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T E R 



for the Cultivation of foreign Tobacco, in Lcifer RuJTia," 

 diftributcd by order of the emprefs through that province, 

 in 1763. Gen. Biog. 



TEPOTI, in Geography, a river of Paraguay, which 

 runs into the Paraguay. 



TEPPELWODA. See Toppliswoda. 



TEPTERE, a name originally Tartarian, and fignify- 

 ing a man who cannot pay his taxes, given by the RulTiaiis 

 to a peculiar tribe formed of Finns and Tartars in the 

 middle of the l6th century, during the dilTolution of the 

 Kliazan-Tartarian empire. They eftablifhed thenifelves 

 at firft in that part of the Ural mountains, which belongs 

 to the government of Ufa. At prefenLthey are fo much 

 intermingled, that their origin is fcarcely difcernible. They 

 are found to incrcafe in number at every fucceeding cenfus. 

 In the year 1762, about 34,000 of them paid the impofts. 



TEPTON, in Geography, a town of Thibet ; 30 miles 

 N.W. of Sgigatchee. 



TEPWIA, a town on the W. coaft of the ifland of 

 Celebes. S. lat. 1=4'. E. long. 119° 10'. 



TEQUENDAMA, a cataradt near Bogota, the capital 

 of New Granada (fee Bocsota), which, according to Bou- 

 guer, is one of the higheft in the world, being 200 or 300 

 fathoms in height, and its fall vertical. Its real height is 

 probably about 1320 feet. The river Funza, which is here 

 very confiderable, pafTes along a narrow channel, on a high 

 table land, and is poured as from the fpout of a vafe, 

 in one arch of the enormous height above fpccified, the 

 noife being hoard at the diftance of feven leagues. This 

 fall is received in a vatt cauldron of more than a league 

 in circumference ; and the quantity of water, and violence 

 of its defcent, form a continual mafs of clouds, which ren- 

 ders it fcarcely vifible in the evening ; but in the morning it 

 is more ftriking, being decorated with numerous rainbows 

 according to the pofition of the fpeftator. The vafl rocks 

 which form the cauldron alfo excite admiration, being as 

 regular and polifhcd as if cut with a chiflel : the furround- 

 ing heights are covered with trees, Oirubs, and flowery 

 plants, while the fplendid appearance of fome of the birds, 

 and the mufic of others, render the cataradl of Tequen- 

 dama alike fublime and beautiful. 



TEQUEPA, a town of Mexico, in the province of 

 Mechoacan, on a river near the Pacific ocean ; 80 miles S.E. 

 of Zacatula. N. lat. 17° 50'. W. long. 102° 26'. 



TEQUERY Bay, a bay on the louth-eaft coaft of 

 Cuba, near Cape Cruz. 



TEQUIA, a town of New Grenada; 32 miles S.W. 

 of Pamplona. 



TEQUIXQUIACATZANATL, in Ornithology. See 

 Gracula Qu'ifcala. 



TER, in Geography, a river of Spain, which rifes in the 

 county of Cerdagne, and runs into the Mediterranean, about 

 30 miles E. of Gcrona. 



TERA, a fmall river of Spain, which runs into the 

 Orbega, in the province of Leon. 



TERACE, in Rural Economy, a term provincially ap- 

 plied to a coarfe hair fieve, for feparating the inferior flour 

 from the bran. 



TERAIN, in Geography, a river of France, which runs 

 into the Oife, near Creil. 



TERAKACO, a peninfula on tlie eaft coaft of New 

 Zealand, of which Cape Table forms the euftern point. 



TERAMNUS, in Botany, fo called by Browne, appa- 

 rently in aU>ifion to its delicately-fliaped legume, vr^xfivoTUi 

 being ufed particularly to exijrefs the tendernefs of eatable 

 pulfe : aif^aixvof was a weed hollile to leguminous plants. — 

 Browne Jam. 290. Swartz Prodr. 105. Ind. Occ. 1238. 



I. 25. Schreb. 489. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3 971. Mart. 

 Mill. Ditt. V. 4. — Clafs and order, Diadelphia Decaiidria. 

 Nat. Ord. Papilionacea, Linn. I.egum'mofa, Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cat. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, two- 

 lipped, permanent ; its upper lip ratht-r the Urgell, divided ; 

 lower three-cleft ; all the teeth acute, erecl, converging. 

