BOW 



to the S.E. of HiUeh, the fcite, as it is conjeaured of 

 ancient Babylon. On the road from hence to Me&ed Ab, 

 or NejifF, is the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel, ^vhere they 

 pretend to (hew the fiery furnace of bhadrach, Mefhech, 

 and Abednego. It is a large clumfy buMng, without 

 beauty or ornament ; and, like the tomb of Ezra, on the 

 banks of the Tigris, a fhort way above Korna, is much 

 frequented by Jewifh pilgrims. j , aa c IT 



BOUVARDIA, in Botany, fo named by Mr. baUl- 

 bury, n> memory of Charles Bouvard M D formerly 

 fuperintendant of the gai'den at Paris.-Salifc. Parad. 88. 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. v. I. 245.— Clafs and order, letrandrta 

 Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Rubiace^, Juff. ^ 



Eff Ch. Calyx in four deep fegments, with mter- 

 mediate teeth. Corolla tubular. Anthers within the tube. 

 Capfule of two feparable cells, with numerous bordered 



feeds. . . 



I. B. triphylla. Three -leaved Bouvardia. Ait. n. i. 

 Sahib. Parad. t. 88. (Houftonia coccinea ; Andr. Repof. 

 t. 106. Ixora americana ; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. v. 3. 4. 

 t. 257. I. ternifolia; Cavan. Ic. v. 4. 3. t. 305.)— 

 Native of Mexico. Introduced by fir Jofeph Banks in 

 1794, and now become common in the Englifti gardens, 

 where, if planted againft the front of a green-houfe, it will 

 ftand our ordinary winters, flowering from Midfummer 

 till the end of autumn. The Jlem is from one to two feet 

 high, fhrubby, branched, downy when young. Leaves 

 ufually three in a whorl, ovato-lanceolate, varying in 

 breadth, entire, rough-edged, nearly feffile. Floivers an 

 inch long, bright fcaflct, in denfe, terminal, forked panicles, 

 very abimdant, and extremely (howy, though deftitute of 



fcent. . 



BOW, 1. uU., r. The parifh contains i49houies, and 727 

 perfons ; 329 being males, and 398 females. 



Bow, in America, 1. 4, r. 729. 



BOWDOIN, 1. ;///., for 983 r. 1649. 



BOWDOINHAM, 1. uk., for 455 r. 1412. 



BOWLESIA, in Botany, fo named by the authors of 

 the Flora Peruviana, in honour of Mr. William Bowles, a 

 native of Ireland, who pubhihed at Madrid, in 1775, an In- 

 troduClion to the Natural Hiftory of Spain, making a 4to. 

 volume of 529 pages, in the Spanifti language. This work 

 has been tranflated into French and Italian. The author 

 died in Spain in 1780 — Sprengel Prodr. 24. Spec. 

 Umbell. 13. — Clafs and order, Paitandrla Dlgynla. Nat. 

 Ord. Umlelliferd:. 



Eir. Ch. Fruit ovate, quadrangular, briilly ; concave at 

 the back. Umbel fimple. 



The author enumerates three certain fpecies in his Pro- 

 dromus. 



1. B. palmata, of Ruiz and Pavon, of which he gives 

 no charafter or defcription. 



2. B. lobata, of the fame, " Fl. Peruv. v. 3. t. 251, B." 

 Spreng. Sp. Umb. 13. — Somewhat hairy. Leaves lobed, 

 ribbed ; abrupt at the bafe ; lobes entire, pointed. Foot- 

 ftalks elongated. Flower-ftalks axillary, mo illy folitary. 

 Tendrils none. — Native of the loftiell mountains of Peru. 

 Herb flender, green, with foine fcattered ftarry pubefcence. 

 Leaves oppofite, an inch broad, half an inch long, iive- 

 ribbed, on flender zigzag footjlalks about a finger's length. 

 Stipulas membranous, linear, in pairs. Flower-fialks about 

 two hues long, reflexed after flowering, xheJUpulas ferying 

 as an involucrum. Petals five, cream-coloured. Fruit in 

 pairs, folid, ribbed at the back, clothed with ilarry hairs. 



3. B. incana, of the fame, " Fl. Peruv. v. 3. t. 268, A." 

 Spreng. Spec. Umb. 13. t. 5. f. lO. — Hoary. Leaves 

 kiduey-fliaped, lobed, notched ; heart-fhaped at the bafe. 



