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preferved, according to Paufanias, a rich necklace of pre- 

 clous ftoncs, ornamented with gold, the work of Vulcan, 

 ■and "iven i:i the firft inflance to Hermione. But this an- 

 cient town is deftroyed. (See Amathus ) Near Limaflol, E. 

 of it, is the moft fouthern promontory of the ifland, for- 

 merly named the promontory of A^rothi, at prefent Cape di 

 Gatti or Gallo, on account of the great number of cats 

 k'.-T't bv tlie monks, who, in the 4tli century, obtained per- 

 mlliion to eilablifh themfelves there, as well as on mount 

 Oiympus, on condition of keeping many of thofe animals 

 fi)r huntitii; and de'lroying fnakes, which liad multiplied in 

 the idand. (See Gatto and Cyprus.) Limafibl is the 

 lee of a bifliop, fufFra^an of Nicofia. N. lat. 34^ 45'. 

 E. lonsr- 32 30'. 



LIMESTONE, a poft-town of America, in Kentucky, 

 on the S. fide of Ohio river, and on the W. fide of a fmail 

 creek of the fame name. This is the ufual landing place 

 for people who come down in boats with an intention of 

 fettling in the upper parts of the ftate, and here the 

 champaign country on tlie E. fide of the river begins; 

 four miles N.E. of WaQiington, N. lat. 38"^ 40'. W. 

 long. 84 17'. 



LIMETREE, in Gardening, is a tree of the deciduous 

 kind, occafionaliy ufed in plantations for its wood, &c. There 

 are four fpecies, each of which is capable of being raifed 

 from layers and cuttings! 



It is fuggelled by Mr. Niccl, that this fort of tree fuc- 

 ceeds in the moft perfeft manner, in " low, deep, fub- 

 liumid loams," but that " in dry gravelly foils, it lofes the 

 beautiful glofs of its foliage, for which it is fo much ad- 

 mired in the early fummer feafon." 



It may be noticed that the timber of the limetree is ufed 

 by carvers, it being a foft light wood ; as alfo by architefts 

 for framing tlie models of their buildings, &c. The turners 

 likcwife ufe it for making light bowls, dilhes, &c. but it 

 is too foft for any ilrong purpofes. See Citrl'S, in Botany, 

 GardemngtZnti Planting. See alfo Tjlia. 



Ll.Mf.TREE Bay, i.i Geography, a bay on the S. coaft of 

 Santa C^uz. N. lat 17 45 . W. long. 63 27'. 



LiMZUM, in Balanv, appears from Phny to be a name 

 of Gallic origin for a plant with which the ancient. Gauls 

 poifoned their arrows. This appellation, however, could 

 not have been originally applied to the prefent genu?, all 

 the fuecies of which are natives of the Cape of Good Hone. 

 L-nn. Gen. 184. Schreb. 246. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 2. 291. 

 Mirt. -Mill. Dift. V. 3. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 337. 

 JisfF. 314. Lamarck Illuftr. t. 27J. Gsrtn. t. 76. — Clafs 

 a d order, Heptandria D'lgyma. N-it. Ord. Hohrjufte, Linn. 

 Porlulacees JufT. 



Gen Ch. Ccd Perianth inferior, permanent, of five, ovate, 

 acuminated, carinated leaves, membranaceous at the margin, 

 two of them exterior. Cor. Petals five, equal, ovate, with 

 a (light claw, obtufc, fhortcr than the calyx ; neftary form- 

 ing a margin round the germen, bearing the llamens. Sta;n. 

 Filainents feven, av.l-fhaped, ihorter tha" the '-orolla ; an- 

 thers ovate. Pijl Girmen fuperior, glohofe. Stvle cloven, 

 cylindrical, {horte: than the flamens ; IHgmas rather obtufc. 

 Per'ic Capfule globofe, of two cells. Si.ds folitary, hemi- 

 fphcri: al, hollow. 



O'jf. We are induced to follow the opinion of Li;ina:us 

 refpefting the capfule of this genus, as it undotibteyiy 

 belongs to the Porlulaceii of Juflleu. See Gartner and 

 Schreber. 



EiT. Ch. Calyx of five leaves. Petals five, equal. Cnp- 

 lule globofe, of two cells. Seeds folitary, concave. 



