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den paflage of it through the animal, ai'e very good rearon» 

 for its great voracity. 



In the fide^i cf the belly, all ahout the ventricle, there is 

 depofited a vaft number of veffels, which contain the filky 

 juice : thefe run with various windings and meanders to the 

 mouth, and are fo difpofed, that the creatures can difcharge 

 their contents at pleafure at the mouth ; and accordiu'r to 

 the nature of the juices that tliey are fupplied with, furnifh 

 different forts of filk from them, all the fluid contents of 

 thefe vedels hardening in the air into that fort of thread, 

 of which we find the web or balls of this creature confift. 



Thefe creatures never are offended at any flench, of what- 

 ever kind ; but they always feel a fouthern wind, and an 

 extremely hot air always makes them fick. Malpighi de 

 Bombyce. 



SILKEBURG, in Geography, a town of Denmark, in 

 North Jutland, with a caflle, which was formerly very 

 ftrong ; 1 8 miles W. of Aarhuus. 



SILLA, in j4ncifnt Geoqrap/jy, a river of India, which 

 rofe in a mountain of the fame name, and loft itfelf in the 

 ground, without receiving any other river. 



SiLLA, in Geography, a large town of Africa, in Bam- 

 barra, on the right bank of the Niger, within two fhort 

 days' journey of Jenne, which is fituated on an ifland in the 

 river. This place was the boundary of Mr. Park's journey, 

 and from hence he began his return homeward ; 75 miles 

 N.E. of Sego. N. lat. 14' 48'. W. long. 1° 34'. 



SiLLA Point, a cape on the north-weft coaft of the ifland 

 ef Mindanao. N. lat. 9°. E. long. 125° 51'. 



SILLABAR, or Cellkbar, a fea-port town on the 

 weft coaft of the ifland of Sumatra, with a good and fafe 

 harbour ; 30 miles S.S-E. of Bencoolen. 



SILLAH-MEW, a handfome town of the Birman 

 empire, fituated on the Irawaddy. It is fhaded by wide- 

 fpreading trees, and embellifhed with feveral temples. A 

 fmooth bank floping to the river, and clothed with the iineft 

 verdure, adds much to its beauty. The foil around in 

 general is but poor. Some fields are regularly fenced, and 

 cattle in large herds graze in the neighbourhood. 



SILLANGER, a town of Sweden, in Angermanland ; 

 4 miles W. of Hernofand. 



SILLANO, a town of Etruria; 8 miles S.S.E. of 

 Voltcrra. 



SILLEE, a circar of Bengal, bounded on the north by 

 Ramgiu", on the eaft by Pachete, on the fouth by Tomar, 

 and on the weft by Nagpour ; its form is fqiiare, and each 

 fide is about 16 miles. — Alfo, the capital of the above 

 circar; 25 miles S.E. of Ramgur. N. lat. 23° 22'. E. 

 long. 85'' 56'. 



SILLEIS, in Anclenl Geography, a river of the Troade. 



SILLE-LE-GUILLAUME, in Geography, a town of 

 France, in the department of the Sarthe, and chief place of 

 a canton, in the diftriA of Le Mans ; 18 miles N. of Le 

 Mans. The place contains 21 21, and the canton 11,835 

 inhabitants, on a territory of 247^ kiliometres, in 10 com- 

 munes. N. lat. 48' 12'. W. long. 0° 3'. 



SILLEWOOD, a fn.all ifland in the North fea, near 

 the coaft of Norway ; 30 miles N.N.W. of Bergen. 



SILLINGA, a town of Bengal ; 35 miles S. of Doefa. 



SILLON, in Fortification, an elevation of earth, made 

 in the middle of the moat, to fortify it, when too broad. 



The fillon is more ufually denominated an envelope. 



SILLS, in Agriculture, a term fignifying the fhafts of a 

 eart, waggon, &c. 



SILLY, in Geography, a rock on the fouth coaft of the 

 ifland of Jerfey ; 2 miles S. of Noirmont Point. 



SILLYUS, in Ancient Geography, a towil of Afi» Micar, 

 in Ionia, in the vicinity of Smyrna. 



