his left hand ; legend, CONCOB. RES par. 

 1 RES., that is, Concordia res parvj crefcunl, as above, and 

 the letters, HOL. or zee. &c. to diilinguifh the province ; 



reverfe, 



