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CREAM, Ch'm\cal Analyfts of. See MlLK. 

 CREDITON, 1. 3 from the end, r. and the hundred 

 >antains, by the return of 1811, 2130 houfes, and 10,648 

 inhabitants ; 1. 5, after extent, add — But the borough of 

 Crediton contains only 425 houfes, and 1846 inhabitants. 



CREWKERNE, col. 2, I.4, for 41 r. yi ; 1. 5, r. 

 i)f houfes was 589, and of perfons 302 1, of whom 1346 are 

 males, and 1675 females ; 281 families employed in aoricul- 

 ture, and 308 in trade, &c. 



CRIBRARIA, in Botany-, from its perforated ftrufture, 

 Perf. Syn. Fung. 189; one of thofe beautiful, though 

 minute, genera of Fungi, whofe hearl is formed of reticulated 

 fibres, enclofing the powdery feeds. Perfoon reckons up 

 eleven fpecies. 



CRICKHOWEL. In 181 1, thi parifh contained 137 

 houfes, and 611 inhabitants. In the hundred of Crick- 

 howel is a Roman encampment, called the Gaer, fituated at 

 the extremity of the vale, on a riling ground. The dimen- 

 Uons are much the fame with thofe of Caei-Bannau (fee 

 Bannium), and it is nearly of a fquare form. It lies on 

 the Via Julia, which palTed in this direftion from Caerleon 

 to Caermarthen. We are informed that the old praAice of 

 fiiiging carols in the church at cock-crowing, or the earlieft 

 dawn of the morning, on Chriftmas-day, is ftill continued in 

 tiic church at Crickhowel ; but it merits any other appellation 

 than that of a religious rite. 



CRICKLADE, 1. 14, r. 51 ; 1. 15, r. 1939, and 2095 ; 

 1. 16, 10,403 ; 1. 17, 4894, and 5509 ; 1483 families cliiefly, 

 &c. ; 1. 18, /-. 411. 



CRISTARIA, in Botany, from the wings or crejls of 

 the aggregate capfules, by which alone it is diftinguiflied 

 from SiDA (fee that article). — Cavan. Ic. v. y. 10. Purfli 

 453. Sims in Curt. Mag. ;i673. — We can hardly affent to 

 the eftabliihn;ient of this genus, its characEler being entirely 

 artificial, and unaccompanied by any thing difcriminative in 

 the habit. The only fpecies m.enfioned are, i. C glaucophylla, 

 Cavan. Ic. t. 418. 2. C. muhifida, which is our Sida ptera- 

 fperma, the laft fpecies but one in that article. 3. C. coc- 

 e'lnea, Purfti n. I. Curt. Mag. t. 1673, ^ native of the dry 

 plains of the MifTouri, perennial and hardy in our gardens, 

 adorned with beautiful fcarlet j?OTOcrj. 4. C. litonlcifolia, 

 Cav. as above, 1 1 , which is Malacoides betonicas folio, &c. 

 FeuiU. Voy. v. 3. 40. t. 27. 



CROMER. At the clofe, add — the parifti contams, by 

 the returns of 181 1, 170 houfes, and 848 inhabitants. 



CROSBY, a townfliip of Hamilton county, in Ohio, 

 having 981 inhabitants. 



CROSS-Creek. Add — containing 1847 inhabitants.' — 

 Alfo, a townlhip of Ohio, in JefFerfon county, having 1 152 

 inhabitants. 



CROSS-Wort. Add — and Valentia. 



CROTALUS, col. 3, 1. 19, r. to have them come, &c. 



CROTONOPSIS, in Botany, from xpo1c.», Croton, and 

 (4.K, appearance ; but the principle of the name is incorreft, 

 inafmuch as the Greek xfola,* is our Ricinus, to which the genus 

 in queftion beaj-s no refemblance ; and if the Croton of 

 modem botanifts be intended, fuch a comparative appella- 

 tion is contrary to rule. — Michaux Boreal.-Amer. v. 2. 

 185. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 380. PurJh 206 — Clafs and 

 order, Monoecia Pentandria. Nat. Ord. ? 



Eff. Ch. Male, Calyx in five deep fegments. Petals 

 five. Female, Cal. and Cor. like the male. Stigmas divided. 

 Capfule fuperior, not burfting, with one feed. 