SILM, or CiLM MoNou, in Geography, a country of 

 Africa, near the river Schcrbro. 



SILNO, a town of Lithuania; 4 miles N.N.W. of 

 Grodno. 



SILO, in Ancient Geography. See Smiloh. 



SILOE, SiLOA, or Siloam, a fountain at thp foot of 

 the walls of Jerufalem, eaft, between the city and the 

 brook Kidron, or Cedron. Jofcphus (De Bell. 1. v. c. 26.) 

 fays, that when Nebuchadnezzar befieged .Jerufalem, the 

 waters of this fountain increafed ; and that the cafe was the 

 fame, when Titus befieged the city ; fo that, during the 

 fieee, it abundantly fupplied the Roman army, and furnifhed 

 alio a fufficiency for watering the gardens ; though, before 

 this event, water could hardly be bought for money. The 

 prophet Ifaiah (ch. viii. 6.) infinuates, that its waters flowed 

 gently and without noife. St. John fpeaks of the pool of 

 Siloam. (John, ix. 7.) The tower of Siloam, mentioned 

 Luke, xiii. 4. is thought to have been near the fountain 



SI-LONG, in Geography, a city of China, of the fe- 

 cond rank, in Quang-fi. N. lat. 24° 34'. E. long. 

 105° 18'. 



SILOOR, a town on the north-caft coaft of Sumatra. 

 S.lat. i°8'. E. long. 103° 51'. 



SILOXERUS, in Botany, fo named by Labillardiere, 

 from -i/Xo-, thejlyle, and 07x11^0,-, fiueUir.g, on account of the 

 tumid bafe of that part. It would have been difficult to 

 trace this derivation, without authentic information from 

 the author himfelf. — Lahill. Nov. HoU. v. 2. 57. — Claf» 

 and order, Syngencjla P olygamia-frgregata. Nat. Ord. Cam- 

 plfila nucamentacex, Linn. Corymliferx, Jufl. 



Gen. Ch. Common Calyx fcarcely any, except the leaves 

 furrounding the common compound receptacle ; partial in- 

 ferior, of from five to feven equal, obovatc-oblong, con- 

 cave, membranous leaves, containing feveral florets. Cor. 

 compound uniform, difcoid, of from two to five tubular, 

 monopetalous, regular, pitcher-fhaped, five-toothed, perfect 

 florets. Stam. Filaments in each floret five, very fhort ; 

 anthers linear, united into a tube. Pijl. Germen in each 

 floret inverfely pyramidal, tuberculated ; ityle awl-fiiaped, 

 fwelling very much at the bafe ; ftigmas two, obtufe, 

 fpreading. Peric. none, except the permanent partial 

 calyx. Seeds folitary to each floret, inverfely pyramidal, 

 befet with rows of tubercles, and crowned with about twelve 

 little teeth ; down of one leaf, membranous, pellucid, in 

 five ovate, acute, fringed lobes. Common Receptacle ob- 

 long, fomewhat club-fhaped, hairy, many-flowered ; partial 

 fmall, fcaly, the fcales membranous, oblong, fcarcely longer 

 than the florets. 



Efl. Ch. Common receptacle hairy ; partial chaffy. 

 Partial calyx with from two to five perfedl, equal, regular 

 florets. Seed-down membranous, five-lobed, fringed. 



I. S. humifufus. Labill. Nov. HoU. v. 2. 58. t. 209. — 

 Native of Lewm's land, on the fouth coaft of New Hol- 

 land. A fmall, diffufe, herbaceous plant, with a tapering, 

 apparently annual, root. Stems feveral, fpreading, fimple, 

 leafy, an inch or two long. Leaves moftly oppofite, fimple, 

 linear, obtufe, fmooth, near an inch in length ; feveral of 

 them crowded under the heads of powers, which are 

 terminal, folitary, ovate or nearly globular, fcarcely an 

 inch long. Nothing is rnentioned concerning the colour, 

 fcent, or properties of this little inconfpicuous, but Angular, 

 plant. 



SILPERRY, m Geography, a tovni of Bengal ; 2 miles 

 S.S.E. of Ghidore. 



SILPHA, 