1. L. africanum. Linn Sp. PI 48S. , Thunb. Prod. 68. 

 — Leaves obiong, on footllaiks. — A native ol' the Cape, . 



whence if was brought by Mr. Francis Maflon in'o tTie 

 Royal Garden at Kew in the year 1774. It flowers in 

 June and July. Linnaeus jnftly remarks, that this fpccieS 

 has the appearance of Corrigiola or Telcphium. The root is 

 perennial. Stems proftrate, feeble, a fj an long, a gulatcd, 

 njked, perennial at the bafe. Leaves alternate, remote, 

 linear-lanceolate, or oblong, about ari inch i:i length. Co- 

 rymbs of green and wYalc Jlowcrs ter.minal, Mitary, com- 

 pound, naked, on long llalks. - Martyn fays that the leaves 

 of this are fnbjett to vary ; for that '■ in the B nkfian 

 herbarium may be feen linear, oblong, ovate, roundifh and 

 fpatulate leaves, if the f;iecimens be all of one fpecies." 



2. L. eapenfe. Willd. n. 2. Thunb. Prod. C8. (L. in- 

 canum ; Mart. Mill. Dift. v. 3. L. aphyi'um ; Linn. 

 Suppl. 214.) — Leaves ovate, fcfiile. — It is curious thatHlie 

 younger Linnjeus fliould have given this the fpecific name of 

 aphyllmn, remarking tliat it appears to be with.out leaves, 

 when at the fame time 'he defcnb.'S them as ovate atid feffile. 

 Martyn, judging from Mafi'on's fpecimen in the Bankfian 

 herbarium, fays, that L. capmfe is a fmall plant, extremely 

 woody at the bottom. Leaves ovate, almoit feflile, and as 

 woolly as thofe of mullein ; radical ones numerous ; ftem- 

 leaves fewer. 



3. L. athiopicam. Willd. and Thunb. — Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate. This fpecies is only k-^ou;i from being men- 

 tioned by Thunberg and adopted by Wilidenowand Martyn. 

 The laft author jultly obferves, that we have a deplorable 

 inflance, in thefe three fpecies of Limeum, of trivia! names 

 which are not given for the fake of true diftinclion : all 

 tlie plants being nati>.'es of the Cape, though feverally called 

 africanum, eapenfe, and ethiopicum. 



We further learn from profeffor Martvn, that there is a 

 fourth fpecies in the Bankfian herbarium, which is truly a 

 ftirub, and may be called L.. fruticans. 



LIMINGO, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in the 

 government of Ulea ; 1 1 miles S. of IHea. 



LIMINGTON, a tov.m of America, in York county, 

 and Hate of Maine, bounded N. and E. by Saco river ; 

 50 miles N. of York. 



LIMIT, in Mathematics. See LnilT.s. 



'Li'snr cf J^/t-na I'ifiot!, m Optics. See Di/IinS ViSJOy. 



LIMITATION, LiMiT.iTio, in Zccy, is a certain 

 tim.e afligned by fiatute, vvithin which an attion muft be 

 brought ; and hmitation of time is two-fold ; wis. to make 

 title to an inheritance by the common law ; and in writs by 

 fevcral llatutes There is a limitation in real and perfonal 

 aftions ; and in the former, he that will fue for any lands 

 or hereditaments, ought to prove, that he or his anceflors 

 were feifed of the lands fued for by writ of affize, or he 

 cannot maintain his action ; and this is called limitatir^n of 

 alTize. Stat. Weft. I. See IVrit of RlGlir and Slatul:s 

 of Li.MiTATlON infra, alfo Ixfokmation". 



There is no limitation with re.ard to the time within 

 which any actions touching advowfons are to be brought ; 

 at Iea!\, none later than the times of Richard I. ai:d 

 Henry III. ; for by ilatute i Ma-, ft. 2. c. 5. the ila- 

 tute of limitations, 32 Hsn. VIII., c. i, is declared not 

 to extend to any vi^rit of right of advowfon, nuere impedit, 

 or lifVtte oi darrein prefentireiit, ut jus patrcnatus. And this, 

 fays ju.dge Blackftone, upon very good roafon, becaufe 

 it may very caiily happen, that the title to an advowfon 

 may cot come in'o queftion, nor the right have an oppor- 

 tunity of being tried, within '60 years ; which is the longeft 

 period of limitation afiigned by the Itatute of Henry Vlll. 

 See Appkal and Indictment. 



LiMiT.A.TiON' of Entry. See Entry. 



Ljjua ATio>c of Efiati, in a It gal fsnfe, imports how bng 

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