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fomewViat rhomboid ; upper elliptic -lanceolate. Stalks with 

 few flowers. — Native of the fame country. Mr. Brawn. 



4. Ch. triloba. Three-lobed Chorizema. Sm. n. 2. 

 ( Podolobium trilobum ; Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 3. 9. Curt. 

 Mag. t. 1477. Pultenaea ihcifolia ; Andr. Repof. t. 320.) 

 — Leaves oppofite, fomewhat haftate ; entire or toothed, 

 fpinous. Clufters axillary, (horter than the leaf. Germen 

 filky. — Found near Port Jackfon, New South Wales. (See 

 Podolobium. ) Young branches and leaves downy. Flowers 

 copious, yellow, with a red radiating fpot, and red heel, tlie 

 latter nearly as long as the wings. 



5. Q\\. fcandens. Climbing Chorizema. Sm. 11.3. — 

 Leaves nearly oppofite, elliptical, undivided. Clufters ter- 

 minal, elongated. Calyx rather hairy. — Found by Dr. 

 White, at Port Jackfon. Stem twining. Flowers in loofe 

 pendulous clufters, yellow variegated with red. 



6. Ch. fericea. Silky-leaved Chorizema. Sm. n. 4. — 

 Leaves moftly alternate, elliptical. Clufters axillary, the 

 length of the leaves. Calyx filky. Standard narrow. — 

 Gathered by Mr. Menzies, at King George's found. Stem 

 twining. Leaves more fdky at the back than in C. fcandens ; 

 flowers thrice as large as in that fpecies. 



7. Ch. coriaeca. Leathery-leaved Chorizema. Sm. n. y. 

 — Leaves roundifti-elliptical, abrupt, coriaceous, fcattered. 

 Umbels axillary, ftalked. Calyx hairy. — From the fame 

 country. A ftout, upright, ngldjlirub. Leaves beautifully 

 veiny ; fdky beneath. Umbels on fdky ftalks, much ftiorter 

 than the leaves. 



CHOUT, denotes in India a fourth part ; and the 

 Mahratta chout is a fourth of the revenues, exafted as 

 tribute by the Mahrattas. 



CHOWAN, 1. 3, r. 5297 and 2789. 



CHRISTCHURCH. In 181 1 the borough and ftreet 

 contained 303 houfes, and 1553 perfons; 682 being males, 

 and 871 females. 



CHRISTIAN, a county of Kentucky, containing 10,889 

 inhabitants, of whom 1708 are flaves. 



Christian d'Or, a Danifti gold coin, current in Hol- 

 ftein fince 1775, worth about 13 marks lubs, or 26 marks 

 Danifh currency. 



CHRISTIANA. Add— By the cenfus of 18 10, it 

 contained 6698 inhabitants, 47 being flaves. 



CHRISTINA, Santa, — for Christiania r. Chris' 



TIANA. 



CHRISTOPHER'S, St., col. 2, 1. 13 from bottom, 

 r. W. long. 63° 43'. 



CHROMATE of Iron. See Mineralogy, Mdenda. 



CHROME, or Chromium, in Chemiflry, the name of a 

 metal. (See Chrome.) Since that article was written, 

 however, fome fafts have been afceitained refpefting this 

 metal and its compounds, which deferve to be briefly men- 

 tioned here. 



Chrome feems capable of combining with three different 

 proportions of oxygen, and of forming three oxyds, the 

 green, the brown, and the yellow or chromic acid. The green 

 oxyd may be formed by expofing chromic acid to heat in 

 clofe veffels, by which means a portion of the oxygen is 

 expelled. It may be alfo formed in other modes, as by pre- 

 cipitation ; in which cafe it has a dark green colour, and 

 contains water. In this ftate it readily diflblves in acids, 

 but if expofed to a heat a httle below rednefs, it becomes 

 Ignited, diminifties in bulk, and its colour changes to a 

 lighter green. It is now no longer foluble in acids, though 

 it has loft no weight. The brown oxyd may be formed by 

 diflolving the above green oxyd in nitric acid, evaporating 

 the folution to drynefs, and expofing the dry raafs to heat, 

 till it ceafes to give out nijrous fumes. A brown brilliant 



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powder remains, which is foluble in alkalies but not in acids. 

 It is not improbable, that this will be found hereafter to be 

 a fubnitrate inftead of an oxyd. Chromic acid, the third 

 oxyd of chromium, is eafily reduced to the ftate of green or 

 protoxyd, by llie adlion of falphuretted hydrogen, fulpbur- 

 eous acid, and protoxyds of iron, copper, and tin. 



The chromates have been already delcribed. The chromale 

 of lead is the only one much ufed, which has been lately 

 employed as a paint with great fuccefs. 



