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whence arofe the good and the evil that are obfervable in the 

 univerfe. 



SECUNDINES, in Anatomy and Midivifery, the pla- 

 centa, umbilical cord, and membranes including the foetus, 

 which, being expelled from the uterus after the foetus, con- 

 ftitute the after-birth. They are defcribed under the article 

 Embryo. 



Dr. Grew, in his Anatomy of Plants, applies the term 

 fecundine to the fourth and laft coat or cover of feeds ; be- 

 caufe this performs nearly the fame office in plants, that the 

 membranes, itiveding the fcetus, do in animals. And mdeed 

 Pliny, Columella, Apuleius, &c. have ufed fecundine in the 

 fame fenfe. 



SECUNDO. Propofitio de Secoxdo adjacente. See Pro- 

 position. 



SECUNDRA, ia Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 the circar of Sirhind ; 90 miles E. of Sirhind. — Alfo, a 

 town of Huidooftaii, in Dooab ; 15 miles W. of Canoge. 



SECUNDUS, Johannes, m Biography, is the literary 

 name of John Everard, a celebrated Latin poet, the fon of 

 Nicholas Everard, an eminent jurift, and prcfident of the 

 council of Meckhn under Charles V. He was born at the 

 Hague in 15 11, and at an early age fludied the law at 

 Bourges. He, however, fhewed a decided attachment to 

 polite literature in preference to jurifprudence, and con- 

 trafted intimacies with fonie of the moil diftinguidied Latin 

 poets of his time. He travelled into Italy and Spain, and 

 was made fecretary to cardinal Tavera, archbifhop of To- 

 ledo. He followed Charles V. in his expedition againft 

 Tunis, but the delicacy of his conftitution not permitting 

 him to undergo the fatigues of war, he returned to the Low 

 Countries, where he died at the early age of twerity-iive. 

 Few modern Latin poets have pofleffed more facihty and 

 fweetnefs than Secundus. A volume of his elegies, epi- 

 grams, odes, and mifcellaneous pieces, together with a narra- 

 tive in profeof his different journies, was publilhed. Of all 

 his poetical works, the " Bafia" have been the moll popular, 

 on account of their diftion, and the delicate voluptuoufnefs 

 of their painting. They are itill read, and new edition? are 

 frequently printed. Johannes had two brothers, who were 

 alfo elegant Latin poets, known by the names of Nicolas 

 Grudius, and Adrian Marius. They have united in an 

 aflFeftionate commemoration of their deceafed brother, an- 

 nexed to his poems. Secundus himfelf pradlifed the art of 

 engraving, and to his volume is prefixed a portrait of a fe- 

 male, with the following infcription : " Vatis amatoris Julia 

 fculpta manii." 



Secundus, in Botany, a term not very eafy, in the techni- 

 cal fenfe of Linnasus, to tranflate. One-ranked may gene- 

 rally exprefs its meaning. This term is applied to a racemus, 

 or duller, whofe flowers are all turned to one fide, as in 

 Pyrola fecunda, Engl. Bot. t. 517. 



Secundus MaUei, in Anatomy, a name given by Duver- 

 ney, and fome others, to one of the mufcles of the ear. 

 It is the internus auris of Cowper and others, and is mod 

 properly named by Albinus tenfor tympani. 



Secundus Oculum Movens, a name given by Vefalius to 

 thut mufcle of the eye, called by Rinlanus and others fu- 

 perbus, and elevator oculi, and by Albinus the fubduftor, 

 one of his four mufculi refti of the eye. 

 Secundus Peromcus. See PERONiEus. 

 Secundus Scalenus. See Scalenus. 

 SECURIDACA, in Botany, lo named by Jacquin from 

 the fhape of tlie pod, which greatly refembles a bill-hook, 

 or hatchet, Securis. — Jacq. Amer. igy. Brown. Jam. 287. 

 Linn. Gen. 365. Schreb. 482. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3^. 898. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 4. 247. Juii'. 366. Lamarck Did. 



V. 7. 51. lUuftr. t. 599, and t. 629. — Clafs and order, 

 Diadelphia Oaandria. Nat. Ord. Papilionacea, Linn. Le- 

 guminofi, JiiiF. 



Gen. Cli. Cal. Perianth inferior, fmall, deciduous, of 

 three, ovate, coloured leaves, the uppermoft of which is 

 oppofite to the (landard, the others accompany the keel. 

