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ATRAGENE, in Botany, (fee our former article,) 

 a nam° adopted from Theophrallus, whofe cc^fKyiin, accord- 

 ing to De CandoUe, is probably our Clematis F"ttalla. This 

 genus is much reduced by the learned writer jult named, who 

 refers A.japon'ica and alpina to Clematis, A. capenjis and tenui- 

 folia to Anemone. (See that article.) The only remaining 

 fpecies is A. zeylaiiica, which De CandoUe retains as a genus 

 by itfelf, under the new name of Naravelia, taken from 

 Naraiuael of Herm. Zeyl. 26, one of its fynonyms. But 

 this being a Linnxan Atragene, and the only one which 

 remains, that name muft, by every principle and right, 

 remain with it, efpecially as it is diftinguifhed from Clematis 

 by the original generic charafter of Atragene. A figure of 

 this plant is given in Roxb. Coromand. v. 2. 47. t. 188. 



ATRIPLICES, the twenty-ninth natural order in Juf- 

 fieu's fyftem, the fixth of his iixth clafs, whofe charafters 

 are given mider Lauhi. Mr. Brown, Prodr. Nov. HoU. 

 V. I. 405, adopts, from De CandoUe, the appellation of 

 Chenopodene for this order, for which we have dilcovered no 

 reafon, Atriplex being as well-known a genus, and as expref- 

 tlve a type of the order, as Chenopodium. The charadters 

 are as follows. 



Calyx of one leaf, often deeply divided. Stamens definite, 

 inferted into the bottom of the calyx. Germen folitary, 

 fuperior ; ftyle either ihigle, or wanting, or for the moft 

 part manifold, of a determihate number ; ftigmas one, rarely 

 two, to each ftyle. Seeds folitary, (numerous in Phytolacca, 

 two in Galenia,) either naked, or covered by the calyx, 

 which thus becomes, in a manner, fuperior ; or inclofed in 

 a pulpy, or a capfular, pericarp. Corcu/um furrounding a 

 farinaceous mafs. Stem in numerous inftances herbaceous, in 

 forae (hrubby. Leaves moftly alternate, fometimes oppofite. 

 Stamens occafionaUy in ftparate flowers from the pijli Is. 



Seft. I. Fruit pulpy. 



Phytolacca, Rivina, Sdlvadora, and Bojea ; the laft fuf- 

 pecled to be more akin to the Rhamni. 



Se£l. 2. Fruit capfular. 



Petiveria ; Polycnemum ; Camphorofma ; and Galenia ; not 

 without fome doubts refpefting the two laft. 



Seft. 3. Seed covered iy the calyx. Stamens Jive. 



Bafclla ; Anredera, JulT. which is Fegopyrum fcandens, 

 Zee, Sloane Jam. v. i. 138. t. 90. f. 1 ; Anabafis ; Caroxy- 

 lum, Thunb.; Sal/ola; Spinacia; Acnida; Beta; Chenopodium; 

 and Atriplex. 



Seft. 4. Seed covered by the calyx. Stamens fewer than 

 Jive. 



Crucita ; Axyris ; Blitiim ; Ceratocarpus ; and Salicornia. 



Se6t. 5. Seed not covered hy the calyx. 



Corifpermiim only. 



This order is analogous to the HolerJced of Linnaeus, 

 though many extraneous things are referred to the latter. 



Mr. Brown afferts that the Atripliccs, or Chenopodee are 

 not diftinguifhable by any charafter from the Amaranthf, 

 (fee that article,) though different in habit, and differing 

 from the Illecebrete, (by which is meant Juffieu's third fec- 

 tion oi Amaranthi,) in the want oi Jlipulas. The infertion 

 of the ftamens into the calyx, according to this accurate 

 obferver, is not abfolutely conftant, nor are the Amaranthi 

 all free from that infertion. Yet on this mark the diftinc- 

 tion is founded, not merely between thefe two neighbouring 

 orders, but between the fixth and feventh claffes of Juiiieu, 

 which thus run into each other. We do not mean, by 

 pointing out thefe intricacies of Nature, which render it fo 

 difficult for us to fubmit her to human regulations, to throw 

 needlefs difficulties in the way of thofc, who attempt this 

 arduous tafk bv other means than we ourfelves purfue. ^Ve 

 merely remind them of our common faUibiiity, and recom- 



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mend patient inveftigation, with mutual affillance, in the 

