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CHERRY-TREE, a towndiip of Venango county, in 

 Pennfylvania, having 391 inhabitants. 



CHE3HAM. Theparifti of Chefham, in 181 1, con- 

 tained 417 houfes, and Z071 perfons ; 924 being males, 

 and 1 147 females. 



CHESHIRE, col. 2, 1.4 from the bottom, r. 41,187 

 and 227,031. 



Cheshire. By the returns of i8ir, Afhton-upon-Merfcy 

 in this county, and in a parifti of the fame name (omitted in 

 its alphabetical arrangement), appears to have then contained 

 156 houfes, and 918 perfons; 467 being males, and 451 

 females. 



Cheshire, in America, deL- 1. 5 and 6, and add — and 

 40,988 inhabitants. 



Cheshire, atownfliip, &c. 1. 3, add — containing 13 15 in- 

 habitants. At the clofe, add — It contains 2288 inhabitants. 



CHESNUT Hill. Add— containing 11 28 inhabitants. 



CHEST, in Anatomy, 1. 2, infert — Lungs. 



Chest cf Viols, dele Six-stringed Base. 



CHESTER, col. 6, 1. 17. In 181 1, the city of Chefter 

 contained 3296 houfes, and 16,140 perfons; 7007 being 

 males, and 9133 females: 397 famihes employed in agri- 

 culture, and 2296 in trade and manufaftures. 



Chester, in Nova Scotia, 1. 8, r. 1534; 1. 13, r. 2030; 

 1. 17, r. 2370 ; 1. 30, after afliftants, add — It contains 1056 

 perfons ; 1. 32, r. 40 ; 1. 33, r. 39,596 : 1. 34, r. 7 ; 1. 57, 

 r. 11,479; 1. 58, r. 2743. ^^ ^^^ clofe, add — Alfo, a 

 town of Chnton county, in Ohio, having 1254 perfons. — 

 Alfo, a town of Burlington, in New Jerfey, having 1839 

 inhabitants. — Alfo, a town of Morris county, in New 

 Jerfey, having 1 1 75 inhabitants. — Alfo, a borough of Chef- 

 ter county, in Pennfylvania, having 47 1 inhabitants. 



Chester, Wejl, a county of New York, containing 

 30,272 inhabitants, of whom 982 are flaves. 



CHESTERFIELD, col. 2, \.ult. In 181 1 the pariih 

 of Chefterfield contained 95 1 houfes, and 4476 perfons ; 

 2025 being males, and 2451 females. 



Chesterfield, 1. 3, r. 1408; 1. 7, r. 1839; 1. 15, — It 

 contains 5564 inhabitants, of whom 1639 are (laves; 1. 17, 

 r. 9979, and 60 1 J. Add — Alfo, a town of Burhngton 

 couHtv, in New Jerfey, having 1839 inhabitants. 



CHESTER-LE-STREET. 'in 181 1, the townfhip 

 of Chefter -le-Street contained 245 houfes, and 1726 perfons; 

 800 being males, and 926 females. 



CHESTERVILLE, a town of the diftria of Maine, 

 in the county of Kennebeck, with 430 inhabitants. 



CHETWERT, and Chetwerick, two corn meafures 

 in Ruffia ; the former or cool being 2 ofmins = 4 pajacks 

 = 8 chetwericks = 64 garnitzy. The latter meafures 

 1555.92 cubic inches, and contains 5I Wir.chcftcr gallons 

 nearly. In bufinefs the ufual calculation is, that 100 chet- 

 werts produce 72 quarters, and I chetwert 5! bufhels, Win- 

 chefter meafure. 



CHIASTOLITE. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 



CHICHESTER, in Geography. In 1811, the city of 

 Chichefter contained 1083 houfes, and 6425 perfons; 2878 

 being males, and 3547 females. 



Chichester, Upper and Lower. Add — The former 

 contains 437, and the latter 511 inhabitants. 



Chichester, 1. 4, r. 951. 



CHILISQUAQUE. Add— Northumberland county, 

 baving 1505 fnhabitants. 



CHILLI KOTHE. Add— By the cenfus of iSio, it 

 contained 1^60 inhabitants. 



CHILMARK, 1.3, r. 723. 



CHILODIA, in Botany, perhaps from j;!i>of, in allufion 

 to its longer and more confpicuous lip. — Brown Prodr. 



