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hilc. Ether alfo diflblves this oily body ; but the folution is 

 mucli lefs bitter, and lighter coloured. From thefe and 

 other experiments, Vauquelin confiders cerumen as cotn- 

 poied of 



Albumen, 



An iufpifTated oil, 



A colouring matter, 



Soda and phofphate of lime. 



CESAR'S Creek, a townfliip of Greene county, in 

 Ohio, having 640 inhabitants. 



CETIC Acid, in Chemrjtry. A name given by Chevreul 

 to a fubftance obtained by faponifying fpermaceti. It may 

 be procured by adding an acid to a foap compofed of fper- 

 maceti and potadi. Cetic acid is a white folid fubftance, 

 w^ithout tafte or fmell. It melts at a temperature of about 

 113°, but does not cryftallize on cooling, a circumftance in 

 which it differs from fpermaceti. It is infoluble in water, 

 but boiling alcohol diflblves more than its weight of it, and 

 as the folution cools, the cetic acid feparates in brilliant 

 lamellar cryftals. The folution in alcohol reddens litmus. 

 It combines readily with the different falifiable bafes, and 

 forms falts or rather foaps, none of which appear to poffefs 

 any firiking properties. 



CETRARIA, in Botany, Achar. Syn. 226, a natural, 

 but not very eafily defined genus of Lkhenes, comprifing 

 eleven fpecies, among which are L.juniperinus, glaucus, niva- 

 lis, and ijlandicus of Linnaeus. See Lichenes, n. 19 in the 

 arrangement of Acharius. 



CEYLANITE, or Pleenaste. See Mineralogy, 

 Addenda. 



CHACE, col. 2, 1. 32, for vizier r. veneur. 



CH^TANTHUS, in Botany, from ;^;a.7.,, a bnjlle, and 

 a.t^oi;,aJlower. — Brown Prodr. Nov. HoU. v. I. 25 1. — Clafs 

 and order, Dioecia Triandr'ta. Nat. Ord. Rejliacea, Br. 



This genus is diftinguifhed from Leptocarpus (fee that 

 article ) by the undivided Jlyls, and the minute fetaceous 

 form of the inner fcales of the very Ihort calyx. The only 

 fpecies is 



I. C. kptocarpoldes, found by Mr. Brown, on the fouth 

 coafl of New Holland. 



CH^TODON, col. 2, 1. ult. for Japan r. Java. Add 

 — See Teuthis. 



Ch^TODon Arcuanus. Add — Perhaps from the Aroo 

 iflands among the Moluccas. 



CH.(ETOSPORA, in Botany, from x»-.1". a brijlle, and 

 a-vofx, a feed. — Brown Prodr. Nov. HoU. v. i. 232. — This 

 genus is founded by Mr. Brown, on thofe fpecies of the 

 Schoenus of Linnaeus, and other authors (fee that article), 

 v/hofe feed is fubtended by briftles, which are not fo long as 

 ihe fcales of the flower. Fifteen fpecies ai^e natives of various 

 parts of New Holland, one of which, C. lanata, Br. n. 4, is 

 Schoenus lanatus, Labill. Nov. Holl. v. i. 19. t. 20. The 

 reft appear to have been firll defcribed by Mr. Brown. 

 Schoenus comprejfus and rufus of Fl. Brit, belong to Chxto- 

 Jpora. See Rhynchospora for a genus fimilarly charac- 

 terifed. 



CHAIN, col. 2, 1. 4 from bottom, r. Plate XII. 



CHALK, French, r. See Slate. 



CHAMiEDOREA, in Botany, from j^a/^ai, dwarf, 

 and ojif'.a,, a gift, becaufe the lower part of the ftem 

 yields the flowers and fruit. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 800. Ait. 

 Hort. Kew. V. 5. 394. — Clafs and order, Dioeeia Hexandria. 

 Nat. Ord. Palm^. 



Eff. Ch. Male, Calyx deeply three-cleft. Corolla deeply 

 three-cleft. Rudiment of a ftyle longer than the ftamens. 

 Female, Calyx deeply three-cleft. Petals three. Neftary 

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three fcales, between the petals and germen. Styles three. 

