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nnd order, Tdradynamla Slllqunfa. Nat. Ord. Sillquofa, 

 .Linn. Cniafene, JufT. 



Eir Ch. Pod nearly cylindrical ; valves concave, without 

 rib or keel. Cotyledons accumbent. Calyx fpreading. 



N. officinale, (Sifymbr. Nafturtium ; Linn. &c.), with 



Mvellre, terrefre, amphihium, pyrcnaicum, mA fagittatum, are 



"the fpecies mentioned in Hort. Kew. ^ye have already 



defcribed all but pyrenalcum, which is a well-known fpecies. 



NATICK, 1. «//. r. in 1810, contained 766. 



NATRON. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 



NATUNZ, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in tlie pro- 

 vince of Irak, 63 miles from Ifpahan, and 43 from Caftan, 

 fituated on a very delightful fpot, in a valley furrounded 

 by hitrh and rugged mountains ; and famous for the falu- 

 britv of its climate, pears, peaches, and handfome females. 

 It has a fort in the centre of the valley, an excellent warm 

 bath, and an old mofque, with a very handfome mineral, faid 

 to hare been built 300 years ago. 



NAVY. Add — having 56 inhabitants. 



NAXIA, I. 10 from bottom, after villages, add — Dr. 

 Clarke (in vol.vi. of his Travels) ftates the whole population 

 of the ifland, including women, at 18,000 perfons, about 

 3000 of whom are Latins, and the reft Greeks. 



NAZARETH, col. 2, at the clofe, 1. 34, add— Low^r 

 Nazareth is a townfhip containing 758, and Upper Naza- 

 reth is a townfhip in the fame county and ftate, containing 

 535 inhabitants. 



NEATH, col. 2, 1. 5, r. Saturday for Thurfday ; 1. 6, 

 add — It has three fairs ; 1. 12, r. was for is. 



NECYDALIS, Minor, add — in fields and about 

 hedges in the fummer months. C.IRULEA, add — in woods 

 during the fummer months. 



NEEDHAM, 1. 7, r. 1097. 



NEJIFF, or Meshed Ali, a holy city, being the fup- 

 pofed burying-place of the caliph Ali, a town of the pacha- 

 lic of Bagdad, nine furfungs from Hilleh, and four miles 

 from Kufa, fituated on a hill, at the bottom of which is an 

 artificial lake. It was founded by Alexander the Great, and 

 bore the name of Alexandria, which was afterwards changed 

 into that of Hira, when it became the refidence of a dynafty 

 of Arabian princes, who fought under the Parthian banners 

 againft the emperors of Rome. Nejiff is not fo large as 

 Kerbela, but better built, and defended by a good wall, 

 deep ditch, and lofty towers, lately renewed, under the 

 apprehenfion of an attack from the Wahabees, who extend 

 their ravages to the gates of the town. The tomb and 

 mofque of Ali occupy an ample fpace in the middle of the 

 city, and form a handfome llrufture, within a high wall, 

 which an infidel fubjefts himfelf to death for attempting to 

 pafs. The governor of Meflied Ali is a Turk, but the 

 population, not eafily eftimated on account of the conftant 

 influx of pilgrims, is like that of Kerbela, chiefly compofed 

 of Perfian fanatics. The relics of almoft all perfons of rank 

 are tranfported from the mod remote parts of Perfia to be 

 interred either here, or at Kerbela, Kazameen, Koom, or 

 Mefhed in Khoraffan. 



NELSON, 1. 2, r. 13,257 — 2908. Add— Alfo, a 

 county of Virginia, containing 9684 inhabitants, of whom 

 4678 were flaves in 1810. 



NEMESIA, in Botany, a name borrowed by Ventenat 

 from Diofcorides, who is faid to have applied it to fome 

 kind of Antirrh'mmn, we know not in what part of his 

 writings. The prefent genus is nearly allied to Antirrhi- 

 num. — Venten. Malmaif. 41. Ait. Hort. Kew, v. 4. 10 



Clafs and order, Didynamla Anglofpermla. Nat. Ord. Per- 

 Jonatt, Linn. Scrophularla, Juff. 



