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and fometimes on all of them, and an orange fpot at the 

 mouth of the tube. BraQeai alternate, ovate, large. It is 

 valuable not fo much on account of its beauty as its fra- 

 grancy. Linnseus defcribed it under the name of L'lppia 

 ovata from a dried fpecimen, which may account for ins 

 faring the flowers are of a dark-violet colour. M. L'He- 

 ritier firft referred it to Selago ; in doing which, Mr. Curtis 

 obferves, it would have been better to change the fpccfic 

 name to bralieata, its flaral leaves or brafteas conftituting 

 the moil prominent feature of the plant. 



Selago, in Gardening, furnifhes plants of the fhrubby 

 and under-fhrubby kindst, of which the fpecies cultivated 

 are; the fine-leaved felago (S. corymbofa) ; the linear- 

 leaved felago ^S. ipuria) ; and the ovate-headed felago 

 (S. ovatai. 



Method of Culture. — Thefe plants may be increafed by 

 cuttings and layers. The cuttings (hould be made from the 

 young under-fhoots, and be planted out during the fummer 

 months in a bed of frefh earth, covering them clofe with a 

 bell or hand-gldfa, fhadiug them from the fun, and rcfrefh- 

 ing them now and then with water. They (hould be gra- 

 dually hardened, and then tranfplanted into fmall pots, 

 placing them in the fhade till they have taken root. The 

 layers may be laid down in the autumn or fpring, and when 

 well rooted be taken off and planted out in pots, as above. 

 The plants (hould afterwards be placed out with other hardy 

 ereenhoufe plants, and about the end of October removed 

 into the dry itove. They 0!;ly require protcft'on from froll, 

 being treated in the fame manner with the hardier fort of 

 greenhoufe plant?. 



They afford much ornament and variety in greenhoufe 

 colleftions, among other fiiwilar plants. 



SELAH, in Scripture Crhkifm, a word which occurs no 

 lefs than fcventy times in the Hebrew text in the Pfalms, 

 and which has occafioned great difficulty to the critics. 

 The Septuagint renders it li%\,xXij^y., q. d. a paufe in finging : 

 and this, it muft Jie owned, was greatly wanted before the 

 Pfalms were divided into verfes. 



SELAM, in Geography, a town of Egypt, on the left 

 bank of the Nile ; 6 miles N. of Siut.^ — Alfo, a town of 

 Mexico, in the province of Yucatan, near the coaft ; 45 

 miles N.W. of Merida. 



SELAME', an ifland, or rather clufter of fmall iflands, 

 near the coall of Arabia, at the entrance into the gulf of 

 Perfia, near cape Mo9andum. 



SELAMUM, a town of Egypt, on the W. branch of 

 the Nile i 48 miles N.N.W. of Cairo. 



SELANIEH, or Zelaxieh, a town of Egypt, on 

 the E. branch of the Nile, oppolite to Damietta. 



SEL ANION, in Botany, a name by which fome authors 

 have called the common crocus veriius, or the garden fpring- 

 flower, which we call the crocus. 



RELB, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the prin- 

 cipality of Culmbach ; 14 miles S.E. of Hof. 



SELBE, a river of the I(le of Man, which runs into 

 Ramfey harbour. 



SELBERG, a mountain of Aullrian Swabia j 4miles 

 W.N.W. of Schonau. 



SELBISTAN, a fmall town of Periia, in the province 

 of Farfiftan, at the diftance of 18 furfungs from the capital 

 of the province, containing about 4000 inhabitants, fituated 

 at the foot of a hill, on the banks of a fmall ftream, which 

 is moftly abforbed in the irrigation of the gardens and fields 

 adjoining the town. 



SELBITZ, a town of Germany, in the principality 

 of Culmbach; 3 miles S.S.E. of Lichtenberg. — Alfo, a 

 river of Germany, which rifes in the principality of 



SEL 



Culmbach, and runs into the Saal, 2 miles N.E. of Lich- 

 tenberg. 



