CHE 



CHARTRES, 1. u, r. 48° 26' 54". E. long. 1° 



29' 35"- 



CHASE, in Sea-Language, col. 2, 1. 5, r. keeps the 



chafe. 



CHASSIS DE Galerie, r. Chasses, &c. 

 CHATHAM, col. 3, 1. 19 from -bottom, r. 2191 and 



Chatham, in America, 1. 5, r. 1334; 1-8, r. 208; 

 I. 12, after 1767, add — It contains 3258 inhabitants ; 1- 14, 

 after Newark, aAi — Alfo, a town of Morris county, in New 

 Jerfey, having 2019 inhabitants. — Col. 2, 1. 2, r. 12,877 ; 

 1. 3, /•• 3635 ; 1. 12, after contains, add 7553 ; 1. 13, r. 48. 



CHAUX de Fond, 1- 4, r. Locle ; 1. 6, /•. Locle. 



CHEESE, Chemical Properties of. See Milk. 



CHEESE-Pr-y}, col. 2, 1. 22, infert — Agriculture, Plate, &c. 



CHEILANTHES, in Botany, a genus of ferns, firft 

 diftino-uifhed from Adiantum, (fee that article in the pre- 

 fent volume,) by profefTor Swartz, and named from ;^!iXo;, 

 margin, and avSoc, a fiower, bccaufe the fruftification is 

 really inferted into the margin of the frond, not into the 

 fcales which conceal it. Such indeed was the idea hitherto 

 conceived of Adiiin'um ; but this not being the caie with 

 the original and belt-known fpecies, Capillus Veneris, the 

 generic appellation was properly allowed to remain with that 

 and its allies, under a correfted character. — Swartz Syn. 

 Fil. 126. t. 3. Willd. Sp. PI. V. 5. 455. Brown Prudr. 

 Nov. HoU. V. I. 155. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 526. Sm. 

 Prodr. Fl. GriEC. Sibth. v. 2. 278. Purfli 670. — Clafs and 

 order, Cryptogamia Filices. Nat. Ord. Filices annulate. 



Eft Ch. Capfules annulated, m diftinft marginal dots. 

 Involucrum of membranous, diftinft, inflexed fcales, fepa- 

 rating internally. 



Dr. Swartz defines fixteen fpecies ; profefTor WiUdenow 

 nineteen, the latter difpofing the whole in three feftions, 

 though marked as two only, according to an inaccuracy we 

 have often noticed in him. The following are fufScieiit 

 examples. 



Seel. I. Frond /imply pinnate. One fpecies. 



Ch. micropteris. Small Cheilanthes. Willd. n. I. Sw. 

 n. 1. 324. t. 3. f. 5. — Frond pinnate, linear ; leaflets hairy, 

 nearly orbicular, with wave -like notches. — Native of Quito. 

 Fronds narrow, a finger's length, with feveral, alternate, 

 flightly ftalked leaflets, about a line in diameter. 



Sett. 2. Frond doubly pinnate. Ten fpecies. 



Ch. pteroides. Pteris-like Cheihinthes. Willd. n. 2. Sw. 

 n. 12. Ait. n. i. (Adiantum pteroides ; Linn. Mant. 130. 

 Pteris orbiculata; " floutt. Nat. Hill. t. 96. f. 3.") — 

 Frond doubly pinnate ; lower branches fomewhat com- 

 pound ; leaflets ovate-elliptical, obtufe, rather heart-thaped, 

 finely crenate. Dots crov^rded. Coverings imbricated. 

 Common ftalk polilhed. — Native of the C.ipe of Good 

 Hope. A handfome fern, a foot or more in height, with 

 ■tout, black, ih'ming Jlalis, and firm dark-green leaflets, half 

 an inch long ; paler beneath. This and the following might 

 have been referred to the next feftion, 



CYi.fucfueokns. Aromatic Cheilanthes. WiUd. n. 5. Sw. 

 r.. 6. " Schkuhr Crypt. 116. t. 19." Sm. Fl. Grsec. Sibth. 

 t. 966, unpubliflied. ( Polypodium fragrans ; Linn. Mant. 

 307. Degfont. Atlant. v. 2. 408. t. 257. Petiv. Gazoph. 

 t. 73. f. 4.) — Frond doubly pinnate, fmooth ; lower branches 

 Kiore or Isfs compound ; leaflets ovate, obtufe, fomewhat 

 revolute. Common-ftalk thread-fhaped, roughifh v/ith /len- 

 der fcales. — Found on rocks and old v/alls in Barbary, Ma- 

 deira, Cyprus, &c. An elegant little ferr;, three or four 

 inches high, very fragrant when firft dried. The copious 

 hair-like tawny fcales of the flali are fometimes almoil 

 entirely wanting. 



