DIA 
opening of the rath, to be publicly taught in Bi chee 
and to take the le ad of every other kind of le 
Abelard devoted himfelf to this kind of ee at the 
commencement of his literary career, and i n the review of 
this part of his courfe, he o 
thac, s time, 
t 
were regarded with the higheft admiration, and attended by 
crowds of pupils. 
in Spain, and page doa! difperfed through France, Ger- 
many, and Italy. wasalfo about this time that many 
Greek copies othe: oe of Ariftotle were brought from 
Conftantinople into the weft. By degrees the fondnefs for the 
fubtleties of Ariftotelian logic and metaphyfics became fo ge- 
neral, that the orthodox clergy id ete that Gite {pent 
their whole time in difputation. Their complaints and their 
prohibitions were, however, foeleeual; : ae at length it was 
found neceflary, under certain reftriions, to favour the 
ftudy of Ariftotle. In procefs of time, and by no very flow 
gradation, the Ariftotelian dialeGtics became intimately 
0 n this account obtained a 
zealous patronage of thofe who prefided in the church ; 
that almoft the whole Chriftian church became Gkics 
(See Scuovastics.) 
At length, about the time of the reformation, man 
e of co and faccels, er ee given his 
name confiderable ele teh ‘See se 
the labours of the celebrated Mr. oe and to the eflay 
onthe Human Underftanding. See 
DIALECTICAL Anouuants; i in Logie, are fuch as 
‘are only probable, and do not ree or determine, the 
mind eae to either fide of the 
LIA, in Antiquity, facrifices pedonsel by the fla- 
men dialis, or prieft of Jupiter. 
It was not, however, of fuch a ees neceflity, ae a 
Dialia fhould be performed by the flamen dialis; but 
others might officiate. We find in Tacitus, Anual: i 
cap. 58. that if he were fick, or detained by any other public 
employ, the pontfifices took his place. 
IALIS, a Latin term, fignifying fomewhat that be- 
longs to Jupiter 
The word is formed from is os sume of Zivs, Fupiter. 
Diauis, Flamen. See Fra 
DIALISIS. See Dea. 
DIALITHA, from die, and a 
gems, the gold being in this cafe, as a coment to hold the 
ftones together. hey wore bracelets, and other orna- 
mental things about their habits, thus made ; and their cups 
and table-furniture for magnificent treats were of this kind, 
The green ftones were found to fucceed beft of all in thefe 
sa 
urum gemmatum ; and thus Martial, w y 
tur Scythicas virentis auri flam upiter,”’ ailudes to cups 
of cold, ornamented with Scythian gems, that is, emeralds. 
DIALIUM, in aL Linn, Mant. 3. Schreb. 14. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. 49. Vah . Enum, v. I. 30 uff 
424. Atzel. Cen, “PL Guin. p. 1.13. (Aruna; Schreb. 
26. Willd. ne Pi. v. x. 156. Arouna; Avbl. Guian. v. 1. 
16, Juff. 365.)  Clafs and order, Digi Monogynia, 
Nat. Ord. i Linn. Leguminofe, Jul. The € origin 
of the name we have not been able to difcover. 
Gen. Ch. reformed. (al. Pertanth irregular; in five deep 
fegments, equal in length, ovate, obtufe, concave. Cor. 
none. Stam. Filaments two, awl-fhaped, fituated at the 
upper fide of the receptacle ; anthers not extending beyond 
the calyx-leaves, obloug, obtufe, heart-fhaped at the bafe, 
of two lobes and two cells. Pi. Germen fuperior, nearly fef- 
file, ovate, oblique, downy ; ftyle awl-fhaped, the length of 
the ftamens, fmooth at the fummit, and fomewhat recurved 3 
ftizma fimple, obtufe. Peric. Legume, interaally pulpy, 
with one or two compreffed feeds, 
h. Calyx in five deep fegments. Corolla none. 
Stamens at the upper fide of the ieee Legume nearly 
feffile, pulpy within. 
: oe Lino. eek 24. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. 49. 
Vahi. Eoum. . 303. (D. javanicum ; Burm. Ind. 12.) 
Leaflets een ee on both fides, elliptic-oblong. Anthers 
A nativ 
thrice as long as the € 0: Java, where 
des, except a 
cluftered, axillary and terminal ; their branches downy, al- 
ternate, compound and racemefe, fome of the lower ones 
Flowers drooping, reddifh, the fize of 
Clethra alnifolia, externally downy. Segments of the calyx 
elliptical, obtufe, concave, three ee them external. Filaments 
very fhort and thick. Anthers large, full thrice as long, with 
a deep furrow on each fide between their lobes, and a flightcr 
one along their edges. Germen feffile, ovate, pointed, cb- 
lique, fillky, with a gland at its bafe. Style awl- thaped, re, 
curved and fmooth at the fummit. Ripe fruit unknown. 
Concerning this plant there has been much uncertainty. 
Our defcription is taken from the original fpecimen in the 
Liunean Herbarium, which Dr. Afzeiius alfo inveftigated. 
See his Differtation above quoted. His object was to diltin= 
guifh it generically from his Codarium, A deaaeain to be the 
Dialium guineenfe of Willdenow. (See Coparium.) In do- 
Dr. Afzeiius juft'y terms ee what Linnzus calls 
It is fingular that Vahl fhould not have made his 
fe) accord in 
this particular. The fruit of the Codarium acutifolium of 
Alfzelins, (C. nitidum of Vahl.) is cailed at Sierra Leone 
the Velvet Tamarind, its pulp being agreeably acid and nu- 
tritious. Another oo sa in the country vulgarly 
cailed Cape Coat, is termed by Afzehus C, obtufsfolium 5 
i nae equzl in fize, cote d at their points. 
. D. divaricatum. ep v. 1. 303. (Arouna 
ene, Auth wee v. I. Aruna divaricata ; 
Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1, 156.) ifs downy beneath, ovate, 
4h 2 obliq 