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Nov. Holl. V. I. 507.— Clafs and order, Didynamia Osmno. 

 fpermia. Nat. Ord. FerticillaU, Linn. Labiali, Juff. Br. 

 Eff. Ch. Calyx two-lipped, with a pair of appendages ;' 

 tube ftriated ; upper lip undivided, with an interior tranf- 

 yerfe rib ; lower divided half way. Corolla ringent ; upper 

 lip (horteft, undivided ; lower with a large cloven central 

 lobe. Anthers pointlcfs, deeply cloven at the bafe. 



1. Q\\. fcutellariana. Br. n. i — Gathered by Mr. Brown 

 at Port Jackfon, New South Wales. A little fhrub, agree- 

 ing with Projlanthera in habit, but differing in calyx and 

 anthers. The leaves are linear, revolute. Floivers axillary, 

 foUtary, (lalked. We venture to rid the fpecific name of 

 its termination, o'ldcs, wliich might be done with advantage 

 in many other fimilar inftances. 



CHILOGLOTTIS, from j;!iXof, a lip, and yXi^ry., the 

 tongue, alluding to the tongue-fhaped appendage to the lip. 

 — Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 322 — Clafs and order, 

 Gynandria Monandria. Nat. Ord. Orchideg. 



Eff. Ch. Calyx ringent ; two lower leaves under the 

 hp, channelled, with cyUndrical points. Lip llalked ; 

 glandular in the difk ; with a tongue-fhaped appendage at 

 the bafe. Column cloven at the top. Anther a terminal 

 permanent lid ; the cells clofe together. Maffes of pollea 

 two in each cell, powdery, comprefTed. 



I. Ch. diphylla. — Native of Port Jackfon, New South 

 Wales. Bulbs folitary, naked, terminating the defcending 

 caudex. Herb fmooth. Leaves two, oval, many-ribbed, 

 flieathed at the bafe. Flower folitary, reddifli, with a foli- 

 tary braSea half way up the ftalk-. Akin to Cyrtostylis 

 and Pterostylis. Brown. See thofe articles. 



CHIMBORAZO, I. 9, add— according to Humboldt, 

 its fummit is 21,430 feet above the level of the fea ; and 

 confequently a great part is above the circle of perpetual 

 congelation, which, in this latitude alinoft under the line, is 

 fituated higher than the fummit of Mont Blanc. 



CHINA, col. 3, 1. 19 from the bottom, r. Mandlhurs. 

 Col. 24, I. 4, r. fticks or poles. 



CHIODECTON, mBotany, from x'''''''if"OW, and Jjpco/iai, 

 to receive, alluding to the whitenefs of the warts or aggre- 

 gate receptacles. — Achar. in Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. 1 2. 43. 

 t. 3. — A genus of cruftaceous Lichens, found on the barks 

 of trees in South America, thus defined. 



Eff. Ch. Warts convex, of the fubftance of the cruft. 

 Receptacles numerous, imbedded in the warts, globular, 

 aggregate, black, powdery throughout. 



Two fpecies are defcribed, Ch. fphtreJe, f. 2, ai\dferiale, 



f-3- 



CHIPPENHAM, 1. 30,— In 1811, the borough and 



parifli contained 668 houfes, and 3410 perfons; r/';. 1580 



being males, and 1830 females; 145 families employed in 



agriculture, and 652 in trade and manufactures. 



CHITTENDEN, 1. 6, r. 1810; 1. 24, r. 1S20. At 

 the clofe, add — It contains 446 inhabitants. 



CHLOANTHES, in Botany, x^''--'^'--> ''^"'"Jg S^"" > 

 from the colour affumed by the pale yellow corolla in drjing, 

 as is the cafe with the primrofe — Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. 

 v. 1. 513. — Clafs and order, Didynamia Angiofpermia. 

 Nat. Ord. Perfonais, Linn. Vitices, Juff. Gen. Ferte- 

 nace^, Juff. Br. 



Elf. Ch. Calyx bell-(haped, equally five-cleft. Corolla 

 tubular, ringent ; tluoat dilated ; upper lip cloven ; lower 

 in three deep fegments, the middle one longeft. Stamens 

 prominent. Stigma cloven, acute. Drupa dry. Nuts 

 two, each of three cells ; two lateral cells lingle-feeded ; 

 middle one abortive, obliterated. 



Downy Jhrubs, with oppofite, fimple, decurrent, bnear, 



bhllerv leaves. Stalks axillary, folitary, fingle-flftwered, 



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