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Ch. fragrans. Sweet -fcented Cheilanthes. Willd, r. 7- 

 Sw. n. 4. 325. t. 3. f. 6. Ait. n. 2 ? — Frond doubly pin- 

 nate, fmooth ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, obtufe, pinnatifid, 

 with incurved, partly cloven fegments. Common-ftalk 

 fomewhat hairy. — Native of the Eaft Indies, from whence 

 Kosnig fent fpecimcns, which remain unnamed in the Lin- 

 nsean herbarium. The Madeira plant, gathered by the fame 

 botanifl, is, as Dr. Swartz fufpefted, a different fpecies, 

 being the Polypodium fragrans of Linnrsus, our Ch.fuaveolens, 

 which is probably alfo Mr. Aiton's Ch. fragrant. The 

 Eaft Indian fern before us is excellently delineated by pro- 

 fefTor Swartz, and has a more oblongyroni/, with curioufly 

 pinnatifid leaflets, nor can thofe who have feen both fpecies 

 ever confoimd them. We are ur.acquainted with Ch. odora, 

 Willd. n. 6. 



Seft. 3. Frond triply or quadruply pir.r.ate. Eight fpecies. 



Ch. duhotoma. Forked Cheilanthes. Willd. n. 15. Sw. 

 n. 15. 335. t. 3. f. 7. — Frond three or four times pinnate, 

 fmooth ; leaflets three -lobed, obtufe, fomewhat crenate. — 

 Native of mountains in Quito. A fpan high, flender and 

 delicate, with alternate, wavy, almoft capillary branches, 

 and minute rcund-lobed leaflets. 



Ch. tenuifolia. Fine-leaved Cheilanthes. Willd. n. 16. 

 Sw. n. 13. 332. '* Schkuhr Crypt, t. 125." Br. n. i. 

 (Trichomanes tenuifolia ; Burm. Ind. 237. Dryopteris 

 campeftris ; Rumph. Amboin. v. 6. 74. t. 34. f. 2.) — Frond 

 triply pinnate, fmooth ; leaflets obovatc-cblong, flightly 

 crenate ; upper ones confluent. — Native of the Eaft Indies. 

 This has the habit of y)a^ranj- and its allies, but is much 

 larger. 



Ch. deallata. White-leaved Cheilanthes. Purfh n. 2. — 

 " Frond triply pinnate ; leaflets oval, diflinft, crenate or 

 emarginate at the end ; white beneath." — On rocks, on the 

 banks of the MifTouri, in July. A very delicate fmall fern, 

 much refcmbling Ch. tenuifolia. Purfh. 



CHEKIE, or Chequee, a Turkifh weight: that with 

 which gold, filver, diamonds, and precious ftones are weighed, 

 is divided into ioo drachms, and the drachm into 16 kiUots 

 or carats, cr 64 grains. A chequee weighs 10 oz. 5 dwts. 

 3 grs. troy weight ; and a drachm 49^ grs. ditto ; fo that 

 48 chequees ^41 lbs. troy nearly. Theokeis =4chequees, 

 or 400 drachms ; and the cheq\iee = 11 oz, avoirdupois. 

 The chequee of goats' wool is 800 Turkifh drachms, or 

 5 lbs. lo oz. avoirdupois ; the chequee of opium 250 

 Turkifh drachms = 27 oz. lodrs. avoirdupois. 



CHELMSFORD, col. 2, 1. 12 from the bottom, r. 

 4649 and 822. 



Chelmsford, in America, 1. 4, r. 1396. 



CHELSEA, in America, 1. 3, r. 594; 1. 8, r. 1327. 



CHELTENHAM, col. 2, 1. 19 from the bottom, r. 

 8325 ; 1. 12, /•. 1568. 



Cheltenham, a townfhip of Montgomery county, in 

 Pennfylvania, having 783 inhabitants. 



CHEMIN Creux, r. Ravine. 



CHENANGO, a county of New York, cor.taimng, by 

 the cenfus of 1810, 21,704 inhabitants, oi whom 13 are 

 flaves. 



CHEPSTOW, col. 4, 1. 48, for wall r. walk. Add— 

 The pariiTi of Chepftow contained, in iiSlJ, 421 houfcs, 

 and 2581 perfons; 1158 being males, and 1423 females. 



CHERAY, or Churay, a^veight in Perfia; the batman 

 of Churay being double the batman of Taurus, and weigh- 

 ing J 2 lbs. 4 oz. 13 drs. avoirdupois. 



CHERBOURG, \.uh. r. N.lat.49°38'3j". W.long. 

 i\37'i8". 



CHERRYFIELD, in Geography, a town ci Wafhing- 

 ton county, in the diftriifl of Maine, with 181 inhabitants. 



CHERRY- 