 Cor. papilionaceous. Standard inverfely lieart-fhapcd, 

 fpreading, fomewhat deflexed. Wings nearly as long, 

 ereft, approximated, rounded at the extremity. Keel very 

 fmall, concealed in tlie calyx between the bafes of the 

 wings, and covering the ftamens, feparabie into two petals. 

 Slam. Filaments ten, all united iu their lower part into 

 one fet ; only live of them perfetl, the live intermediate 

 ones being minute, without anthers, and fliorter ; anthers 

 five, roundilh. Pijl. Gcrmcn cylindrical, flender, downy ; 

 ftyle none ; ftigma capitate, roundifli. Peru. Legume 

 linear, bordered, comprcfled, with ninnerous conftridlions. 

 Seeds feveral, roundilh, comprelTed, abrupt at the fummit. 



Eft. Ch. Keel minute, concealed in the calyx. StamcHk 

 all connefted ; the i-wi alternate ones without anthers. 

 Stigma feftile, capitate. Calyx two-lipped. Legume li- 

 near, with many feeds. 



1. T. voluLUis. Smaller Teramnus. Swartx Ind. Occ. 

 1 24 1, t. 25. Willd. n. I, excluding all the fynonyms. — 

 Leaflets ovato-lanccolate, downy beneath. — Native of rather 

 moift bufliy alpine places, in the fouthern part of Jamaica. 

 The^^fm is herbaceous, or flightly woody at the bafe only, 

 from two to four feet high, twining, (lender, triangular, 

 downy, fimple or divided. Leaves alternate, diftant, 

 ftalked, each of three leajlets, moftly obtufe with a fmall 

 point, entire, ribbed and veiny, fmooth and bright-green 

 above ; downy beneath ; fometimes accompanied by a pair 

 of fmaller ones at the bafe. Their common y"o&//?aW is about 

 an inch long, channelled, downy, with a pair of minute 

 Ime-Ai- Jlipulas at the bafe. Chijlers axillary, (lender, fimple, 

 longer than the leaves, of feveral fmall reddi(h-blue_/7(/':ffrj, 

 in diftant couples, on (hort partial ftalks. Legume an inch 

 long, flender, hairy, its point finally hooked ; the valves 

 fpiral after burfting. , 



2. T. uiic'watus. Great Hooked Teramnus. Swartz 

 Ind. Occ. 1239. Willd. n. 2. (T. n. 1 ; Browne Jam, 

 290. Dolichtos uncinatus ; Linn. Sp. PI. 1019. Plia- 

 feolus hirfutus, fihquis reftis et aduncis ; Plum. Ic. 215. 

 t. 221. Ph. fylveftris minor, flore minimo, fihquis longis 

 teretibus alba lanugine hirfutis ; Sloane Jam. v. i. 182.) — 

 Leaflets oblong ; (ilky bene.ith ; hairy above. — Native of 

 dry bulhy places, in various parts of Jamaica. The root 

 is long and flender. Stem herbaceous, fubdivided, twining, 

 flender, triangular, its angles hairy and fomewhat bordered ; 

 the bafe woody. Leajlets one and a half or two inches 

 long ; their common Jlalk an inch, or inch and a half. 

 Stipulas fmall, downy, deciduous. Clujlers axillary, ftalked, 

 often a fpan long, twice the lengtli of the leaves, many- 

 flowered. Floiuers in diftant pairs, fmall, reddifli. Le- 

 gume two inches long, ftraight, narrow, comprelTed, hairy, 

 ending in a bluntifli liookcd point. 



TERAMO, in Geography, a town of Naples, in Abruzzo 

 Ultra ; the fee of a bifliop, immediately under the pope ; 

 22 miles N.N.E. of Aquila. N. lat. 42° 37'. E. long. 



13° 49'- 



TERANE', a town of Egypt, on the weft branch of 



the Nile ; 18 miles N.W. of Cairo. N. lat. 30° 30'. E. 



long. 30"' 45'. 



TERANO, a town of Naples, in Calabria Citra ; 3 miles 

 W. of Bifignano. 



TERASA RSUK, a town of Eaft Greenland. N. lat. 



59^55'. W.long.43^ ^^^^3^ 



