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wife be difpofed in patches towards the fronts of bor- 

 ders, &c. as they fpread thick and tufty clofe to tlie 

 ground, and flower abundantly ; and being planted in pots, 

 are proper to place on the outfide of windows, copings of 

 low walls, and in balconies, and court-yards, in aliemblage 

 with other low fancy plants ; they will clofely overfpread 

 the furface, and flower profufely as far as they extend in 

 fuch fituations. 



Sedum Acre, JVall-Jlone Crop, or Wall-pepper, in the 

 Materia Medica, a common Britifh plant, growing on 

 houfes, walls, and gravelly banks, is, in its recent Itate, 

 extremely acrid, like the hydropiper ; and, therefore, if 

 taken in large dofes, it afts powerfully on the primse' vix, 

 proving both emetic and cathartic ; and applied to the Hvin, 

 as a cataplafm, k frequently produces vefications and ero- 

 fions. Boerhaave, therefore, imagined that its internal em- 

 ployment mud be unfafe ; but experience has difcovcred, 

 that a decoftion of tliis plant is not only fafe, but of great 

 efficacy in fcorbutic com))laints : for which purpole, a 

 handful of the herb is direfted by Below, a Swcdifli phy- 

 fician, to be boiled in eight pints of beer till they are re- 

 duced to four ; of which three or four ounces are to be taken 

 every, or every other, morning. Milk has been found to 

 anfwer this purpofe better than beer. Not only ulcers, 

 fimply fcorbutic, but thofe of a fcrophulous and even can- 

 cerous tendency, have been cured by the ufe of this plant, 

 of which Marquet relates fevcral inftances. He likewife 

 found it ufeful as an external application in deflroying 

 fungous flefli, and in promoting a difcliargc in gangrenes 

 and carbuncles. Another effeft for which this plant has 

 been etteemed, is that of Hopping intermittent fevers. 

 Woodv. Med. Bot. 



Sedum Majus. See Sempervivum. 



SEDUNI, in /Indent Geography, a people of Gallia 

 Narbonnentis, in the vicinity of the Nantuates and Veragri, 

 who jointly occupied the country that lies between the Al- 

 lobroges and the higher Alps. 



SEDUNOVA, in Geography, a town of Rufiia, in the 

 government of Irkutllc, on the Lena ; 1 2 miles N. of Or- 

 lenga. 



SEDUSII, in /tnc'tent Geography, a people of Germany, 

 who foujj-ht under Arioviltus againll Csfar. 



SEDZISZOW, in Geography, a town of Poland, in 

 the palatinate of Sandomirz ; 35 miles tS. of Sandomirz. 



SEE-AMOL, a fmall illand in the Eaft Indian fea, 

 near the eaft coaft of Borneo. N. lat. 5^ 27'. E. long. 

 118=48'. 



SEEASSEE, a fmall ifland in the Sooloo Archipelago. 

 N. lat. 5^ 25'. E. long. 120^ 50'. 



SEEAXUR, a river of Hnidooftan, which runs into 

 the bay of Bengal, near Pondicherry. 



SEEBACH, a town of Aullria ; i mile S.S.W. of St. 

 .Torgen. — Alfo, a river of Saxony, which runs into the 

 Muldau, 2 miles S. of Euknburg. 



SEE-BANGOG, a fmall ifland in the Eall Indian fea, 

 near the eall coalt of Borneo. N. lav. 4° 18'. E. long. 

 ri8°24'. 



SEEBERGEN, a town of Germany, in the duchy of 

 Gotha, m which is a celebrated obfervatory, crefted by the 

 late <fukc ; 4 miles E.S.E. of Gotha. 



SEEBGUNGE, a town of Hindooflan, in Bengal ; 

 12 miles S. of Goragot. — Alfo, a town of HindooHan, in 

 Bengal, on tlie left bank of the Ganges ; 5 mileti N. of 

 Boglipour — Alfo, a town of Bengal ; 45 miles N.E. of 

 Purneah. — Alio, a town of Bengal ; 40 miles N.N.E. of 

 Nattorc. N. lat. 25°. E. long. 89° _^ 2'. 