CHRONOLOGY, Chronological Table, 

 B.C. 710, S&nnacherib's army deftroyed, &c. Col. 9, 

 1. 20, r. eclipfe of the fun ; for 549 r. 558, Daniel, &c. 

 Col. II, 1. 38, r. Perfians; 1. 41, r. 466. Col. 12, 1. 2, r. 

 Hellanicus. Col. 18, 1. penult., infert — at. Col. 22, 1. 2, 

 after k'ngdom, infert — of Cyrene. Col. 29, 1. 33, r. Macri- 

 nus ; 1. 35, ditto. Col. 30, 1. ult. r. Hierocles. Col. 34, 

 1. 24, for one r. that ; I. 45, r. Anien. Col. 38, 1. 3 from 

 the bottom, add — at Rome. Col. 39, 1. 49, r. 206. Col. 41 , 

 1. 60 and 61, i/f/(? Charlemagne, &c. Col. 46, 1. 27 and 28 

 dele. Col. 47, 1. 7 from the bottom, for Frederic r. Ladif- 

 laus II. Col. 52, 1. 2, for Babylon r. Egypt ; 1. 9, 

 ditto; 1. 21, dele 1298; 1. 27, dele the Ottoman empire 

 be^an. Col. 55, 1. 21, 22, dele. Col. 58, 1. 32, dele Brazil 

 dilcovered ; 1. J i , for 800 r. 780 ; 1. 64, for North r. 

 South. Col. 59, 1. 53, r. Navaro. Col. 63, 1. 21 dele; 

 1. 61, after Palladio, add — 'Frobiflier fails for Greenland, 

 and again in the following year. See Frobisher ; 1. 63, 

 after 1580, infert — fee Drake. Col. 64, 1. 27, </f/f Green- 

 land difcovered. Col. 65, 1. 32, for April 22 r. June 2. 

 Col. 70, 1. 41, after 22, add — in the battle of Gotliard ; 

 1. 42, dele the battle of St. Godart, July 22. Col. 71, 

 1. 53, /■. ScnefF. Col. 74, 1. 15, for July r. February. 

 Col. 75, 1. 37, )-. ob. 1719, a;t. 74. Col. 76, 1. I and 2, 

 r. When the Spaniards, under the duke of Vcndome, 

 defeated Staremberg. Col. 78, 1. i and 2, dele the Spa- 

 niards, &c. May 20 ; 1. 10, for June r. May ; 1. 33 r. 

 1744, set. 56. Col. 79, [.penult., r. 76. Col. 82, 1. 38, 

 for Aug. r. September. Col. 84, 1. 20, add — (from next 

 paragiaph) — The Turkifli fleet, &c. July 5, and dele thefe 

 words in that paragraph. Col. 85, 1. 4 from bottom, add 

 — Inquifition of Naples aboliftied. Col. 87, 1. 4, 5, and 6, 

 dele French, &c. bay ; 1. 11 and 12, dele Ghent, &c. Dec. 

 12; 1. 20, for Yorkftiire in 1780 /•. Gloucefter ; I. ult. 

 but 2, infert — Ghent and Bruffels furrendered. Col. 88, 

 1. 24, after French king, add — appeared at the bar of the 

 convention for the laft time, Dec. 26, 1792 ; and con- 

 demned by vote, Jan. 16, 1793 ; and fuffered on the zvX, 

 Col. 89, 1. 10 from bottom, add — The French accour.ts 

 ftate the number of perfons at 60, inftead of 300c, ar.d 

 date the cataftrophe Aug. 3, inftead of Sept. 3. Col. 9:, 

 1. 2, after Buonaparte, add — v/as employed in protefting 

 the direftory againft an infurreflion of the Jacobins, which 

 was his firft appearance under a confpicuous charafter. Dele 

 feized Egypt, July i ; 1. 48, after Feb. 22, add— 1200 

 Frenchmen landed at Fiftiguard, and immediately furren- 

 dered themfelves prifoners. Col. 93, 1. 2, after flain, dele 

 near Periapatam, and add — in the defence, and within the 

 walls of his capital, Seringapatam ; 1. 3, after forces, add — 

 under general Harris ; 1. 54, r. June 14. Col. 94, 1. 2, 

 after battle of, for Rhamonia r. Alexandria ; 1. 3, after 

 Englifti (March 21), add — under fir Ralph Abercromby, 

 who was wounded in the conteft, which terminated fo ho- 

 nourably to himfelf and the army, and died a few days 

 after, univerfally lamented ; 1. 8, for September r. April ; 

 L 12, after two, r. Spanifli fliips being blown up ; wz. the 

 admiral's fliip and the San Hermanegildo of 1 12 guns funk ; 

 and the San Antonie of 74 guns, commaiided by the chef 



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