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appell»tion» on numerous genera, which the modeft unpre- 

 tending Walter, in his Flora Caroliniana, had left for the 

 future examination and decifion of more experienced bo- 

 tanifts. His Anonymos, n. 109, is the Villarfia of this pro- 

 feflbr Gmelin, in Linn. Syft. Nat. v. 2. 447 ; neither of 

 thcfe authors feeming to have the lead idea of the plant 

 being already defcribed or named. — Notwithftanding what 

 thefe writers have done, Mr. Dryander, in Ait. Hort, Kew. 

 V. I, 312, has followed the example of Linnaeus, Juffieu, 

 Schreber, Willdenow, and the writer of this in his Fl. Brit, 

 and Englifh Botany, in keeping all the fpecies,' which con- 

 ftitute Villarfia, in the genus Menyanthes; fee that article. 

 There we truft they may fafely remain, and perhaps the 

 above authorities may at leaft: neutralize each other, with 

 refpeft to botanical difcrimination, as well as nomenclature. 

 We muft not omit that Mr. Purfh, in his Flora Amer. 

 Sept. 139, has adopted the prefent Villarfia, but without 

 throwing any new light upon its charafters. 



VILLA RUM Nomina. See Nomina. 



VILLASANDINO, in Geography, a town of Spain, in 

 Old Caftile ; 20 miles N.W. of Burgos. 



VILLASECA, a town of Spain, in Catalonia, on the 

 coaft of the Mediterranean ; 6 miles W. of Tarragona. 



VILLASIDRA, a town of the ifland of Sardinia ; 10 

 miles N.E. of Villa d'Iglefias. 



VILLATTE, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Crcufe ; 10 miles N.W. of Gueret. 



VILLAVANEZ, a town of Spain, in the province of 

 Leon ; ■ 1 2 miles S. of Palencia. 



VILLA YE R Fertans, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Doubs ; 5 miles S.S.W. of Ornans. 



VILLAZIM, a town of Portugal, in the province of 

 Beira ; 23 miles S.S.E. of Vifeu. 



VILLE, a to^vn of France, in the department of the 

 Lower Rhine ; 8 miles N.W. of Schletftatt. — Alfo, a 

 town of France, in the department of the Marne ; 9 miles 

 S.W. of Rheims. — Alfo, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Marne ; 9 miles N.N. W. of St. Menehould. 



ViLLE aux Cleres, La, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Loire and Cher; 24 miles N.W. of Blois. 



ViLLE Comtal, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Gers ; 1 1 miles S.W. of Mirande. — Alfo, a town of 

 France, in the department of the Aveiron ; 18 miles W. of 

 St. Genies de Rivedolt. 



ViLLE Franche, a town of France, and principal place of 

 a Jiftridl, in the department of the Aveiron ; 24 miles W. 



of Rhodez. N. lat. 44° 21'. E. long. 2" 7' Alfo, a 



town of France, in the department of the Lot and Garonne ; 

 6 miles E. of Caftel Jaloux. — Alfo, a town of France, and 

 principal place of a diilrift, in the department of the Upper 

 Garonne, on the Garonne ; 18 miles S.E. of Touloufe. 

 N. lat. 43° 24'. E. long. 1° 49' — Alfo, a town of France, 

 and feat of a tribunal, in the department of the Rhone and 

 . Loire, on the right bank of the Rhone. It is furrounded 

 with walls and ditches ; 3^ pods N. of Lyons. N. lat. 

 46° 7'. E. long. 4° 48'.— Alfo, a town of France, in the 

 department of tlie AUier ; 15 miles S.W. of Moulins. — 

 Alfo, a town of France, in the department of the Dor- 

 dogne ; 15 miles S.W. of Mucidan. 



ViLLE Franche d' Albigeois, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Tarn ; 8 miles E.S.E. of Alby. 



ViLLE Franche iPAJIarac, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Gers ; 14 miles S. of Auch. 



