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in this whole trioe, nothing is more variable. We have Z. 

 cillata of Vahl ; to which he attributes leat'es an inch or more 

 in breadth : vihokltavss, in our different fpecimens, are but 

 one-third or one-fourth of an inch wide, and from three 

 inches to eight inches long. Z. marina differs with us from 

 one-eighth to one-fourth of an inch in width, and if the 

 above fynonyms be all right, its variations are ftill greater. 



2. Z. uninervis. Single-ribbed Grafs-wrack. Forfk. 

 jEgypt.-Arab. 157. Vahl n. 2. WiUd. n. 2. — " Leaves 

 entire, fingle-ribbed. Stem compreffed ; fweUing at the 

 joints." — Found by Forn<all on the coaft of the Red fea at 

 Mocha, growing under water, and refembhng overflowed 

 grafs. The_/7^m is yellow, with bent joints. Leaves a ipzn 

 long, or more, narrower than in Z. marina, with an obfcure 

 mid-rib, unattended by lateral ones ; and their bafe is 

 Iheathing. 



Z. ciliata, Vahl n. 3 ; znd. Jlipulacea, his n. 4 ; found by 

 Forflcall at the fame place as the laft, with whofe fruftifica- 

 tion Vahl was, in both inftaoces, unacquainted, are referred 

 by Mr. Konig, in Ann. of Bot. v. 2. 97, not without fome 

 doubt, to a new dioecious genus, denominated Thalajfia in 

 Dr. Solander's MSS., of whofe fruftification no figure has 

 appeared, and of which the male flowers only have been ob- 

 ferved. They are indeed fufBciently remarkable, as the fol- 

 lowing charaAers evince. Sheath fingle-flowered, of ore 

 leaf, in two oblong obtufe fegments. Perianth of three 

 ovate -oblong, obtufe leaves. Ccr. none. Filaments none. 

 Anthers nine, converging, hnear-lanceolate, fliorter than the 

 calyx. The want of a flit in the leaves of thefe two laft- 

 mentioned plants proves them to be no Zojlerx. 



ZOTENBERG, in Geography, a mountain of Silefia, 

 in the principality of Schweidnitz, on which is a celebrated 

 chapel ; 20 miles W. of Breflau. 



ZOTHECA, among the Ancients, the place where the 

 animals defigned for facrifice were kept. 



ZOUF, in Geography. See Gaur. 



ZouFj a river of Grand Bucharia, which runs into the 

 Dehafp, 45 miles S. of Balk. 



ZOU-KEOU-KIAOU, a town of China, in Pe-tche- 

 li ; 5 mdes S.W. of Peking. 



ZOULNOUN, a town of Aliatic Turkey, in the go- 

 vernment of Sivas ; 10 miles S.S.W. of Amafreh. 



ZOUR EL Hammak, or IJland of Pigeons, a fmall 

 ifland in the Mediterranean, near the coall of Algiers. N. 

 lat. 36=' 26'. E. long. 12° 38'. 



ZouR, Shahr e. See Sharezur and Solymania. 



ZOWAMORE, or Zimbra, an ifland in the Mediter- 

 ranean, near the N.E. coafl; of Tunis, called by the ancients 

 -Egimurus ; 18 miles N.N.W. of Cape Bon. N. lat. 36" 

 50'. E. long. 11° 8'. 



ZOWHAREEN, a town of Africa, in the kingdom 

 of Tunis ; 16 miles E.S.E. of Keft. 



ZOW-WAN, or Zagwan, a town of Africa, in the 

 kingdom of Tunis. It is a fmall flouriihing town, built 

 upon the norlh-eaft extremity of a confpicuous mountain of 

 the fame name. It is in great repute for the dyeing of fear- 

 let caps, and the bleaching of linen ; great quantities of 

 both being daily brought thither for that purpofe from 

 Tur.is, Sufa, and other places. The fl;reara which is em- 

 ployed at prefent for this ufe was formerly, together with 

 the river Zungler, conveyed to Carthage ; and over the 

 fountains of it there was a temple erefted, the ruins of 

 which continue hkewife to this day : upon this ancient gate, 

 which regards the fouth-eaft, there is a ram's head, armed, 

 in baffo relievo, with auxilio, in large letters, below it. 

 This may, perhaps, infl;rutt us, that Zow-wan, or whatever 

 was its former name, was under the immediate influence and 



z o z 



proteAion of Jupiter Aramon ; 36 miles S.W. of Tunis 

 N.lat. 36^ 14'. E. long. 10° 6'. 