I. C. argentea. Silvery Crotonopfis. Purfh n. I. (C 

 linearis; Michaux 186. t. 46. Willd. n. 1. C. elliptica ; 

 Willd. n. 2.) — Native of North America, in fandy ground 

 near the coaft, in the Illinois country and on the Miffoun, 



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flowering in July. /»„r> A flender annual herb a fpan 

 high w,th oppof.te or alternate entire /..-..,, variable i„ 

 breadJi, and loofe fp:krs of minute white fotver, The 

 pubefcence confifts of fringed filverv fcales, as in Croton 



CROUPADE, r. See Ballotade. 



CROW'.s Nest, in Naval Language, is a kind of box, 

 lufficient to hold a man ; generally a cafk, fixed near the 

 mail-head, to proted the obferver from cold, and enable 

 him to look out for whales, or open pieces of water 



CROYDON. The parifhof Croydon, in 181 1, co.;. 

 tamed 1394 houfes, and 7801 inhabitants; 3616 beinir ■ 

 males, and 4185 females: 397 families employed in ajm- 

 culture, and 662 in trade, &c. 



Croydok. Add— and in 1810, 8o2 inhabitants. 



Croydok Cjnal, 1.3, r. Surry. 



C RUCI ROSTRA, Cross-bill, in Ornithology, a genus, of 

 birds of the order PalTeres ; the chai-aders of which arr, 

 beak thick and forked ; mandibles, when at reft, invprfely 

 curved ; noftrils fmall, rounded, fituafed at the bafe of tin; 

 beak ;^ tongue entire. Mr. Stephens, the continuator of Dr. 

 Shaw's Zoology, mentions and defcribes two fpecies ; one 

 of which, or common crofs-bill, with a variable red body, 

 quills and tail-feathers brown, beak externally olive-green, 

 and tail forked ; the Loxia cur\aroftra of Lian-„-us ; and the 

 crofs-bill 'Adth a dull crimfon body, wings black, with tv.-j 

 white fafcia;, fecondary quills white a* the tips, and tad 

 black, the Loxia leucoptera of Gmelin, and white-winged 

 crofs-bill of Latham and Pennant. 



CRUSTS, Animal, Chemical Properties of. See Vermes. 



CRYPHIA, in Botany, x,v?ti, clandtjline, alluding to 



the concealed corolla. — Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. jo8 



A genus, of which there is perhaps but one certain fpecies, » 

 fmall thyme-leaved herb, with fohtary axillary flowers, found 

 on the fouth coaft of New Holland, intermediate between 

 Chilodia and Prostanthera ; fee thofe articles. The 

 ringent corolla is ftiut up in the clofed two-lipped calyx. 

 Pofiibly the jlaivers were rot fully evolved, owing to the 

 climate or feafon. 



CRYPTOCA.RYA, Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 

 402, a genus of the order of Laurinx, refembling the Cin- 

 nan'.on-tree in habit, as well as inflorefcence, but differing 

 from Laurus in having only two cells in each anther, and 

 from the whole order in having the nut concealed, (whence 

 the name,) in the enlarged tube of the calyx, become clofed 

 above it at the top. C. glaucefcens and ohovata are natives o{ 

 Port Jackfon ; C. triplinervis of the tropical part of New 

 Holland. 



CRYPTOSTEMMA, xfUT7<», concealed, and rs/.<iua, a 

 crown, the fcaly crown of the feeds being involved in wool. 



— Brown in Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 5. 141 Clafs and order, 



Syngenefa Polygamia-frujlranea. Nat. Ord. Compqfitd, Li.'D. 

 Corymbifera, JufT. 



Eff. Ch. Receptacle cellular. Seed-down chaffy, con- 

 cealed by the entangled wool of the feed. Calyx i.-nbricated. 



I.e. calendulaceum. Marygold Cryptoftemma. Ait. n. I. 

 (Arctotis ealendulacea ; fee that article, fp. I. Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoenbr. v. 2. 16. t. 157.) — Radiant florets undi- 

 vided. Leaves pinnatifid, toothed ; downy beneath. 



2. C. hypochondriacum. Divided-rayed Crypto.temica. 

 Ait. n. 2. (A-rftotishypochondriaca; fee fp. 1, 8. Willd. 

 Sp. PI. V. 3. 2348.)— Radiant florets in three or five 

 deep fegments. Leaves lyrate, downy. 



3. C. runcinatum. Dandelion-leaved Crvptoftemma. Aif. 

 n. 3 — Radiant florets in three or five deep fegmertf. 

 Leaves nmcinate ; toothed ; downy beneath. 



All the fpecies are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 3 K 2 rather 



