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fuch ofFer.ce. And if any perfon, not being a comrnon 

 brewer, (hall retail beer at a higher price than after tlie 

 rate of 1 5«/. the quart, ale-houfe meafure, without obtaining a 

 licence as a common ale-houfe keeper, he fhall forfeit 50/. 

 over and above any other penalty for felling beer or ale 

 without fuch licence ; 42 Geo. III. c. 38. Entries fhall be 

 made by common brewers once a week, under penalty of 

 10/. ; and by innkeepers once a month on pain of 5/. ; and 

 alfo ale-houfe keepers, viftuallers, and other retailers, (hall do 

 the fame on penalty of 20s. Beer and ale above iSj. per 

 barrel fhall be deemed ftrong, and at iSs. and under, table 

 beer; 43 Geo. III. c. 81. The 42 Geo. III. c. 38. regu- 

 lates the price, &c. of table beer, and repeals as to this beer 

 22 Geo. in. c. 68. The penalty for feUing table beer at 

 more than the barrel price, exclufive of duty, is 100/. 



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

 memory of Mr. Samuel Brewer, a Wiltfhire botanift, the 

 companion of Dillenius in a botanical vifit to Wales, Angle- 

 fea, and the Ifle of Man, in 1726, and fubfequently one of 

 his moft valuable correfpondents, efpecially for the Crypto- 

 gamic department. Mr. Brewer fpent the latter part of his 

 life at Bradford, under the patronage of Dr. Richardfon, 

 and, according to Dr. Pulteney, was living in 1742. — 

 Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. 1.487. — Clafa and order, Pen- 

 tandrla Motwgynia. Nat. Ord. Campanacet, Linn. Con- 

 •volvuH, or Ccnvolvulacett, Juff. Br. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx in five deep fegments. Corolla funnel- 

 fliaped, plaited. Style deeply divided. Stigmas capitate. 

 Capfule of two cells, valvular, furrounded by the permanent 

 calyx. Seeds two in each cell. 



Thefe are difFiife kerbs, not milky ; thtW leaves undivided ; 

 JloTvers axillary, moftly folitary. The genus appears moft 

 akin to Parana, differing in habit, and in the unaltered calyx 

 of the fruit. 



1. B. linearis. Linear Breweria. Br. n. i — Villous. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, folded. Style equally divided 

 nearly to the bafe. — Gathered by Mr. Brown, in the tro- 

 pical part of New Holland. 



2. B. media. Intermediate Breweria. Br. n. 2 — Slightly 

 villous. Leaves lanceolate ; obtufe and fomewhat heart- 

 (haped at the bafe. Style divided half way, into two un- 

 equal fegments. — From the fame country. Br. 



3. B. pannofa. Woolly Breweria. Br. n. 3 Downy. 



Leaves ovate, fomewhat heart-(haped, denfely woolly. 

 Calyx unequal ; its outer fegments ovate, fomewhat pointed. 

 Style in two deep unequal divifions. — From the fame 

 country. Br. 



We know not whether there be any more fpecies in other 

 parts of the globe. 



BREWSTER, in Geography, a town of Barnflable 

 county, in the MafTachufetts, containing 1812 inhabitants. 

 BRIBIESCA, dele. 



BRIDELIA, in Botanj, a genus feparated from Cluytia 

 by Willdenow, and dedicated by him to the honour of the 

 great fyftematic mufcologift, Dr. Samuel El. Bridel. — 

 Willd. Sp. PI. v, 4. 978. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 

 444. — Clafs and order, Polygamia Monoecia, or rather 

 Monadelphia Pentandria. Nat. Ord. Tricoccx, Linn. ? 

 Euphorlit, Juff. ? 



Eff. Ch. Calyx inferior, in five deep fegments. Petals 

 five, inferted into the calyx. Stamens vrith a tubular, 

 columnar bafe. Styles two,' divided. Berr^' with two feeds. 

 Some flowers want the ftamens, fome others the germen. 



The fruit diflinguifhes this genus from Cluytia. (See 



that article.) Three fpecies only are defcribed,allEaft Indian. 



