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beblig, in which it is fituated, contained looo houfes, and 

 4595 persons; iiiz. 1982 males, and 2613 females. 



Caernarvon, a townfhip of America, &c. 1. 2, add — 

 containing 1084 inhabitants.— Alfo, a townfnip of Berks 

 county, in Pennfylvania, having 723 inhabitants. 



CAERNARVONSHIRE, 1. 17, r. In 1811 this 

 county contained 9369 houfes, and 49,336 perfons ; -viz. 

 23,379 males, and 25,957 females: 6667 families employed 

 in agriculture, and 2687 in trade and manufadures. 



CAERWENT. Add— The pari(h of Caerwent, in 181 i, 

 contained 60 houfes, and 375 perfons ; viz. 206 males, and 

 169 females. 



CAERWYS. Add — In 18 11, the parilh of Caervvys 

 contained 209 houfes, and 863 perfons ; w'z. 416 males, and 

 447 females. 



CiESARIA, r. CoHAWzY. 



CjESIA, in Botany, dedicated by Mr. Brown to the 

 memory of Frederico Csefio, a young Roman nobleman, 

 illuftrious for the patronage and cultivation of fcience, 

 efpecially of natural hiftory, who founded the academy of 

 the Lync/ii at Rome in 1 603. This was the firft inilitution 

 of the kind, and is celebrated in various authors of that day. 

 The great Galileo was among its members, as well as that 

 indefatigable botanift Fabio Colonna, better known by his 

 Latin appellation, Columna. This inftitution died v,-ith its 

 noble founder, in 1630 ; bat the fcientific affociations of 

 Italy, and thence of all Europe, have fprung from its afhcs. 

 — Brown Prodr. Nov. HoU. v. I. 277. — Clafs and order, 

 Hexandr'ta Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Coronarie, Linn. AJpho- 

 Mi, Juff. AJphodekie, Br. 



Eff. Ch. Corolla in fix deep, equal, fpreading fegments, 

 deciduous. Filaments beardlefs, contrafted at each end. 

 Anthers attached by their cloven bafe. Germen of three 

 cells, with two feeds in each. Style thread-lhaped. Stigma 

 one. Capfule fcarcely valvular ; tumid and lobed at the 

 fummit ; or club-fhaped. Seeds tumid, with an appendage 

 to the fear. 



Herbs generally annual, fmooth. Root of cluftered, thick 

 fibres, or oblong knobs. Lea-ves graffy. Clujlers either 

 divided or fimple, with aggregate or folitary flower-italks, 

 jcjinted under the corolla. Flonvers whitilh, or blue, ereft, 

 rarely drooping. Corolla becoming fpiral after flowering, 

 and foon falling off entire. Anthers yellow. 



This genus approaches the Phalangium of Juffieu, but 

 differs abundantly in the ftruclure oi \he germen Tiuiljheds. 



i.C.vtttata. Striped Csfia. Br. n. i. — Flowers droop- 

 ing. Stamens pendulous, with parti-coloured filaments. 

 Clufters divided or fimple. Leaves flattifli. Bulbs faf- 

 ciculated. — Gathered by Mr. Brown at Port Jackfon, and 

 Van Diemen's land. 



C. parviflora. Small-flowered Cjefia. Br. 



2. 



n. 2.- 



Flowers ereft. Filaments fimple-coloured. Cluflers pani- 

 cled. Root fibrous. — From the fame countries. 



3. C. occidentalis. V/'eft-coaft CafiaJ Br. n. 3. — 

 Flowers ereft. Filaments fimple-coloured. Clufl:ers fcarcely 

 divided. Leaves thread-fliaped, channelled. — Found by 

 Mr. Brown, in the fouth-well part of New Holland. 



4. C. corymbofa. Unbranched Casfia. Br. n. 4. — Com- 

 mon flower-ftalk radical, unbranched. Corymb' of few 

 flowers. Leaves flattifli. — Native of the fouth coafl; of 

 New Holland, and of Van Diemen's land. 



5. C. lateriflora. Lateral-flowered Csfia. Br. n. 5. — 

 Stem much branched, fcaly. Flowers lateral, drooping, 

 moftly folitary. Capfule club-fhaped, pendulous, generally 

 fmgle-feeded. — Gathered by Mr. Brown, in the tropical 

 part cf New Holland. The Jilaments are roughifli, and the 



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habit, iiiflorefcence, and capfule differ greatly from all tli<. 

 other fpecies. Brown. 