Eflf. Ch. Calyx in Htc deep fegments. Corolla fpurred 



NEW 



at the bafe ; throat clofed by the palate. Capfule com- 

 preffed, of two cells, and two boat-like valves ; partition 

 linear, covered with feeds. 



1 . N. chamitdrifolla. Germander-leaved Nemefia. Vent, 

 n. 3. Ait. I. (Antirrhinum macrocarpum ; Ait. ed. i. 

 V. 2. 335. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 249.) — Leaves ovate, fer- 

 rated, ftalked. Flowers on axillary ftalks, folitary Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. A perennial, herbaceous, 

 fmooth, green-houfe plant, flowering all fummer. Flonvers 

 deep crimfon. 



2. N. blcornls. Horned Nemefia. Ait. n, 2. See 

 Antirrhinum, n. 24. (Linaria ; Burm. Afr. 211. t. 75. 

 f. 3.) — Leaves lanceolate, with tooth-like ferratures. Cluf- 

 ter terminal, rather lax. — From the fame country. Annual. 

 The fpecific name applies to the capfule, 



^.'^.fcetens. Foetid Nemefia. Vent. n. I. t. 41. — Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate ; upper ones entire. Clufters terminal, 

 denfe. Stem flirubby. — From the Cape. Flowers white, 

 ftreaked with red ; palate yellow. 



4. N. linearis. Linear Nemefia. Vent. n. 2. — Leaves 

 linear, entire, feffile. Clufters corymbofe. — Defcribed by 

 Ventenat from Juffieu's herbarium. 



NEPANESE, in Geography, a townftiip of Lycoming 

 county, in Pennfylvania, having 298 inhabitants. 



NEPER, col. I, 1. 22 from bottom, for Neper's rods r- 

 Neper's bones, 



NEPHELINE, or So.mmite. See Mineralogy, 



Addenda. 



NEPHRITE. See Mineralogy, Addenda. 



NERANTEKA, in Hindoo Mythology, is the name of 

 a malignant demon, mentioned often in their heroic poems, 

 flain by Kriftina, and by other divine warriors. The name 

 generally means deftroyer of men. 



NERKA, one of the many hells of the Hindoos. See 

 Naraka. 



NEROS, in chronology, an ancient Chaldsean period of 

 600 years, and equal to the Sofos of 60 years multiplied 

 by 10. 



NESENPACK, in Geography, a townftiip of Luzerne 

 county, containing 460 inhabitants. 



NESHANSACK, a townftiip of Mercer county, in 

 Pennfylvania, having 700 inhabitants. 



NETCHEZ, or weftern branch of the Sabine, a river 

 of Louifiana, formed from the united ftreams of the Ange- 

 lina, Attoquaque, Nena, and the Attafcocito. The Net- 

 chez, though not fo long a: the Sabine, exceeds it as to 

 quantity of water. The lands watered by this river, and 

 its tributaries, are of fuperior quality to the country on the 

 Sabine ; but fterile compared with thofe on the margin of 

 many rivers in Louifiana. 



NETTING. Add— The netting is ufed in diff"erent parts 

 of a ftiip ; thus, the boarding-netting is thrown over the fides, 

 to prevent the enemies boarding. Bowfprlt-nettlng is faf- 

 tened near the outer end of the bowfprit, to the man-ropes 

 or horfes, to ftow away the fore-topmaft-ftayfail and jib. 

 Breafliuorh quarter and lualjl nettings are ufed to keep the 

 hammocks in the ftantions. Head-netting is faftened to the 

 horfes in the head and upper rail, to prevent the men from 

 flipping overboard. Qiiarter-deck netting is fufpended over 

 the officers' heads, to prevent any thing falhng thereon. Top' 

 netting is faftened to the rail, ftirouds, and top, to preferve 

 the men from falling. 



NEWARK, in America, 1.2, add — having 88 inha- 

 bitants; 1. 12, add — and in 1810 contained 8008 inhabit- 

 ants, of whom 369 were flaves. 



NEW BRAINTREE, 1. 2, after Worcefter, iafert 



— Maflachu- 



