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Nov. Holl. V. I. J52. — Clafs and order, P^ntanJr'ta Moite- 

 gyni/i. Nat. Ord. Epacride^, Brown. 



Gen. Cli. Cul. Perianth inferior, of many ereft, imbri- 

 cated,' coloured, permanent leaves ; the inner nnev jiradually 

 largell. Crjr. of one petal, falver-fiiaped ; its tube gene- 

 rally fplittinjT into five parts ; limb in five fmootli beardlefs 

 fegments, obliquely twilled to the right. Neflary of five 

 glands, furrounding the bafe of the germen. Slam. Fila- 

 ments five, thread-fliaped, equal, inferted into the recep- 

 tacle ; anthers incumbent, oblong, burfting Icngthwife, 

 rifing iuft above the lube. Pi/f Germen fuperior, roundifh, 

 with five furrows ; ftyle thread-fhaped ; fligma obtufe. 

 Perk. Capfuk of five cells and five valves. Sefds numerous, 

 minute. ReceptacLs five, attached to the central column. 



E(T. Ch. Calyx of many imbricated coloured leaves. 

 Corolla falver-iliaped ; its limb five-cleft, beardlefs. Sta- 

 mens inferted into the receptacle, the length of the lube. 

 Capfule of five cells, with many feeds. 



1. Li. penltipetalum. Corolla divided to the bottom ; its 

 claws unconnected, longer than the calyx, externally 

 fmooth. — Found by Mr. Drown in the fouthcrn part of 

 New Holland. 



2. L. c'-liatum. Corolla divided to the bottom ; its clavjs 

 cohering at the top, externally fmooth, the length of tlie 

 calyx. — Native of the fame country. Vv'e have feen neither 

 of thefe. 



3. L. laftaiithmn. Corolla divided to the bottom ; its 

 claws externally woolly, rather longer than the calyx. — 

 Gathered by Mr. Menzics at King George's Sound, on the 

 foHth-weft coall of New Holland. The Jltm is (hrubby, as 

 in all the reft, its branches very flcnder, fmooth, round, 

 leafy. Lea-ues Icattered, about a quarter of an inch long, 

 elliptic-oblong, narrow, obtufe, entire, fmooth ; flat above ; 

 convex beneath. Footjlnlh (hort, fmooth. Flonvers few, 

 in a terminal fimple fpike, leaning one way, apparently 

 tawny or blufn-coloured, each near half an inch long. Ca- 

 lyx-lca'ues blunt, with a membranous edge; the inner ones 

 fringed. Petals obtufe. 



4. L. conjptcuum. Tube of the corolla five-cleft above, 

 longer than the calyx. Leaves lanceolate-awl-fhaped, clofe- 

 prelfed. — Found by Mr. Brown in the fouth of New Hol- 

 land. 



j'. \i. pun^ens. (Epacris pungens ; Cavan. Ic. v. 4. 26. 

 t. 546.) — Tube of the corolla undivided, the length of the 

 calyx. Leaves fpreading, ovate, fiiarp-pointed. — Native of 

 the country about Port Jackfon, New South Wales, from 

 whence fpecimens were fent in 1791 by Dr. White. The 

 Jlem is woody, with many ilraight rigid branches, thickly 

 befet with feffile, rigid, fmooth, entire, ribbed, fpinous, and 

 taper-pointed leaves ; their bafe ovate or heart-fhaped, clofe- 

 preficd, and partly clafping the ftem ; the reft fpreading 

 iieai-ly horizontally, very pungent. Flowers white and 

 fragrant, very elegant, in denfe, leafy, terminal fpikes. 

 Segments of the corolla pointed, fomewhat plaited when 

 dry. Style prominent, hairy. We have already fpoken of 

 th.\s ([wah a^ Epacris pungens. (See Epacris.) Mr. Brown 

 fubjoins Dr. Sims's red-flowered plant. Curt. Mag. t. 1 199, 

 as a variety, and he adds that this L. pungens is an inter- 

 mediate fpecies, as it were, between Lyfinema and Epacris. 

 It agrees with the latter in its corolla, but has the infertion 

 of the (lamens proper to the former. 