CAFFISE, or Cahiz, in Commerce, a meafure for corn 

 in Spain, containing 12 fanegas. See Fanega. 



CAFFISO, a meafure for oil in Sicily, weighing 125 

 rotoU, or about 24 lbs. avoirdupois. 



CAHOKIA, in Geography, a townfhip of St. Clair 

 county, in the Illinois country, with 7 1 1 inhabitants. 



CAJEPUT Oil, I. 2,— leaves of a fpecies of the Mela- 

 leuca, a tree, &c. 



CAITHNESS. By the parhamentary returns of 181 1, 

 the fliire of Caithnefs contained 4301 houfes, and 23,419 

 perfons; viz. 10,608 males, and 12,811 females: 3270 

 families employed in agriculture, and 838 in trade and manu- 

 fafturcs. 



CAKILE, in Botany, an Arabic name, ufed by Serapio. 

 — Tourn. Cor. 43. t. 483. Ga:rtn. v. 2. 287. 1. 141. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. V. 3. 416. Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 4. 71. — 

 Clafs and order, Tetradynamia Siliculofa. Nat. Ord. Sdt- 

 quofie, Linn. Crucifera, Jufl". 



Eff. Ch. Pouch of two fingle-feeded joints ; feed of the 

 uppermoft: ereft, feffile ; of the lower pendulous. 

 Obf. The lower joint is occafionally abortive. 

 This genus is the real Bunias of Linnaeus, nor can we fee 

 why that name (hould be changed for the barbarous Cakile, 

 though we agree with Mr. Brown in removing hither feveral 

 fpecies of Myagrum, as in the Prodr. Fl. Grxc. 



CALABOSO, in Geography, a town of South America, 

 in Venezuela, fituated between two rivers, viz. Guarico to 

 the W. and Orituco to the E. which unite their waters four 

 or five leagues below the town. It is fituated in a hot 

 climate, in N. lat. 8° 40', 52 leagues S. of Caraccas, and at 

 about the fame diftance N. of the Oronoko, and in the year 

 1804 its population amounted to 4800 perfons. 



CALADENIA, in Botany, from KOiXoc, har.dfome, and 

 ci-^r.-i, a gland, alluding to the beautiful rows of glands on the 

 lip — Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 323. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. V. 5. 203. (Arethufa ; Sm. Exot. Bot. v. 2. t. 104.) 

 — Clafs and order, Gynandria Monandrta. Nat. Ord. 

 Orchidee. 



Eff. Ch. Upper calyx-leaf rather flattened ; two lower, 

 with the petals, deflexed under the lip, flat ; all p'andular at 

 the back. Lip fomewhat fl;alked, with rows of glands on 

 its di/k. Style winged. Anther a moveable lid. Pollen 

 powdery. 



An elegant tribe of fmall herbaceous plants, clothed with 

 glandular, intermixed with fimple, hairs. Bulbs undivided, 

 terminating the defcending bafe of the Item, inclofed in a 

 fcaly coat. L-eaf folitary, nearly radical, mofl;ly linear, 

 enclofed by a flieath at the bafe. Stalk bearing one braSea, 

 befides thofe immediately accompanying the one, two, or 

 three inodorous, varioufly-coloured, Jlonuers. Anther mofl 

 frequently pointed. 



Mr. Brown defines thirteen genuine fpecies, from various 

 parts of Nevr Holland. Thele have, as it were, ringent 

 Jlowers, the petals nearly equal to the two lower calyx-leaves, 

 and forming with them an under lip, while the upper confifts 

 of the upper leaf of the calyx, not quite fo flat as the refi^. 

 To thefe are fubjoined two fpeciej, whofe pet<ds are very 

 long, narrow, and direfted upwards ; and to thefe, as pof- 

 fibly a difl;inft genus, the name of Leptoceras is given. 



Of the true Caladenix, the firfl; only, C. alba, has been 

 brought alive to England, by Mr. Geo. Caley in 1810, and 

 is marked by Mr. Aiton as a green-houfe plant, flowering in 

 July and Auguft. — The fifth fpecies, C. alata, is probably 

 Arethufa catenata, Sm. Exot. Bot. v. 2. 89. t. 104. 



CALADIUM, a name ufcd by Rumphius, for fome 



kir.ds 



