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property, in 1810, amounted to 178,783 dollars. It has 

 two Baptift meeting-houfes, one for Congregationalifts, and 

 one for Quakers. The inhabitants are principally farmers. 



Burlington, a town of MaiTachufetts, in Middle- 

 fex county, containing 47 i inhabitants. — Alfo, a town of 

 Hartford county, in ConneAicut, having 1467 inhabitants. 

 — Alfo, a townfliip of Lycoming county, in Pennfylvania, 

 having 66 1 inhabitants. 



BURNING, Extraordinary Cafes of. Col. 3,1. II, 

 for of the head r. and the head ; 1. 5, for 332 r. 1690. 



BURNLEY, 1. ult. after contains, add — by the return 

 of 181 1, 807 houfes, and 4368 inhabitants; 3129 being 

 males, and 2239 females. 



BURRILLVILLE, a town of Rhode ifland, in the 

 county of Providence, containing 1S34 inhabitants. 



BURSARIA, in Botany, fo denominated by Cavanilles, 

 from burfa, a purfe ; becaufe the feed-veflel refembles that 

 of the common weed called Shepherd's-purfe. — Cavan. Ic. 

 V. 4. 30. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. 36. t— Clafs and order, 

 PcnlanJria Monogynia. Nat. Ord ,. 



Eff. Ch. Petals five, inferted into the receptacle. Cap- 

 fule fuperior, compreffed, of one cell, with four valves. 

 Seeds two, winged. 



I . B. fpinofa. Thorny Burfaria. Cavan. Ic. v. 4. 30. 

 t. 350. Ait. n. I. ( Itea fpinofa ; Andr. Repof. t. 314.) 

 — Native of New South Wales ; firft raifed in 1793, by the 

 late marchionefs of Rockingham. This is a thorny, bufhy, 

 green-houfe fhrub, flowering from Auguft to December. 

 The leaves are fcattered, feflile, narrow-wedgefhaped, emar- 

 ginate, fmooth, entire. Floivers numerous, white, fmall, 

 in copious, aggregate, terminal clufters, of confiderable 

 elegance. 



BURTON in Kendal, 1. ult. after contains, add— by the 

 return of 181 1, 94houfes, and574perfons ; 274 being males, 

 and 300 females. There is another townlhip, named Holme, 

 in the fame parifli, containing 43 houfes, and 283 perfons ; 

 137 being males, and 146 females. 



BuRTON-u/on-7V«;/, 1. 4 from the clofe, add — By the 

 return of 181 1, contains 785 houfes, and 3979 perfons; 

 1844 being males, and 2135 females. 



Burton, 1. 1, for Grafton r. Strafford ; for 143 r. 194. 

 Add — Alfo, a townfhip of Ohio, in the county of Geauga, 

 having 517 inhabitants. 



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

 memory of the late Mr. David Burton, a celebrated collector 

 of plants for the Kew garden, under the patronage of fir 

 Jofeph Banks. He died after a ihort flay in New South 

 Wales ; but Mr. Aiton's work evinces the great diligence 

 of this unfortunate traveller. Mr. Sahfbury's original Bur- 

 tonia proved an Hibbertia. ( See that ai-ticle. ) — Brown in 

 Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 3. 12. — Clafs and order, Decandria 

 Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Papilionaceie, Linn, Leguminofd, 

 Jufl". 



Eff. Ch. Calyx deeply five -cleft. Corolla papilionace- 

 ous, deciduous ; petals nearly of equal length. Germen 

 two-feeded. Style awl-fhaped, dilated at the bafe. Stigma 

 obtufe, beardlefs. Lgeume roundifh, fomewhat tumid. 

 Seeds without any appendage. Br. 



1. B. fcahra. Rough-leaved Bi'rt^jnia. Ait. n. 1. 



(Gompholobium fcabrum ; Sm. Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 9. 

 250.) — Leaves ternate. Calyx fmooth. Style bearded 

 beyond the middle. — Found by Mr. Menzies, on the fouth- 

 weft coail of New Holland ; and fent to Kew by Mr. Good, 

 in 1803. A green-houfe fhrub, flowering from May to 

 July. The leaves are ternate, feflile, linear, revolute, rough 

 to the touch. Floivers about the ends of the branches, 

 axillary, dull purple when dried. There is no account of 

 their natural colour. We do not perceive any important 

 difference in charafter, and there is none in habit, between 

 this plant and Gompholobium (fee that article) ; but the 

 unpublifhed fpecies may be more diflinft. 



BURY, 1. 10, after Peele, add — created a baronet in. 

 1800, who, about the year 1773 ; 1. 15, add — In the courfe 

 of his profperity he purchafed a feat at Chamber-hall, in the 

 neighbourhood, which he afterwards fold ; 1. 18, for Bolton 

 in Yorkfhire r. Bolton-le-Moors in Lancafhire ; 1. 23, r. 

 the wheel or fly-fhuttle, invented about one hundred years 

 ago by Mr. John Kay, who, on account of the pcrfecutioii 

 he fufFered on this accouat, was obliged to remove to 

 France, where he died ; and the card-making machine, for 

 making feveral cards at once, invented by Mr. Robert Kay, 

 the fon of the former, who died about the year 1804. This 

 machine ftraightens, &c. ; 1. 29, after Ihaft, add — and 

 touching neither the wire nor the leather. The woollen 

 manufaClures, confifting of flannels, blankets, and a variety 

 of other articles, were eflablifhed in this town long before 

 the introduftion of the cotton trade, and contributed in no 

 fmall degree to its profperity ; 1. 47, r. in 181 1, the number 

 of houfes in this tovv-nfliip was 1562, and the number of 

 inhabitants was 8762 ; 4219 being males, and 4J43 females. 

 The pai-ifh of Bury includes fix townrtups, viz. Bury, 

 Elton, Heap, Higher and Lower Toftington, and 

 Walmerfley. 



Bury St. Edmund's, col. 3, 1. 3, r. In sSll this bo- 

 rough had 1474 houfes, and 7986 inhabitants ; 3539 being 

 males, and 4447 females : 164 families employed in agri- 

 culture, and 966 in trade and manufaftures. 



BUSHEL. Add— See CoAL-i?«/7W and Weight. 



BUTE. The fhire of Bute, by the parhamentary return 

 in 1811, contains 2047 houfes, and 12,033 perfons; 5545 

 being males, and 6488 females: 1216 families employed 

 in agriculture, and 530 in trade, manufaftures, and handi 

 craft. 



BUTLER, r. BuTTEit, William. 



Butler, in Geography, a county of Pennfylvania, contain- 

 ing 7346 inhabitants. — Alfo, a townfhip of this county, 

 having 458 inhabitants.— Alfo, a townfhip of Ohio, in the 

 county of Columbiana, having 3 16 inhabitants. — Alfo, a 

 county of Kentucky, containing 2 18 J inhabitants, of whom 

 274 are flaves. 



BUTTER, Chemical Properties of. See Milk. 



BUXTON. In 181 1 the townlhip contained 

 houfes, and 934 inhabitants ; 447 being males, and 

 females. 



Buxton, a townfhip of America, 1. 5, /■. 2324. 



BYRAM, a town of New Jerfey, in the county 

 Effcx, having 1224 inhabitants. 



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