 Cor. papilionaceous, of five petals : wings much fpreading, 

 very obtufe ; ftandard of two leaves, oblong, llraight, 

 united to the keel at the bale, reflexed at the tip ; keel as 

 long as the wings, nearly cylindrical, its border dilated, 

 bearing a little, obtufe, plaited appendage. Slam. Fila- 

 ments eight, combined at the bottom ; anthers oblong, ereft. 

 Pifl. Germen fuperior, ovate, terminating in an awl-(haped 

 ilyle ; lligma flat, dilated, toothed at the tip. Peric. Le- 

 gume ovate, of one cell, ending in a ligulate wing. Seed 

 folitary, oblong. 



Obf. In habit this genus is very nearly allied to Polygala, 

 but it is polypetalous, and the fruit has only a fingle cell, 

 refembling the capfules of Banifleria. 



Efl. Ch. Calyx of three leaves. Corolla papilionaceous : 

 the ftandard of two leaves within the wings. Legume ovate, 

 of one cell and one feed, ending in a tongue-lhaped wing. 



1. S. erecla. Upright Shrubby Securidaca. Linn. Sp. 

 PI. 992. Willd. n. I. Swartz Obf. 274. Jacq. Amer. 

 t. 183. f. 39. — Stem ercA. Leaves oblong. — Native of 

 ftony places in Martinico and St. Domingo, flowering in 

 April. — An upright tree, rifing to the height of twelve feet, 

 furnifhed with a few, long, flender, ereA branches. Leaves 

 oblong. Flowers in long, purple clullers. 



2. S. -volubilis. Climbing S"curidaca. Willd. n. 2. 

 (8. fcandcns ; Jacq. Amer. t. 183. f. 83. Spartium fcan- 

 dens, fruAu criftato et alato, flore rubro ; Plum. let. 247. 

 f. I.)— Stem twining. Leaves oblong, acute. — Native of 

 South America, and the Weft Indies. Found in Jamaica 

 by Browne, and at Carthagena by Jacquin. — A twining 



Jlorub, whofe younger, leafy branches are changed into very 

 ftrong tendrils. Leaves alternate, oblong, pointed, fcarcely 

 ftalked. Flowers in loofe, lateral clufters, red, fcentlefs. 



3. S. -virgata. Wand-like Securidaca. Willd. n. 3. 

 Swartz Prodr. 104. (Spartium alterum fcandens, frudu 

 alato, flore variegato ; Plum. Ic. t. 144. f. 1.) — Stem 

 twining. Leaves roundifh, very obtufe Native of Ja- 

 maica and Hifpaniola. Swartz is of opinion, that Browne's 

 firfl fpecies in his Hiftory of Jamaica, . mull be this, and 

 not S. ereBa, as Linnaeus fuppofed. We know of no fur- 

 ther defcription of this fpecies than what is quoted above. 



For Securidaca of Tournefort, Miller, and Gxrtner, fee 



CORONILLA. 



SECURINEGA, fo denominated by Commerfon, from 

 fecuris, a hatchet, and nego, to deny, or refufe to yield ; in 

 allufion to the extreme hardnefs of the wood, called Bois dur 

 by the French, in the Ifle de Bourbon. Some alfo call it, 

 according to Commerfon's nianufcripts, Bois de Teze, and 

 others Quin-quin. The Eni^lifh, who met with this tree in 

 Otaheite, named it, from the appearance of the leaves, Ota- 

 heite Myrtle.— Juil. 388. Willd. Sp. PI v. 4. 761. Poiret 

 in Lamarck Dift. v. 7. 631. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 383. 

 — Clafs and order, Dioecia Pentandria; (or rather yj/enj- 

 delphia.) Nat. Ord. Euphorbia, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Male, Cal. Periar.tii of one leaf, in five deep 

 fegments. Cor. Petals none. Nedtary an annular notched 

 gland, furrounding the bafe of the llamens. Stam, Fila- 

 ments five, awl-fliaped, fliort, combined at the bafe ; anthers 

 oval, lobed, obtufe. Piji. imperfeil. 



Female, on a different tree, Cal. Periantli as in the male, 

 inferior, permanent. Cor. NeAary as in the male, perma- 

 nent. PiJl. Germen fuperior, nearly globular, three-Cded ; 



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