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fort of tuberous root, and cfpecially of the difeafe to which 

 it is fo liable, than this treatment. See the iirft volume of 

 the Tranfaftions of the Scotch Horticultural Society. 



TUBERSOKE, in Geography, a town of Tunis, an- 

 ciently the fee of a bi(hop ; 48 miles S.W. of Tunis. 



TUBIG, a town on the E. coaft of the ifland of Samar. 

 N. lat. 12° 13'. E. long. 135° 27'. 



TUBILUSTRIUM, compounded o? tubus, trumpet, and 

 lujlro, I purify, in Antiquity, a fealt or ceremony in ufe among 

 the Romans. This denomination was given to the day 

 on which they purified their facred trumpets, as alfo to the 

 ceremony of purifying them. It was held on the fifth and 

 laft day of the feaft of Minerva, called quinquatrus, or quin- 

 quatria, which was performed twice a year. 



TUBINGEN, in Geography, a town of Wurtemberg, 

 fituated in a valley on the Neckar, between two hills. An 

 univerfity was founded here in the year 1477, and reftorcd 

 in the year 1770. Here is a feminary for the ftudy of di- 

 vinity, and a college for the nobility. The foundation of 

 the town is unknown, but affuredly of great antiquity. It 

 is the origin of the pfalzgravate of Swabia, and though the 

 defcent of the ancient palatines of Tubingen be unknown, 

 yet they had their pfalz or palatium, vvhich flood on the fpot 

 of the prefent caftle. One of the eldeil pfalzgraves known 

 at prefent, lived in the year 1080 ; and the laft of them, •viz. 

 George Eberhard, died in the year 163 I. The two pfalz- 

 graves, Gobz and William, in the year 1342, fold the town 

 to count Ulrich of Wurtemberg. In 1535, duke Ulrich, 

 pulling down the old caftle, caufed that of Hohen Tubingen, 

 which is the prefent refidence, to be erefted, with fortifi- 

 cations. In 1540 the town was damaged by fire. In the 

 thirty years' war it was frequently befieged and taken ; 

 and in 1688, was confiderably injured by the French; i6 

 miles S.S.W. of Stuttgard. N. lat. 48° 33'. E. long. 

 9=- 10'. 



TUBIPORA, Red tubular Coral, in Naturtil Hijlory, a 

 name given by Linnaeus to a genus of Zoophyta, in the clafs 

 of worms ; the charaftcrs of which are, that its animal is a 

 nereis, and that it is a coral, confifting of cylindric, hollow, 

 ereft, and parallel tubes. 



In Gmelin's edition of the Linnxan Syftem we have the 

 following 



Species. 



MusiCA. With fafciculated combined tubes ; the tranf- 

 verfe partitions membranaceous anddiftant. This is thepurple 

 tubipora of Pallas, of which he mentions a variety, or the 

 fiexuofe tubipora. It is found in the American, Indian, and 

 Red feas, affixed to other corals or rocks ; and is ufed by the 

 Indians as an antidote to ftrangury and wounds inflifted by 

 poifonous animals. 



Catenulata. With parallel tubes, connefted into a 

 lamina anaftomofing with a folded wreath. Found on the 

 fhores of the Baltic fea. 



Serpens. With cylindric, ereft, very fhort, diftant, axil- 

 lary tubules ; divaricated at the dichotomous bafe : the 

 MiUepora hhacea of Pallas. Found in the Mediterranean and 

 Northern feas, and on the (liores of the Baltic. 



Fascicularis. With filiform fafciculated tubes ; the 

 fides anaftomofing. Found on the (hores of Gothland. 



Ramosa. With roundiih interftices, and fimplc, fiexuofe, 

 aggregate, conglutinated tubules of the confluent branches. 

 Found in the White fea. 



PiNNATA. Dichotomous, ereft, with tubules diftributed 

 in the form of fmall feathers. Found in the Mediterranean 

 iea. 



Penkullata. Stalky ; the top incraifated, and formed 



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of tubules connefted towards the bafe. Found in the Green- 

 land fea, affixed to teftacea. 



Flabellaris. Depreffed, flabelliform, radiated with 

 paraOel conjoined tubules. Found as the former. 



Stellata. With feparate tubes, combined in layers or 

 tables, many of thefe tables being remote, horizontally 

 tubulous, and radiated with ftrix on the furface. Found 

 among foffils. 



Strues. With diftant diverging tubes, loofe behind and 

 often bent ; with tubules fmall, fimple, and horizontal, com- 

 bined. Found among foffils. 



TUBNA, in Geography, a town of Algiers, anciently 

 called Thubana. The Arabs bury their treafure undar tlie 

 ruins; no miles S.S.W. of Conftantina. N. lat. 35° 8'. 

 E. long. 5°. 



TUBOE, a town on the fouth coaft of Mindanao. N. 

 lat. 7° 40'. E. long. 1 24° 32'. 



TUBCEUF, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Mayenne ; 6 miles N.N.E. of Laflay. 



TUBOR Terr.k, a name ufed by fome botanical au- 

 thors for the cyclamen or fow-brcad. 



TUBUG, in Geography, a harbour on the weft coaft of 

 Mindanao, much frequented by pirates. Near it is the houfe 

 of a rajah, ftrongly pallifadoed, and defended with twenty 

 fwivel guns ; 10 miles N. of Pollock harbour. 



TUBUHACAN, a town of Africa, in the country of 

 Sugulme/Ta ; 9 miles from Sugulmeffa. 



TUBULARIA, in Zoology, a genus of the Zoophyta 

 clafs of worms ; the characters of which are, that the animal 

 is vegetating and radicated ; the head crefted with tentacula, 

 generating fmall eggs ; and that the ftem is tubulous, horny, 

 very fimple or branched, affixed at the bottom, and the ani- 

 mal thruft out at the apex. Among the following fpecics 

 are included feveral of the tubular corallines of Ellis. 



Species. 



Cornucopi/"e. With fimple tube, attenuated below, flexu- 

 ous and rough. Found among the corals of the American 

 and Mediterranean feas. Colour du(l<y-yellow. 



Indivisa. With very fimple ftalks, and wreathefl joints. 

 One of Ellis's tubular corallines. Found in the Eui-opean 

 and Mediterranean feas. Colour ycllowifli-grey. 



Ramosa. With branched ftalks, and wreathed joints : 

 one of Ellis's. Found in the European fea. The loft tu- 

 bules fordidly grey. 



Ramea. With compound branched tubes, large and 

 fmall branches alternate. Found in the Mediterranean ocean. 

 Browni(h-grey. 



FisTULosA. With dichotomous articulated ftalks, with 

 impreffions in form of a rhombus. Bugle coralline of EUis. 

 Found in the European, Mediterranean, and Atlantic feas. 

 Pale-grey. 



Fragilis. With dichotomous ftalks, and comprefTed 

 joints. Found in the American fea. White or greenifh. 



MuscoiDES. With fub-dichotomous ftalks, wholly annu- 

 late-rugofe. One of the tubular corallines of Ellis. Found 

 in the European and Mediterranean feas. Pale-grey. 



Papyracea. With a very laj-ge papyraceous tubule, 

 alternately ramofe. Found in the Indian ocean. 



Penicillus. With aggregate, fimple, radicated tubules, 

 proliferous and penicillated at the apex. Found in the 

 American fea. It is doubted whether this and the laft be 

 of this genus. 



Acetabulum. With fihform ftalks ; the terminal pelta 

 or fhield ftriated, radiated and calcareous. Found in the 

 Mediterranean and American feas. White and foft, and ad- 

 joined to teftacea. 



3 A 2 Splachnea. 