LYSIFPUS, in Biography, a celebrated fclilptor and 

 ftatuary, was born at Sicyon, and flourifiied in the time of 

 Alexander the Great. He v.-as originally a worker in brafs, 

 and then applied himfelf to painting, till his talents and in- 

 chnation led him to fix on the profcfTion of a fculptor. He 

 worked with fuch extraordinary diligence and facility, that 



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he is faid to have left J500 performances, all of fuch exeel- 

 ler.ce, that any one of them fingly might have coiiferred 

 celebrity on him as an artill. He attained to fo high a re- 

 putation, that A'exander forbad any ftulptor but Lyfippus 

 to make his ftatues. Lyfippus improved tlie art of ftatuary 

 by a better imitation of the hair, and by an attentive ftudy 

 of fymmetry, in which he confidered how the human figure 

 appeared to the eye, not what were its exaft proportions. 

 The mod admirable of his works were the ftatues of Alex- 

 ander, of which he executed a fcrics, beginning from his 

 childhood : one of a man coming out of a bath, placed by 

 Marcus Agrippa before his public batlis ; and being re- 

 moved by Tiberius into his own chamber, the Roman people 

 were fo clamorous for its reftitution, that the enperor 

 thought it prudent to comply with their wifhes. A chariot 

 of the fun at Rhodes was one of his great works, which 

 was, however, furpafled by a coloffus at Tarentum 40 cubits 

 high. His ftatue of Socrates, and thofe of th'- twnty-five 

 horlen-.en who were drowned in the Granii us, were fo highly 

 valued, tint, in the age of Auguftus, they were fold for 

 their weight in gold. 



LYSIS, a Pythagorean philofopher, who flouriflied in 

 the fifth century before Chrift, was a native of Tarentum, 

 who, according to Jamblichus, was inftrufted in his philc- 

 fophy by Pythagoras himfclf. Being well initiated and ex- 

 celling in the doctrines of his mafler, he opened a fchool for 

 the purpofe of inlhufting others, but would never admit 

 perfons of bad character among his auditors. He even re- 

 fufed, on that account, entrance to Cylon, one of the 

 wealthieft people of the city. Cylon was exafperated at the 

 neglcit, as he thought it, and refolved on revenge. He 

 caufed the houfe of Milo, in which Lyfis and forty other 

 Pythagoreans were afl!einbled, to be fet on fire ; meaning 

 by the violence of a hired mob to afiliirinale thofe, by 

 bludgeons or mifiile weapons, whn ftiould efcape burning. 

 Excepting Lyfis and Archippus, they were every one burnt 

 or iloned to dca'h. The philofopher now retired, firft into 

 Achaia, and afcerwardj, to Thebes, where he opened a 

 fchool, and remained an ufeful inftruftor to the Grecian 

 youth till he died. Among othqr famous difciples he could, 

 it has been faid, mention Epammondas ; though others feem 

 to doubt the fact, and to be defirous of referring that ho- 

 nour to another perfon ef the fame name. Lyfis is cele- 

 brated for having been a moft exadt and punftual performer 

 of his promifes, even on the moft trivial occafions. He 

 compofed Commentaries on the philofophy of Pythagoras, 

 which have not come down to our times. Some writers 

 have attributed to him the " Golden Verfes ;" while others 

 have given them to Philolaus, or Empedocles. There is 

 ftill extant, under the name of Lyfis, a letter addrefled to 

 Hipparcluis, in which the latter is reproached for having 

 divulged the fecrets of the Pythagorean philofophy. It 

 may be found in the " Opufcula Mythologica et Philofo- 

 phica" of Dr. Tiiomas Gale. 



LYSKO, in Geography, a town of Lithuania, in the pa- 

 latinate of Novogrodck ; 52 miles S.W. of Novogrodek, 



LYSOBYKI, a town of Pidand, in the palatirjQte of 

 Lublin ; 20 miles N.N.W. of Lublin. 



LY^)SA, Auc-Tx, a word ufed by medical authors to ex- 

 prels that fpecies of raadnefs which is peculiar to do^s and 

 wolves, but is communicated by their bite to man and other 

 animals. Hence pcrlons labouring under the difmal effects 

 of fuch a bite, are called alfo lyjfodedi. 



LYSSENDORF, in Ceogruphy, a town of France, in 

 the department of the Sarre, and chief ])lace of a canton, in 

 the diiirict of Pruni. The place contains 117, and the 

 canton 1962 inhabitants, ia 2^ coaununee. 



LYSTRA, 