SELBOE, a town of Norway, in the diocefe of Dron- 

 theim, where a copper-mine was dilcovered in the year 

 1712 ; 40 miles S.E. of Dronlheim. 



SELBOSOE, a town of Norway, in the province of 

 Drontheim ; 16 miles S.S.E. of Drontheim. 



SELBY, a market-town partly within the liberty of 

 St. Peter of York, and partly in the lower divifion of the 

 wapentake of Barkllon A(h, Weft Riding and county 

 of York, England, is fituated on the fouth bank of the 

 river Oufe, at the diftance of 14 miles S. by E. from 1 

 York, and 181 miles N. by W. from Locdon. This town I 

 is of great antiquity, having been known in Saxon times by 

 the appellation of Salebia. In the year 1070, William the 

 Conqueror eredled a monaftery at Stlby ; and having (hortly 

 after vifited his new foundation, along with his queen, the 

 latter was here delivered of a fon, who fucceeded to the throne 

 by the title of Henry I. From thele circumftanccs thii 

 place derived confiderable celebrity ; and was endowed with 

 various privileges. Many of tliele, however, are now lolt, 

 but it ftill retains a market, held on Monday weekly, and 

 three annual fairs, held on Eaiter Tuefday, the 22d of 

 .Tune, and the loth of Oftober. Here alfo are holden the 

 petty feflions for the wapentake of B.'.rkfton A(h. 



Selby abbey Itood on the weft fide of the town. It was 

 dedicated to the honour of St. Mary and St. German ; and 

 was filled with monks of the Benedidline order. King 

 William Rufus gave the patronage of it to the archbilhop 

 of York and his fuccelibrs, in lieu of the claim they had to 

 fome part of Lincolii(hire. Previous to the didolution its 

 revenues were valued at 729/. I2.f. lod.per annum, according 

 to Dugdale ; and at 819/. 2s. 6d. according to Speed; 

 which, with the abbey itfelf, were granted by king 

 Henry VIII. to fir Ralph Sadler. Since that period the 

 buildings of this monaltery have been appropriated to various 

 ufes ; and moll of them are now demoli(hed, except the 

 church, which appears to have been a very fpacious and ele- 

 gant pile. From the various ftyles of its architecture, no 

 doubt can be entertained of its having been erected at dif- 

 ferent periods. The oldeft divifions are the body and nave, 

 which evince an early Norman origin, and are probably 

 coeval with the foundation of the abbey. The weftern 

 front, though extremely irregular, is exceedingly curious, 

 both with refpect to ftructure and ornaments. The entrance 

 on this fide, and hkeivife the northern porch, are particularly 

 worthy of obfervation. The form of this church is that of 

 a crofs, the (liaft of which meafures 267 feet in length, and 

 its tranfept loo feet. From the centre of the whole pile 

 rifes a maffive tower, which was rebuilt m 1702. On each 

 fide of the choir are twelve ancient ftalls, fimilar in form and 

 workmanlhip to the pnebendal ftalls in York cathedral. In 

 the windows are confiderable remains of ftained glafs, re- 

 prefenting the armorial bearings of Thomas, earl of Lan- 

 cailer, and other diftinguifhed charaAers of the fourteenth 

 and fifteenth centuries. Here are likewife feveral ancient 

 monuments, and a great variety of modern date, i. e. created 

 fince the church became the parochial place of worfhip about 

 the year 1600. 



According to the parliamentary returns of 181 1, Selby 

 pari(h contains 742 houfes, and 3363 inhabitants. The 

 principal trade of the town confifts in (hip-building, and 

 in the manufafture of leather, fail-cloth, and iron articles. 



Five miles to the northward of Selby is the village of 

 Cawood, remarkable for the ruins of its ancient caftle, 

 which is faid to have been erecEted by king Athelltane in 

 the year 920, and which afterwards became a palace of the 



archbilhops 



