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which lie appears to have fabricated out of the Caribbean 

 appellation of the plant in queftion, Toulichi. We (hoiild be 

 incxciifable in giving more than a temporary fantlion to fuch 

 a name, till the genus is eith.r better known than at prefent, 

 or fet alto'n'iher afide. — Aubl. Guian. 349. Jul!'. 247. 

 Lamarck lUuftr. t. 310. — Clafs and order, Oilandria Mono- 

 gyitia. Nat. Ord. Sapindi, Ju(T. 



Gen. Cli. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, in five 

 deep, acute fegments. Cor. Petals five, ovate, inferted into 

 the orbicular receptacle of the flower beneath the gcrmen. 

 Nedary of five fhort, hairy, upright fcales, one inferted into 

 the bafe of each petal, covering the ftamens. Stam. Fila- 

 ments eight, fhort, inferted into the orbicular receptacle ; 

 anthers oblong, of two cells. Pijl. Gcrmen fuperior, mi- 

 nute, roundifli, of four cells ; ftyle one, very (hort ; ftigma 

 fimple, obtufe. Penc. unknown. 



EfT. Ch. Calyx in five deep fegments. Petals five. 

 Neftary of five hairy fcales, attached to the petals. Germen 

 of four cells. 



1. T.giiiiinenjls. Toulichi of Guiana. Aubl. Guian. 349. 

 t. 136. — Native of banks of rivers in Guiana, flowering in 



Oftobcr A flirub, whofe tnmi is three or four feet high, and 



as many inches in diameter, with a greyifli bark, and whitifli 

 wood ; the branches long, compound, varioudy fpreading. 

 Leaves alternate, pinnate, very large, each confifl;ing of 

 about thirty alternate, ftalked, elliptic-lanceolate, pointed, 

 entire, fmooth, veiny leaflets, befides an odd one, from five 

 to fix inches long, and above one broad. Clujlers axillary 

 and terminal, doubly compound, many-flowered, all over of 

 a fine rofe-colour, with a fmall fcaly hraSea under each fub- 

 divifion. Flowers fmall, in little tufts, nearly feflile. — No- 

 thing is known of the/rmV, except that the germen has four 

 cells, nor is any thing recorded concerning the qualities or 

 ufes of this plant. 



TALISKERAN, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in 

 the province of Adirbeitzan ; 100 miles N.N.E. of Ar- 

 debil. 



TALISMANS, magical figures engraven or cut under 

 certain fuperftitious obfervances of the charafterifms and con- 

 figurations of the heavens ; to which fome aftrologers, her- 

 metical philofophers, and other adepts, attribute marvel- 

 lous virtues, particularly that of calling down celeftial in- 

 fluences. 



The word is pure Arabic ; though Menage, after Salma- 

 fius, thinks it may come from the Greek ■nXtsrfj.a., operation, 

 or conjecrat'ion. Borel fays it is Perfian, and fignifies literally 

 an engraven conftellation. Others derive it a talamacis Uteris, 

 which are myfterious charafters, or cyphers, ufed byforcerers, 

 thus called from lalamafca, a phantom, or illufion. 



The author of a book, entitled, Talifmans jujlifiez, fays, 

 a tahfman is the feal, figure, charadler, or image of a hea- 

 venly fign, conftellation, or planet, engraven on a fympa- 

 thetic ilone, or on a metal correfponding to the ftar, &g. 

 in order to receive its influences. 



The talifmans of the Samothracians, fo famous of old, 

 were pieces of iron, formed into certain images, and fet in 

 rings, &c. They were held prefervatives againft all kinds 

 of evils. There were other talifmans taken from vegetables, 

 and others from minerals. 



In the general, we may diftinguifh three kinds of talif- 

 mans. AJlronomical, which are known by the figns or con- 

 ttellationsof the heavens engraven on them, with other figures, 

 and fome unintelligible charatlers. Magical, wliich bear very 

 extraordinary figures, with fuperftitious words and names of 

 angels unheard of. And mixt, which confift of figns, and 

 barbarous words j but have no fuperftitious ones, or names 

 of angels. 



