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TELMEENjin Geojrraphy, atownofAhlca, in the country 

 of Saliaia, anciently called Alnissna ; 50 miles W. of Gabs. 



TELMES, a town of Morocco; 15 miles from Safi. 



TELMISSUS, \n ylnciiHt Geography, a nainc given to 

 three towns in Afia Minor, one at the diflance of 60 (ladia 

 from HalicarnalTus, in Lycia ; fituated at the S.E. part of 

 the gulf of Glaucus, 2^ leagues N.E. of the promontory 

 TelmefTiis, and nearly S.Vf. of the mouth of the river 

 Glaucus. Its inhabitants were famous for their flcill in 

 augury : this town had a very fine theatre : — the fecond 



was in Caria, and the third in Pifidia Alfo, a mountain 



of Afia Minor, in Lycia. 



TELO Martius, a port of Gallia Narbonnenfis. See 

 Toulon. 



TELOBIS, a town of Spain, in the Tarragonefe, be- 

 longing to the Jaccatani. Ptol. 



TELOBO, in Geography, a fmall ifland in the Eaft 

 Ir.dian fea, near the weft coaft of Gilolo. S. lat. t° 6'. 

 E. lor.g. 127^ 15'. 



TELON, a name given by the chemifts to fire. 



TELONiE, TO.mou, among the Athenians, farmers of 

 the public revenues : for the feverity with which they were 

 handled, in cafe they failed, fee Potter, Archasol. Gr^c. 

 lib. i. c. 14. torn. i. p. 81. 



TELONIUM. See Thelonium. 



TELONtUS, Salto, in ^Indent Geography, a river of 

 Italy, in the country of the Sabines. It Iprang towards the 

 S. of Carfeoli, and ran N. to difcharge itfelf into the Velinus. 



TELOPEA, in Bolany, from TnAw-o-, confpiciious at a 

 diflance, a name very fuitable to this magnificent fhrub, with 

 its fine fcarlet flowers. — Brown Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 10. 

 197. Prodr. Nov. HoU. v. i. 388. Ait. Hort. Kcw. 



V. I. 212 Our Embolhrium fpeciojijjtmum, with E. trun- 



tatum of Labill. Nov. HoU. v. i. 32. t. 44, conftitutc this 

 genus. See Emeotiirium, from which we are unwilling to 

 feparate them, for the reafons given under OnEOCALLls. 

 The extremely clofe natural affinity, and great refemblance, 

 of thefe plants to each other, makes us miftruft even the 

 technical charafter of the lateral y//^ffM (omitted indeed in 

 Hort. Kew.), fuppofing that organ to be really terminal in 

 Emhothrium, ivhich on a careful infpettion we find reaion to 

 doubt. The efficient part of the ftigma in E. coccincum is 

 certainly oblique. We willi to learn, rather than to diftate, 

 but we cannot confide implicitly in the moft able guide. 



TELOS, PiscoplA, in Jncicnt Geography, an ifland of 

 the Archipelago, fituated S.E. of the ifle of Cos, and 

 N.W. of that of Rhodes. Phny fays that it was cele- 

 brated for its perfumes. 



TELPAH, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 Bahar ; 40 miles S.S.W. of Patna. 



TELPHUSSA, in Ancient Geography, a town of the 

 Peloponnefuo, in Arcadia, upon an eminence, at tome dif- 

 lance from the river Ladon, S.E. of Trophjea. A temple 

 of Ceres was fituated near this town, in which fhe was 

 honoured under the name of Lufia. 



TELUMNUM, a town of Aquitanic Gaul, on the route 

 from Aqu;e Tarbellicx to Burdigala, between Cxquofa and 

 Salamacum. Anton, llin. This is the fame with Tellonum. 



TELWAllAH, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, 

 in Agimere ; 25 miles N. of Biiddakano. 



TEMA, a town of Africa, in the kingdom of Ningo, 

 on the Gold Coaft. 



TEMACHIS, in Natural Hijlory, the name of a genus 

 of foffils, of the clafs of the gypfums ; the charafters of 

 which are thefe : it is of a fofter fubftance than many of 

 the other genera, and of a very bright and ghttering hue. 