ViLLE Franche de Conflans, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Eaftern Pyrenees ; defended by a fort, 

 ereded in the reign of Louis XIV. ; 27 miles W.S.W= 

 of Perpignan. 7 



ViLLE Franche de Panai, a town of France, in the de« 

 partment of the Aveiron ; 6 miles W. of Milhau. 



ViLLE Franche de Perigord, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Dordogne ; 36 miles S.S.E. of Peri- 

 gueux. 



ViLLE/ur Illon, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Vofges ; 9 miles W. of Epinal. 



VxLLE en Tardenois, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Marne ; 10 miles S.W. of Rheims. 



ViLLEyi/r Tourbe, a town of France, in the department ( 

 the Marne ; 8 miles N.N.W. of St. Menehould. 



ViLLE Vaucance, a town of France, in the department c 

 the Ardeche ; 14 miles N.N.W. of Toumon. 



Vii.LE Vieu, La, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Vienna ; 8 miles S. of Poitiers. 



VILLEBERNIER, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Mayne and Loire ; 3 miles E. of Saumur. 



VILLEBOIS, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Ain ; 6 miles S. of St. Rambert. 



VILLEBOURG, or Ville Boureau, a town of 

 France, in the department of the Indre and Loire ; 1 8 

 miles N.N.W. of Tours. 



VILLEBRUMIER, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Upper Garonne; 15 miles S.E. of Caftel 

 Sarafin. 



VILLECROSE, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Var ; 9 miles N.N.W. of Draguignan. 



VILLEDIEU, a town of France, in the department of 



the Mayne and Loire; 9 miles N.W. of ChoUet Alfo, 



a town of France, in the department of the Vienne; 12 

 miles S.S.E. of Poitiers. — Alfo, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Loire and Cher; 18 miles W. of 

 Venddme. — Alfo, a town of Frar.cc, in the department of 

 the Channel ; 8 miles N.N.E. of Avranches. 



VILLEFAGNAN, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Charente ; 6 miles S.S.W. of Ruffec. 



VILLEFLEUR, a town of France, in the department 

 of the Lower Seine ; 2 miles N. of Cany. 



VILLEFORE, Joseph-Fran5ois-Bourgoin de, in 

 Biography, was bom of a noble family at Paris in 1652, 

 and liberally educated. In 1706 he was admitted a member 

 of the Academy of Infcriptions ; but withdrew from it in 

 1708, becaufe he did not choofe to perform its burdenfome 

 exercifes. He paffed the remainder of his hfe in the cloiilcr 

 of the metropolitan church, and died in 1737, at the age 

 of 85. His hiflorical and biographical works, the latter 

 being chiefly -religious, were numerous. He alfo niadc 

 feveral tranflations from St. Auguftine, St. Bernard, and 

 Cicero, which are faithful, and occafionally elegant. He 

 was likewife the author of fome fmaller pieces in claHical 

 literature. Moreri. 



VILLEFORT, in Geography, a town of France, and 

 pnr.clpal place of a diftrift, in the department of the Lozere; 

 20 miles E. of Mende. N. lat. 44° 27'. E. long. 3° 59'. 



VILLEHARDOUIN, Geoffroi de, in Biography, 

 was marfhal of Champagne, an office held by his father and 

 his defcendants. He took a principal part in the fourth 

 crufade of 1198, which produced the capture of Conftan- 

 tinople by the French and Venetians in 1204 ; and of this 

 expedition he wrote or diAated a narrative, which is curious 

 and interefting. The bed edition is that of Du-Cang«, 

 fol. 1657, with many notes. Moreri. 



VILLEIN Fleeces, in our Statutes, are bad fleeces of 

 wool, {horn from fcabby (beep. 31 Edw. III. cap. 8. 



VILLEJUIF, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of Paris ; 3 miles S. of Paris. 



VILLEL, a town of Spain, in New Caftile ; 17 miles 



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