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had not been the principal motive of his conduft. It ap- 

 pears, notwithftandinjT the laxity of his own morals, that 

 he was much offended with James II. for taking his 

 daughter for a miilrefs, ii; which quality (lie was railed to 

 the title of countefs of Dorchefter, an elevation that, as 

 her father indignantly faid, only rendered her infamy the 

 more conlpicuous. Sir Charles joined the earl of Dorfet 

 in a (leady oppofition to the defign of keeping up a land- 

 ing army after Monmouth's rebellion, and he concurred in 

 all the meafures which produced the revolution. For the 

 latter he gave the humourous realo:i, that as the king iiad 

 made his daughter a countefs, he would in return do all in 

 his power to make his majefty's daughter a queen. 



Sedley long continued to be regarded as a fine gentle- 

 man, a lively companion, and a judge and patron of poetry, 

 in which lail capacity he was inftrumental in bringing 

 Charles Montague, afterwards earl of Halifax, into notice. 

 He is fuppofed to have lived to beyond his eightieth year. 

 His works, in two vols. 8vo., confift of poems, fpeeches in 

 parliament, and a number of dramatic pieces, none of which 

 are retained on the Itage. Biog. Brit. 



SEDLEZANY, in Geography. See Seltschax. 



SEDLITZ, or Great Sedlitz, a town of Saxony, 

 in the margraviate of Meid'en ; 2 miles S.W. of Pirna. — 

 Alfo, a village of Bohemia, in the circle of Saatz, where 

 Hoffmann, in the year 1724, difcovered a medicinal fpring, 

 from which is prepared a purgative fait, near Mcft. 



SEDMA, a word ufed by fome as a name for the lapis 

 httmatites. 



SEDNEVO, in Geography, a town of Ruffia, in the 

 government of Tchcrnigov ; 24 miles N.E. of Tchernigov. 



SEDORP, a town of the duchy of Holftein ; 8 miles 

 N.E. of Segeborg. 



SEDOSA, a town of the ifland of Corfica ; 12 miles 

 N.W. of Cnrte. 



SEDOSCHEROI, in Ancient Geography, a people of 

 Pontus, in the vicinity of the river Cohibus, according to 

 Tacitus. 



SEDR, or Seduk, the high priell of the feft of Ali, 

 among the Perfians. 



The fedr is appointed by the emperor of Perfia, who 

 ufually confers the dignity on his neareft relation. 



The jurifdiftion of the fedr extends over all effeils de- 

 llined for pious purpofes, over all molques, hofpitals, col- 

 leges, fepulchres, and monaileries. He dilpofes of all eccle- 

 fiaftic.al employments, and nominates all the fuperiors of 

 religious houles. His decifions, in matters of religion, are 

 received as fo many infallible oracles ; he judges of all 

 criminal matters, in his own houfe, without appeal ; and is, 

 without contradiftion, the lecond perfon m the empire. 



The fedr, however, has not any indelible charadler, but 

 frequently quits his pod for another purely fecular one. 

 His authority is balanced by that of the mudfitchid, or 

 firlt theologue of the empire. 



SEDRE Passage, in Geography, a narrow channel of 

 the Eall Indian lea, on the N. coail of Sumatra, between 

 Pulo Nancy and King's Point. 



SEDULIUS, Caius C-^^lius, or CjEciliur, in Bio- 

 graphy, a priell and poet, who flourilhed about the year 

 1^50. He is known only by his writings, of which the 

 principal is a Latin poem in heroic verfe, entitled " Pafchale 

 Carmen," in five books, the firft of which relates to the 

 hiftories recorded in the Old Teilament, and the laft four 

 to the life and miracles of Chriil. This work is chiefly 

 efteemed for its fubjeft, though the Ityle is flowing, and, 

 for the age in which it was written, is tolerably pure. It 

 has been printed feveral times, and is contained in Mattaire's 



" Corpus Poetarum." An edition of it was printed in 

 1704. A profe work of the fame writer is extant, entitled 

 " Pafchale Opus." 



SEDUM, in Botany, an ancient generic name ufed by 

 Pliny, derived from Jedere, to fit ; on account of its fit- 

 ting or grov^-ing in the clefts, or on the furface of rocks. 