 The name is derived from the Greek Tstiaxoc, frujiulum, a 

 fmall irregular fragment ; the bodies of this genus being 



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compofcd of an alTemblage of multitudes of irregiiLir flaky 

 fragments, as arc all the gypfums ; but no genus of them 

 fo vifibly as thefe. Hill. See Gypsum. 



TEMA LA, Nkgiiais, in Ancient Geography, a mari- 

 time town of India, on the wellcrn coaft beyond the Ganges, 

 S. of Beraboiina, where the coaft turns towards the E. 



at the W. mouth of the river Sabaracut. Alfo, a river of 



India, the mouth of which was near Berabonna* and the 

 promontory of Tcmala. 



TEMAN, ill Commerce, the name of a dry mcafurc at 

 Mocha, iu Arabia, coiitai:iing 40 mecmeda* or kelias, and 

 weighing in rice 168 lbs. avoirdupois. 



TEMANIK, in Geography, a town of Porfia, in the 

 province of Kerman ; 25 miles S. of Maftih. 



TEMAPARA, in Zoology, the name of a peculiar 

 fpecies ot lizard, called alfo tejwuacu. 



It approaches much to the nature of the iguana, but is 

 black, fpotted with white. 



TEMBA, in Geography, a proWnce of the kingdom of 

 Angola. 



TEMBA RE, a town on the weft coaft of the ifland 

 of Celebes. S. lat. 1° 27'. E. long. 119° 20'. 



TEMBASA, in Ancient Geography, a celebrated town 

 of Greece, in the Peloponnefus. Pliny. 



TEMBEN, in Geography, a town of AbyfTinia j 100 

 miles E.S.E. of .Sire. 



TEMBLEQUE, a town of Spain, in New Caftilc ; 

 13 miles E.S.E. of Toledo. 



TEMBRIUM, or Tymbrium, in Ancient Geography, a 

 town of Afia, in Phrygia. 



TEMBROGIUS, a river of Afia, in Phrygia, which 

 ran into the Sangarius. 



TEMBRUS^ a town of the ifland of Cyprus. 



TEMBUL, in Botany, a name ufed by fome authors 

 for the plant called betel. 



TEMDE, in Geography, a river of England, which runt 

 into the Severn, 2 miles above Ludlow. 



TEMDEGUE Kiamen, a poft of Chinefc Tartary ; 

 10 miles S.E. of Tcitcicar. 



TEME, or Team, a river of England, which rifes in 

 the county of Radnor, and runs into the Severn, 2 miles 

 below Worcofter. 



TEMEH, a town of Egypt, on the left bank of the 

 Nile ; 9 miles N. of Tahta. 



Temeh Iffebag, a town of Egypt ; 1 2 n\iles N. of Fayoum. 



TEMELET, a town of Morocco ; 70 miles W.S.W. 

 of Morocco. 



TEMELO, in Ichthyology, a name ufed by fome for 

 the filh called in Englifli the grayling, and in fome places 

 the umber. 



TEMEN, in Geography, a town of Arabia, in the pro- 

 vince of Nedsjcd ; 80 miles S.S.E. of Jamama. 



TEMENDEFUST, or Metafust, a town of Algiers ; 

 10 miles E. of Algiers. 



TEMENEH, a town of ACatic Turkey, in Natolia j 

 52 miles W.N.W. of Sinob. 



TEMENI, a town of the ifland of Candia ; 6 miles S. 

 of Candy. 



Temeni Porta, in Ancient Geography, a fmall town of 

 Afia Minor, in Lydia. 



TEMENIA, a town of Afia, in Phrygia, on the con- 

 fines of Lycaonia. 



TEMENIUM, a fortrcfs of the Peloponnefus, on the 

 confines of the Argolide. Here were two temples, one 

 dedicated to Neptune, and another to Venus. 



TEMERICUS Ar.ER, a fmall country of G.-Ulia Nar- 

 bonnenfis, towards the fource of the Rhine. 



TEMES, io Geography, a river of Hungary, which rifes 



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