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Some rabbins maintain, that the brazen fcrpent, raifed by 

 Mofes in the wildernefs, for the deftruftion of the fcrpents 

 that annoyed the Ifraelites, was properly a talifman. 



All the miraculous things wrought by Apollonius Tya- 

 nasus are attributed to the virtue and influence of talifmans : 

 and that wizard is even faid by fome to have been the in- 

 ventor of talifmans. 



Some authors take feveral Runic medals, at leaft medals 

 whofe infcriptions are in Runic charafters, for talifmans ; it 

 being notorious, that the northern nations, in their heathen 

 ftate, were much devoted to them. M. Keder, however, has 

 fliewn, that the medals here fpoken of are quite other things 

 than talifmans. 



TALISSE, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Eaft 

 Indian fea, neai- the N. coaft of the ifland of Celebes. N. 

 lat. 1° 40'. E. long. 124° 50'. 



TALK, in Mineralogy. See Talc. 

 TALKAN, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 vince of Irak ; 30 miles E. of Sultania. 



TALKEAVE, a town of Perfia, in KhoraflTan ; 50 miles 



E. of Tabaflvili Alfo, a town of Perfia, in Segeftan ; 21 



miles S.W. of Kin. 



TALKHAN, a town of Grand Bucharia; 80 miles 

 S.S.W. of Balk. 



TALKING. See Speaking. 



TALLAGH, in Geography, a poft-town of the county 

 of Dublin, Ireland, where is the ancient and noble refidence 

 of the archbifliops of Dublin ; 5 miles S.W. by W. from 

 Dubhn. 



TALLANO, a town of Corfica, and capital of a dif- 

 trift, in the department of the Liamone, fituated in a bay 

 of the Mediterranean, called the " Gulf of TaUano ;" 

 30 miles S.S.W. of Corte. N. lat. 41" 33'. E. long. 

 9° II'. 



TALLAPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in Oude ; 22 

 miles N.E. of Lucknow. 



TALLARAPESCET, a town of Perfia, in the pro- 

 vince of Mazanderan ; 2 1 miles S. of Fehrabad. 



TALLARD, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Higher Alps, on the Durance ; 9 miles S. of Gap. 



TALLARO, in Commerce, a filver coin of Tufcany, 

 Venice, and Ragufa. At Florence the tallaro is = 6 lire 

 or 9 paoU, the hre bemg worth about 8^/. The new tallari 

 of Ragufa, called libertine, coined between 1791 and 1794, 

 are of the weight of i oz. 10 carats, containing 9 parts of 

 pure filver to 6 of alloy ; and the value of the tallaro was 

 reckoned at 80 groftetti. Since 1 796 there have been coined 

 ducats of 40 groifetti, containing 9 parts of pure filver and 

 1 1 of alloy. The ducat of 1 796 is worth i 7,\d. fterling, 

 which is nearly the value of the Turkifli piaftre of the latell 

 coinage. 



By Mr. Bingley's aflay, the mint price of filver in Eng- 

 land being jj. 2d. per ounce ttandard, the tallaro of Venice 

 (■5, &c. in proportion) is worfe than Englifh ftandard (W. ) 

 I oz. 3 dwts., its weight iSdwts. lofgrs., its content in 

 pure filver 367.1 grs., and value in fterhng 4^. ■^^d. The 

 tallaro and its divifions are marked with the head of a 

 woman, legend, Refpublica Veiteta ; reverfe, a winged lion, 

 and a book ; legend, the reigning doge's name, thus Paulo 

 Rainario duca. 



The affay of the tallaro of Ragufa, or Ragufian of 1759, 

 is W. 4 oz. 2 dwts., its weight 18 dwts. 7^ grs., its con- 

 tent in pure filver 256.4 grs., and its fterling value 2J. I \\d. 

 That of 1774, W. 40Z. 4dwts., weight 18 dwts. 85 grs., 

 content in pure filver 253.3 grs., and value zs. \\\d. That 

 of 1794, W. 3 oz, i9dvrts., weight 18 dwts. 17^ grs., con- 

 tent 267.6 grs., and fterling value 3^. i\d. The ducat of 



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