 place of dogmatical affumption and invidious criticifm 



ATTELABUS, col. 2, 1. i, for are r. is; 1. 23, dele 

 which fee refpeftively, and add— One of the principal fpecies 

 is A. Coryli, a fmaUifh infeft found in hazel-trees, black 

 with red v/ing-flieaths, ufually meafuring about a quarter of 

 an inch in length. A much fmaUer fpecies is the A. Betula, 

 altogether black, and remarkable for gnawing the leaves of 

 that tree in the early part of fpring ; fo that they appear 

 notched off the edges. Tiie A. Apiariut is an elegant 

 fpecies, deriving its name from the injury which its larva 

 does in bee-hives by deftroying the young. See Apiakius 



ATTER of Rofes. See EJfence of Roses. 



ATTLEBOROUGH. Add— It contains 27.6 inha- 

 bitants. 



ATTRACTION of Mountains, col. 2, 1. 50, r. 4364,4; 

 1. 51, for 43" r. 42".94. 



AVA, 1. I, r. Aungiva. 



AUBENAS, 1. 3, for Coiron ;-. Privas. 



AVE RILL, in Geography, a townfhip of America, in 

 Vermont and county of EITex, having nine inhabitants. 



AUGUST, a gold coin of Saxony, of which are double, 

 fingle, and half auguft d'ors, reckoned at 10, 5, and 2A 

 rix dollars : 35 fingle augufts weigh a Cologne mark ot 

 gold 2 1 carats 8 grains fine. 



AUGUSTA, in Geography, a town of the diftrift of 

 Maine, in the county of Kennebeck, containing 1805 in- 

 habitants. 



Augusta, a county of Virginia, 1. 4, r. 14,308, and 2880 

 flaves. 



AULAX, in Botany, from K'jXaf, a furrow, aUudiiig to 

 the chink in each petal containing one of the ftamens. — 

 Berg. Cap. 33. Brown Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 10. 49. Ait. 



Hort. Kew. v. 5. 373 Clafs and order, D'loeciaTetrandria. 



Nat. Ord. Proteacea, JulT. Brown. 



Eft. Ch. Male, Flowers diftinft. Calyx none. Petals 

 four, bearing the ftamens. Piftil imperfetf . 



Female, Flowers aggregate. Calyx none. Petals four, 

 bearing imperfeft ftamens. Stigma oblique. Nut expofed, 

 tumid, bearded. 



1. K. pinifolia. Pine-leaved Aulax. Berg. n. 1. Br. 

 n. I. Alt. n. I. 



Male. Protea pinifoha ; Linn. Mant. 187. Willd. Sp. 

 PI. v. I. 515. Andr. Repof. t. 76. 



Female. P. brafteata ; Thunb. Difl". n. 24. t. 1. Linn. 

 Suppl. 118. WiUd. Sp. PI. v. I. 517. 



Leaves thread-fliaped, channeUed. — Native of hiUs near 

 the Cape of Good Hope. A Jhrub one or two feet high, 

 with round, red, leafy branches. Leaves numerous, fcat- 

 tered, finiple, undivided, fmooth, flender, fpreading every 

 way, two or three inches long. Flowers yeUow ; the male 

 in feveral long cluftcrs, forming a terminal leafy umbel.; 

 female in a denfe folitary head. 



2. A. umbellata. Umbellate Aulax. Br. n. 2. Ait. n. 2. 

 Male. Protea aulacea; Thunb. Diff.n. 33. t. 2. WiUd. 



Sp. PI. v. I. 520. 



Female. P. umbeUata ; Thunb. Diff. n. 34. Lnni. 

 Suppl. 1 18. WiUd. Sp. ri. v. I. 520. Andr. Rcpof. t. 348. 



Leaves linear-fpatulate, flat. — Native of hills at the Cspc 

 of Good Hope, A Jl:'rub two or three feet high, wilh 

 bright-green, blundfh, fmooth leaves. Flowers yello\vilh, 

 terminal ; the male in (hortilh blunt clufters ; female in a 

 folitary whltifh head, encompafted with long, narrow, yel- 

 low, radiating brafieas. 



Both thefe are green-houfe plants in England, flowering 

 in the latter part of fummcr. The fecond is fold to be the 



moil hardy. , .,_,-. . 



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