 The application of the name, however, is fomewhat oh- 

 fcure. — Linn. XJen. 230. Schrob. 309. Willd. Sp. PI. 

 V. 2. 760. Mart. Mill. Dift. V. 4. Sm. Fi. Brit. 455. 

 Prodr. Fl. Grsc. Sibth. v. i. 308. Ait. Hort. Ktw. 

 V. 3. III. Purfli V. I. 282. Tournef. t. 140. Jufl. 307. 

 Lamarck Illullr. t. 390. Gasrtn. t. 65. — Clafs and order, 

 Decandria Pentagynia. Nat. Ord. Succuhntd, Linn. Sem- 

 perviva, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, five-cleft, acute, ereA, 

 permanent. Cer. Petals five, lanceolate, pointed, flat, 

 fprcading. Neftary compolcd of five, very fmall, emar- 

 ginate fcales, inferted at the bafe of the germens. Stam. 

 Filaments ten, awl-fhaped, the length of the corolla ; an- 

 thers roundifli. Pifl. Germens five, fiiperior, oblong, each 

 terminating in a flender ilyle ; Itigmas obtufe. Ptric. Cap- 

 fules five, fpreading, pointed, comprefled, emarginate to- 

 wards the bafe, opening inwardly by a longitudinal future. 

 Seeds numerous, very fmall. 



Ed. Ch. Calyx five-cleft. Petals five, with five nedla- 

 riferous fcales at the bale of the germen. Capfules five, 

 fuperior. 



The herbage of this genus is fucculent, and moftly, 

 though not invariably, Imooth. The flowers are either of 

 a yellow, white, or reddirti colour. — Willdenow enumerates 

 twenty-nine Ipecies, which are divided, after Linn^us, into 

 two fettions, Planifolia and Terelifolia ; the former includ- 

 ing fuch as have flat leaves, the latter fuch as have round, 

 or cylindrical ones. To thcfo however we have feveral to 

 add, fome of which are Bntilh. As a feleftiou from the 

 whole genus, the following are the moll remarkable. 



Sedl. I. Planifolia. — Leaves flattifli. 



S. Telephium. Orpine or Live-long. Linn. Sp. PI. 616. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 13 19. Curt. Loud. fafc. 3. t. 25. — Leaves 

 flattilh, ferrated. Corymb leafy. Stem ertdl. Found in dry 

 fields, about hedges, and on bnlhy hills in Britain and 

 mod parts of Europe, on a gravelly or calcareous foil, 

 flowering in Augutt. — Root perennial, tuberous, flefliy, 

 white. Stems two feet high, ereft, fimple, leafy, round, 

 fmooth, purphfii. Leaves fcattered, fcflile, ovate, flefliy, 

 flat, toothed in a ferrate manner, rather glaucous, fmooth. 

 Flowers purple, occafionally white, forming terminal, many- 

 flowered, crowded, leafy tufts. This fpecies is found to 

 vary in the colour of its flowers and the ferrature of its 

 leaves, as well as in the fize of all its parts. 



S. Anacampferos. Evergreen Orpine. Linn. Sp. PI. 616. 

 Curt. Mag. t. 118. (Anacampferos minor, rotundiore 

 folio, fempervirens ; Tourn. Inll. 264.) — Leaves wedge- 

 fliaped, attenuated at the bafe, nearly fefiile. Stems de- 

 cumbent. Flowers corymbofe. — Native of the fouth of 

 France, moiUy in the crevices of rocks. It flowers in 

 July and Augnft. — Root perennial, fibrous. Stems reddirti, 

 trailing at their bafe, more upright and glaucous towards 

 the top. Leaves numerous, alternate, or fcattered, ovate, 

 flefliy, dotted at the tip, of a blueilh-green colour. Floiotrs 

 deep lilac or purple, rarely white, in compatl, leafy, ter- 

 minal tufts. 



S. populifolium. Poplar-leaved Stone-crop. Linn. Suppl. 

 242. Willd. n. 7. Curt. Mag. t. 21 1. — Leaves flat, 

 heart-fliaped, toothed, on ilalks. Corymbs terminal. Stem 

 ereft, flender. — Difcovered by Pallas in Siberia, whence it 

 was introduced at Kew, in 1780. It flowers in July and 



Auguft. 