ZOXO, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the government 

 of Diarbekir; 20 miles S.S.E. of KerkiCeh. 



ZOYSIA, in Botany, was fo named by the late profeffor 

 \yiildenow, in honour of the baron Charles de Zcys, a dig- 

 nified ecclefiaflic, refideiit in Carniola, who has long pur- 

 fued with ardour the inveftigation of the botanical treafures 

 of that country, and who is celebrated by Hoft, Vv«lfen, 

 Jacquin, and other eminent writers, for the afliftar.ce which 

 he has at various times afforded them. — " Willd. in Nov. 

 Aa. Nat. Cur. Berol. v. 3. 440." Brown Prodr. Nov. 

 Holl. V. 1.208. (" Matrella; Perf. Syn. v. i. 73.",— 

 Clafs and order, Triandria Digynia, Nat. Ord. Gramina, 

 Linn. Juff. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Glume of one valve, fingle-flowcrcd, 

 ovate-oblong, compreffed, cartilaginous, fmooth, rigid, 

 keeled, incurved, gaping at the apex of one edge ; convex 

 on one fide ; flattilh on the other. Cor. Glume of two 

 thin, membranous valves, enclofed within the calyx, awn- 

 lefs. Neftary none. Stam. Filaments three, capillary, 

 fliort ; anthers haftate. Pi/l. Germen fuperior, linear, mi- 

 nute ; ftyles two, the length of the calyx ; ftigmas promi- 

 nent, feathery. Pmc. none, except the permanent glumes. 

 iSff^folitary, linear, inveitedwith the calyx and corolla. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx of one valve, fingle-flowered, compreffed, 

 cartilaginous. Corolla of two membranous valves, within 

 the calyx. Stigmas feathery. Seed linear, invefted with 

 the glumes. 



I. Z. pungens. Sharp-pointed Zoyfia. Willd. as above. 

 Brown n. i. (Agroltis Matrella ; Linn. Mant. 185. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. v. I. 366. " Matrella juncea ; Perf. Syn. v. i. 

 73.") — Gathered in fandy ground, on the coaft of Mala- 

 bar, by Koenig ; and near Port Jackfon, New South 

 Wales, by Mr. Brown. This is a fmall perennial grafs, 

 with a creeping roof, enveloped in fheathing furrowed fcales. 

 Stems alternate, afcending, flender, thread-ftiaped, fimple, 

 leafy, three or four inches high. Leaves two-ranked, 

 fpreading, involute, fharp-pointed, fmooth, an inch or an inch 

 and a half long, with pale, furrowed, cloiejheaths, conceal- 

 ing the joints of the Hem. Stipula of feveral fpreading 

 hairs. Clujlers terminal, folitary, quite fimple, of ten or 

 twelve nearly feffile, alternate, eie&jlo'wcrs, remarkable for 

 their fmooth ivory-hke glumes, about two lines in length, 

 out of which, at the tip, projeft the feathery _^/5'maj. 



Linnzus was inchned to make this a diftinft genus by the 

 name of Matrella ; derived from matrix, and alluding to an 

 anatomical refemblance, too obfcure to be very inftruftive, 

 if it were liable to no other objeftion. Such aUufions were 

 allowable enough while botany remained the abftrufe ftudy 

 of philofophers and phyficians ; but in proportion as it be- 

 comes general and popular, they are either ufelefs or cenf iirable. 

 This grafs rpight be forced into Agrojlis as the definition of 

 that genus flood in Linn^us, but has certainly no natural 

 habit, nor any precife charafter, in common therewith. 

 Mr. Brown remarks, that the corolla, {\ai perianthrum,) is 

 inverted, or contrary to the fingle-valved calyx ; on which 

 account, added to the nearly fpiked inforefcencc, he ranges 

 Zoyfta near RottboUia. We cannot but think it rather more 

 related to Panicum Daflylonof 'Linnxus,'HaileT's Blgitaria ; 

 though in hA fo dillind in its nature, as not to affociate 

 well with any thing. 



ZOZONISIUS, m Natural Hijlory, a name of one of 

 the gems of the ancients, but of which our accounts are Co 

 fliort, that we can make no conjeaureof what it was. Pliny 

 only tells us, that it was found in the river Indus, and ufed 



by the magi. _ „„„,.,», 



^ ° Dd2 ZRATSCHE, 