 JJrupa iucculent, with one feed. 



I. Ch.gracilis. Slender Chamaedorea. Willd.n. i. Ait.n. i 

 (Boraffus pinnatifrons ; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. v. 2. 6ci 

 t. 247, 248.)— Native of the Caraccas and of Guiana. An 

 elegant palm, whofe truni is ten feet high, an inch in dia- 

 meter, very fmooth, crowned with alternate pinnate leaves, 

 two feet long, and fending out from near the bottom feveral 

 long, flender, aggregate fpiies, of numerous fmall yeUow 

 fowers ; the male ones longeft, and pendulous. Fruit fear- 

 let, the fize of a pea. 



CHAMiERAPHIS, from ^-l^o.., dwarf and ^«>.., a 

 needle, becaufe each of the little (hort partial flower-ftalks 

 bears a very long awn from near its apex— Brown Prodr. 

 Nov. HoU. V. I. i93._Clafs and order, Triandria Trigynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Gramina. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx of two valves, two-flowered ; the outer valve 

 very fmaU. CoroUa of two valves. Outer floret male, its 

 outer valve like the inner valve of the calyx : inner female, 

 fmaller, membranous. Scales two beneath the germen. 

 Stiginas feathery. Seed inclofed in the hardened coroUa. 



I. Ch. hordeacea. Br. n. i.— Gathered by Mr. Brown, 



m the tropical region of New HoUand A perennial grafs, 



with two-ranked, linear, ftraight leaves ; their Jipula rounded. 

 Spiie folitary, refembling Hordeum, with imbricated_y?owfr/, 

 in two ranks, parallel to the zigzag common-Jlalh, on (hort 

 partial flalks, each of which bears, from its infide, near the 

 top, a very long awn. It is clofely allied to Panicum 

 (fee that article), differing chiefly in having three Jlyks, 

 which indeed is extremely peculiar. 



CHAMBER, in ArchiteBurc, 1. 5 from the end, r. 

 ought not to be, &c. 



CHANCEFORD. Add— It contains 996 inhabitants. 



Chanceford, Lower, a townfliip of the fame county and 

 ftate, having 818 inhabitants. 



CHARLEMONT, a townfhip of America, 1. 3, r. 

 987. 



CHARLES County, 1. 4 and 5, r. 20,245, including 

 12,435 flaves. 



Charles City, \. 4, ;■. 5186, and 3023. 



Charles, St. Add — Alfo, a parilh of the German 

 coaft county, in the territory of Orleans, containing 3291 

 inhabitants, of whom 2321 are flaves. — Alfo, a diftrift in 

 Louifiana, containing 3505 inhabitants, including 271 

 flaves. 



CHARLESTON (2d article), 1. 5, r. 38,468, and 



33'7i4- 



Charleston (3d article), infcrt in 1. i — city; \. ult, 

 r. 1810, 24,711, and 11,671. 



CHARLESTOWN, I. 3.— The population is 5283 ; 

 the fenatorial [eleftors 669, by the cenfus of 1 8 10. Here 

 are two Prefbyterian or Dutch reformed churches, one for 

 Baptifts, one for Methodifts, and 30 fchool-houfes ; 1. 7, — 

 The number of inhabitants in 1810 was 28, including one 

 flave ; 1. 8, — The number of inhabitants is 1580 ; 1. 14, — The 

 population in 1810 was 1501 ; 1. 27, for 2000 r. 4959; 

 1.41, for 2022 r. 1174, including one flave. — Alfo, a 

 townfhip of Indiana, in Clark county, liavinij 11 inhabitants. 



CHARLETON, col. 2, I. 8, by the cenfus of rSlO, 

 the number of inhabitants was 1946, and of fenatorial elec- 

 tors 227 ; 1. 12, for 1965 r. 2180. 



CHARLOTTE, 1. 5, for 635 r. 1679. 



Charlotte, a county of Virginia, I. 3, for 10,078 r. 

 13,161, and for 4916 r. 7597. 



CHARLTON. Add — Alfo, a town of Worcefter 

 county, in Maffachufetts, having 21 So inhabitants. 



CHARTIER. Add— It contains 1747 inhabitants. 



3 H CHARTRES, 