I. B. montana. Mountain Brideha. Willd. n. i. 



(Cluytia montana; Roxb. Corom, v. 2. 38. t. 171.)— Stem 



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ereifl, vn'thout thorns. Leaves obovate-eUiptical, entire, 

 fniooth — Native of Coromandel. On the interior moun- 

 tains it grows to a tree, but on the lower lands is only found 

 of a fmall fize. The Tehngas callit Pan/in^a. Roxb. The 

 TOooc? is reddifh, very hard. 5'/£to (hort and thick. Branthts 

 (lender, fpreading. Leaves numerous, alternate, two-ranked, 

 an incli and a half long, on fhort ftalks. Fktuers fmall, 

 crowded, axillary. Berry purple, globular, fucculent, the 

 fize of a pea. 



2. Yi.fcandens. Climbing Bridelia. Willd. n. 2. Ait. 

 n. I. (Cluytia fcandens ; Roxb» Corom. v. 2. 39. t. 173.) 

 — Stem fiirubby, chmbing, without thorns. Leaves oblong- 

 ovate, entire, acute ; Downy beneath. — Common on the 

 banks of rivers and water-courfes, on the coafl of Coro- 

 mandel, flowering in November and December, and called 

 by the Telingas Doonkyboora. Roxb. Stem climbing ; its 

 branches leafy, flowering at their pendulous extremities. 

 Leaves three inches long ; thofe which accompany fome of 

 the flowers dimini(hed almoft to bradeas. Berry oval, of a 

 rufty black, the fize of a horfe-bean. This fpecies was fent 

 to Kew in 1804, by colonel Hardwicke, F.L.S., fo well 

 known by his various communications, illuftrative of the 

 natural hiftory of India. 



3. Yy.fpinofa. Thorny Brideha. Willd. n. 3. (Cluytia 

 fpinofa ; Roxb. Corom. v. 2. 38. t. 172.) — Stem arborecus, 

 ereft, thorny. Leaves ovate, acute, entire, fmooth. — A 

 tree of confiderable fize found on the mountains along with 

 the firft fpecies, and called by the Telingas Cora-maun. 

 The bark is a ftrong aftringent ; wood hard and durable, 

 dark -coloured ; leaves eaten greedily by cattle, and faid to 

 deftroy worms in their bowels. Roxb. The leaves are three 

 or four inches long. Flonvers in terminal, or axillary, inter- 

 rupted y/!>;'/fcj. Berry black, the fize of a pea. 



BRIDGEND, 1. ult. r. The parifh of Newcaftle, higher 

 and lower, contains 157 houfes, the former having 40, and 

 the latter 117; and 640 inhabitants, the former including 

 171, and the latter 469. In the higher, the males are 84, 

 and females 87; in the lower, the males are 210, and 

 females 259. 



BRIDGENORTH, col. 2, 1. 9, add — In iSii the 

 borough of Bridgenorth contained 978 houfes, and 4386 

 perfons; 2006 being males, and 2380 females : 81 famihes 

 Employed in agriculture, and 870 in trade and manufaftures. 

 BRIDGEPORT, a townftiip of Pennfylvania, in 

 Fayette county, having 280 inhabitants. 



BRIDGESTOWN, a town of the diftrid of Maine, in 

 the county of Kennebeck, containing 214 inhabitants. 

 BRIDGE-TOWN, 1. 5, r. 882. 



BRIDGEWATER, col. 2, I.26, add— In 1811 the 

 borough of Bridgewater contained 857 houfes, and 4911 

 perfons; 2241 being males, and 2670 females : 87 families 

 employed in agricukure, and 570 in trade and manufaaurcs. 

 Bridgewater, in America, 1. 3, r. 1104; '■ 4' /"• 

 2906; 1. 5, r. 391 ; 1. 6, r. 5157 ; 1. 10, r. 1154.. Add- 

 Alfo, a townftiip of Luzerne county, m Pennfylvania, havmg 

 1 4 1 8 inhabitants. „ . „ ■ 



BRIDLINGTON, 1. ult. r. In 181 1 Bndbngton con- 

 tained 849 houfes, and 3741 inhabitants; i70<5 bemg 

 males, and 2035 females. . r » -j 



BRIDPORT,!. 39, add— In 1 8 1 1 the borough ot Bnd- 

 port contained 512 houfes, and 3567 perfons: 1532 bemg 

 males, and 2035 females : 20 families employed m agriculture, 

 and 600 in trade and manufaftures. 



Bridport, in America, 1. 3, r. ipo. -n ■ . » 



BRIGHTHELMSTON, 1. ult. r. In 181 1 Bnghtou 

 contained 2077 houfes, and .2,012 perfons; 5069 being 

 males, and 6043 females. 



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BRIGHTON, 



