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honour of his countryman, the Rey. Samuel Oedmann, au- 
thor of various treatifes relating to natural hiftory, publited 
in Swedifh, inthe Stockholm Tranfa@ions. Thunb. 
pref. n. 46. Stockh. bo pe for 1800. 278. . 
Sp. Pl. v. 3. 925. —Clafs and order, Diadelphia Dees 
dria. Nat. Ord. Papilionacee, Linn. Leguminofe, Jufl. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, bell-thaped, 
tapering at the bafe, {mooth and even, two-lipped. Upper 
lip largeft, deeply cloven ; lower fimple, awl- fhaped, taper- 
pointed. Cor. papilionaceous, twice the length of the calyx. 
Standard large, ftalked, elliptical ; heart-fhaped at the — : 
notched, with a {mall point, at the tip; concave, {moo 
Wings ftalked, half-heart-fhaped, oblong, obtufe, vadivided, 
half the breadth of the ftandard, but of the fame length. 
Keel of two ftalked, half-heart- fhaped, acute, boat-like petals, 
the length of the wings. Stam. Filaments ten, all united 
into a comprefled tube, feparate and or at the top, the 
length of the corolla; anthers oblon fu- 
perior, linear-lanceolate; ftyle dneae taped. nics, esd 
longer than the ftamens; ftigma fimple. Peric. Legum 
elliptical, fmooth. Seeds . 
alyx two-li ipped ; upper lip cloven ; lower 
briftle e-haped. Corolla paclionaciuie ; petals ftalked. Le- 
ad ellipt 
lancea. Prodr. 122. Stockh. Tranf. for 
is Oo. 281. ve ef the Ca ood Hope. The 
is about a foot hich rather herbaceous than fhrubby, 
afcending, fimple, round, brow eafy, uite fmooth. 
Leaves alternate, feffile, lnceoat, palracl {mooth, an inch 
and half loag, numerous, rather c 
their bafe tapering ; their point ac 
of the ftem, axillary, folitary, fhalked, {carcely projecting 
beyond the leaves heir colour nothing is faid ; their 
fize is about that of a Lupine. This genus ranges next after 
which it ae —— in peas 
aes 
figure of che germen ees the former moft probable. We 
have feen no {pecimen, but the plant is very likely to be con- 
ounded in our fos ee amongft Borbonie or Liparie. 
GUA, in Geography, a town of Africa, on 
the Gold Coalt, 7 tuated, between Elmina and Cape Coait, 
ce; or, as ot 
i Os 
t to py about oF houfes, disoined ‘ui narrow 
crooked ftreets; and from the fea to have the appearance of 
f 
ftands a large {quare 
building, the repofitory of their oid duft and other com- 
modities. houfes are built of earth and clay, but con- 
venient and well furnifhed. No part of the coaft is better 
provided with articles of fubfiftence, which are brought 
from the adjacent cantogs, and fold in public markets. 
ants are very 
hough brave and ees are very induftrious in time of 
peace, em mploying their pet —o in ae a or hoe 
vating the fruits of the ea 
except Wednelday, which i is Tacred ne ue feiche, they ents 
GNA 
ploy is in their feveral occupations. Their canoes weather 
which would endanger the largeft fhipping ; and the 
Negroes are dextrous in availing themfelves of thofe feafons, 
which oblige others to difcontinue their labours, by throw- 
ing their fifhing-lines with the fame fuccefs in sempelkuous as 
n calm weather. 
OEI, a river of China, which difcharges itfelf into the 
grand eal: in the province of Chang-tong, at Li-tchin, 
or Lin-tcin "—Alfo, a city of China, of the fecond rank, 
in the Faas of Chen-fi. N. lat. 33° 48’. E. long. 
105° 3 
OELAMPANG, a town on the E. coaft of the ifland 
of Java. S. lat. 
OELAND, an ifland in - nae belonging to Sweden, 
oppofite to Calmar, about iles long and 6 broad. In 
the north part are feveral fine foretts and ftone quarries ; but 
in the fouth part the ground is more level, and adapted both 
to tillage and ee This ifland affords plenty of butter, 
honey, wax, and n The horfes, called « klappers,’’ are 
{mall, but ftrong aaa mettlefome. ing’s foreft extends 
over the whole ifland; and here are number 
kinds of deer, with hates and wild boars. 
or touch- Rone, e€ lea-wee 
failors belonging to the c 
ifland. The four prorat ipa | ela nd i is divided 
are in the diocefe of Calmar. . long. 
16° 20°—Alfo, an ifland of Denmar » in cn Lymfiord 
gulf, about five miles long, and from 1 to 2% broad ; contain. 
ing three or four villages. N. lat. 57° 4. E. long. 9° 36!. 
OELETS. See Katmucxs, 
OELLINGEN, or ELLINGEN, a town of Germany, in 
the circle of Franconia, which has a fine citadel belonging 
to the Teutonic knights, and is the ufual retidence of the 
provincial commander 5 20 miles S.E. of Anfpach. N. lat, 
48° sg'. E. lon : 
ObLPE, a eee of Re duchy of Stiria; 
Wipperfurt 
OELS, a city of Silefia, and capital of a principality of 
the fame name. 
4 miles S. of 
e prince, two Lutheran churches, a free-{chool, and a 
Popifh church. It has fuffered much at different times by 
fire. The prizcipality is bounded d E. by Poland, 
S. by the ne aa of Oppeln, Brieg, and Breflau, and 
W. by the prin oS ty of Wohlau. The foil is fandy, and 
not very fer miles E.N.E. of Breflau. N. lat 
o!. E. lon 
OELSEN, atown of Saxony, in the margraviate of 
Meiffen ; 6 miles N.E. of Launttein 
OELSNITZ, a town of Siseey, in the Vogtland ; Eh 
miles §.W. of Drefden. N. lat. 50° 19’. E. long. x 
= 
CENANTHE, in Botany, a name adopted by old au- 
thors, which occurs in ‘Theophraltus and Diofcorides, fig- 
: nifying the flower of the vine, derived from ow, the vine, and 
axboc, aflower. ‘Tournefort applied it to the prefent genus, 
becaufe, he fays, it bloffoms at the fame time with the vine, 
and becaufe its flowers reminded him of the {mell and co- 
Linn. Gen. 140. Schreb. 189. illd. Sp. PL v. I. 1440 
Mart. Mill. Di&. v Brit. Ait. Hort, 
Kew. ed. 2. v. 2. 147 Ju. Gen. 221. Lamarck Did. 
Vv. 4» 