BRA 



Flower-ftalks axillary, aggregate. Tendrils axillary. — 

 Native of Peru and Brazil. Our fpecimen was gathered 

 in the laft-mentioned country, by Commerlon, and is larger 

 than Sprengel's figure, being a foot long, though incom- 

 plete. This fpecies feems nearly allied to the laft. We 

 difcover no tendrils in our fpecimen. 



4. B. genlculata. Spreng. Spec. Umb. 14. t. 5. f. 11. 

 (Peucedanum geniculatum ; Forft. Prodr. 22. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. V. I. 1408.) — Smooth. Leaves nearly orbicular, 

 crenate ; wedge-fhaped and entire at the bafe. Umbels 

 terminal, many-flowered. — Native of New Zealand. Stem 

 profl:rate, branched. Leaves not half an inch broad. 

 Umbels compound. Fruit unknown. This feems to us a 

 very doubtful Botvlefta, and is referred hither merely on 

 account of fonie refemblance of habit. 



BOWLING-GrtOT, in Geography. Add— Alfo, a town- 

 fhip of Ohio, in the county of Licking, having 379 inha- 

 bitants. 



BOXBOROUGH, 1. 2, for 412 r. 388. 

 BOXFORD, 1. ult., for 925 r. 880. 

 BOYLSTON, 1. ult., for 839 r. 802. 

 BoYLSTON, IVeJl, a town of the fame ftate and county, 

 having 632 inhabitants. 



BOZilAH. Add — It contains 960 inhabitants. 

 BRACCIO, plur. Bracci, a meafure for cloth in Italy. 

 BRACHIONUS. Add— See Vermes and Wheel- 

 Anlmals. 



BRACHYSEMA, in Botany, fo named by Mr. Brown, 

 from $^cix"'i fiort, and ar.ij.x, a Jlandard, alluding to a 

 ftriking part of the generic charafter. — Brown in Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. V. 3. 10. — Clafs and order, Decandrla Mono- 

 gynia. Nat. Ord. Paplllonaceit, Linn. Lcgumlnofa: , Jufl^ 



Efl". Ch. Calyx nearly equally five-cleft ; with a fwell- 

 ing tube. Corolla papilionaceous ; ftandard ihorter than 

 the comprefled keel, which is equal to the wings. Stalk 

 of the geriTjen minutely flieathed. Style thread-lhaped, 

 elongated. Legume tumid, with many feeds. 



I. B. latlfollum. Broad-leaved Brachyfema. Ait. n. i. 

 Curt. Mag. t. 2008. — " Leaves ovate, flat. Standard 

 oblong-obovate." — Sent by Mr. Good, in 1803, from the 

 fouth-weit coaft of New Holland, where it was alfo ga- 

 thered by Mr. Brown. A hardy green-houfe procumbent 

 or pendulous Jhrub, eafily propagated by cuttings, and 

 flowering in the fpring. Flowers fcarlet, very handfome, 

 axillary, nearly fefllle, folitary, fometimes two or three 

 together, their fmall acute Jlandard yellow at the bafe ; 

 lulngs and keel full an inch fong. 



There appear to be other fpecies, not yet introduced 

 into the gardens. 



BRACKEN, in Geography, a county of Kentucky, 

 having 3451 inhabitants, of whom 295 are flaves. 



BRADFORD, col. 2, 1. 11, ;-. Ip 181 1, the houfes in 

 the hundred of Bradford were 1766, and the number of 

 perfons was 9435; 4269 being males, and 5166 females. 

 The parifh of Gi"eat Bradford contained 548 houfes, and 

 29S9 perfons. 



Bradford, in Yorkrtiire, 1. 12. The parifh of Bradford 

 contains 13 townlhips, and in 181 1 the townfhip of Eaft 

 and Well Bradford contained 1574 houfes, and 7767 per- 

 fons : Eail Bradford having 725 houfes, and 3559 perfons; 

 1 663 being males, and 1 896 females : and Well Bradford 

 having 849 houfes, and 4208 perfons; 1986 being males, 

 and 2222 being females. 



Bradford, Eajl and Wejl. Add — the former contained, 

 in 1810, 1003, awd the latter 1 2 1 9 inhabitants. 



Bradford, 1. 4, r. 1369; 1. 9, r. 1034; 1. 12, r. 

 1302. 



BRADYPUS, 