SEEBO, the largell river in Well Barbary : it riles in a 

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piece of water fituated in the midft of a foreft, Hear the foot 

 of Atlas, ealhvard of the cities of Fez (Fas) and Me- 

 quinez (Mequinas), and winding through the plains, pafFe* 

 within fix miles of Fez. Another Itream, proceeding from 

 the fouth of Fez, pafles through the city, and difcharges 

 itfelf into this river. This ftream is fo valuable to the in- 

 habitants of Fez, as it fupplies the town with water, that 

 it is called " Wed El Juhor," the river of pearls, a term 

 indicating its value. Some auxiliary ftreams, proceeding 

 from the territory of Tezza, fall into the Seebo in Liali, 

 or the period between the 20th of December and 30th of 

 January inclufive. This river is impaliable, except in boats, 

 or on rafts. At Meheduma, or Mamora, where it enters 

 the ocean, it is a large, deep, and navigable river ; but the 

 port being evacuated, foreign commerce is annihilated, and 

 little fliipping has been admitted fince the Portuguefe quitted 

 the place. This river abounds more than any other in that 

 rich and delicate fifh called Ihebbel. If this country af- 

 forded any encouragement to indullry, corn might be con- 

 veyed up the Seebo river to Fez at a very low charge ; 

 whereas it is now tranfported to that populous city by 

 camels, the expcnce of the hire of which often exceeds the 

 original coll of the grain. Jackfon's Account of the Em- 

 pire of Morocco. 



SEEBPOUR, a town of Bengal; 12 miles N. of 

 Hoogly. 



SEEBURG, a town nf Pruffia, in the province of 

 Ermeland ; 55 miles S. of Konigfberg. N. lat. 53° 31'. 

 E. long. 20° 40'. — Alfo, a town of ' Weltphalia, in the 

 county of Mansfeld ; 5 miles E. of Eifzleben. N. lat. 

 51° 31'. E. long. 11° 51'. 



SEED, .Jeremiah, in Biography, a learned divine of 

 the church of England, was born at Clifton, in Cumber- 

 land, and educated at Queen's college, Oxford, where he 

 took his degrees in the arts, and obtained a fellowfliip. 

 He was afterwards prefented to the redlory of Enham, in 

 Hampfhire, where he died in 1747. His fermons, which 

 are very highly efteemed, are publilhed in 4 vols. 8vo. 



Seed, Semen, in the Animal Economy. See Semen and 

 Generation. 



Seed, in Botany, is that mod important organ in the 

 fruftilication of vegetables, the perfefting of which is in- 

 deed the folc objcft of all the other parts : to this end they 

 are fubfervient either in forming, perfifting, or difperfing 

 it. A f"ed is compoied of many eflential parts. See Em- 



KUYO, COTVI.KDONES, AlBUMEN, ViTELLUS, TeST.\, 

 HiLUM. 



Betides thcfe, there are various acceflbry parts, or appen- 

 dages, to lecds, which come under the following denomi- 

 nations. See Pellicula, Auillus, Pai'its, Cauda, 

 RosTuuM. To thefe we mull add Ala, which our pre- 

 deceli'or has negleftcd to dcfcribe as a feminal appendage, 

 ill its proper article. (See that article.) The Ala, or 

 wing, IS a dilated membranous appendage to feeds, ferving 

 to waft them along in the air : it is commonly folitai-y, ex- 

 cept in fome umbelliferous plants. Seeds arc occafionally 

 furnifiicd with fpiiies, hooks, fcales, crelled appendages, 

 particularly a little gland-like part fomctimes called Slro- 

 phiotum, and fituated near the Hilum. 



The various modes by which feeds are difperfed, in order 

 to accomplifli their germination, cannot fail to llrike an 

 obferving mind with admiration. Indeed this is a moll 

 amufing branch of the icience of vegetable economy. Sm. 

 Introd. to Bot. ed. 3. 21Q — 232. 



Seeds, Echinate. Sec Eciiinate. 



Seeds, Naked. See Naked. 



Seeds, IVingcd. See Wingeu. 



Z Seed* 



