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receptacle. Stamina : filaments fix, Tubulate, fpreafling 
outwards, originating from the valves; anthers pendulous 
from the tip. Pi it ilium : germ inferior, fix-cornered ; ftyle 
conical, (hort; ftigma longer than the (ianiens, claviited, 
fix-cleft. Pericarpiutn: capftt'e fix-angled, obtitfe, fix- 
celled. Seeds: numerous, fimall. — EJfenti'al CharaElcr. 
Calyx fix-leaved. Corolla fix-cleft, bell-form ; fti'grna's fix. 
Capfuls inferior, fix-celled, many-feeded. 
Species, i. Can.arjna campanula, or Canary bell-flower: 
(lent erecl, leaves haftate, in threes or opnofite. Root pe¬ 
rennial ; fiend three feet high, erect, with (welling joints ; 
branches by three from each joint ; leaves on the fiern in 
threes ; flowers from the forks of the upper branches foli- 
tary, peduncled, drooping, it is very nearly allied to the 
campanulas, but is diltinguifhed from them, becaufe tire 
number fix generally prevails in the germ, calyx, corolla, 
nectary, fiamens, and ftigma. It was cultivated in 1696, 
in the royal garden at Hampton-court; and flowers from 
January to March. 
2. Canarina Zanguebar: (Tern fcandent, leaves haftate 
alternate Native of Zanguebar on the coaft of Africa. 
Propagation and Culture. It is propagated by parting the 
roots, which mnft be done with caution ; for, if they be 
broken or wounded, the milky juice will flow out plenti¬ 
fully, fo that, if they be planted before the wounds are 
ikinned over,' it occafions their rotting; therefore, when¬ 
ever any of them are broken, they ihculd be laid in the 
green-houfe a'few days to heal. The roots nuift not be too 
often parted, for that weakens the plants, and prevents 
them from flowering well. The beft time for doing it is 
July, foon after the Italics are decayed. The earth (hould 
not be rich, for that will cattfe the plants to be luxuriant 
in branches, but poor in flowers. The foil in which they 
fucceed beft, is a light Candy loam, with a fourth part of 
fereened lime-rubbifh. The pots (hould at firft be placed 
in the fliade, and, unlefs the feafon be very dry, they (hould 
not be watered. About the middle of Atiguft the roots 
will begin to put out fibres; when, if the pots'be placed 
under a hot-bed frame, and, as the nights grow cool, bexo- 
■vered with the glades, opening them every day, it will 
greatly forward their flowering, and increale their i Length : 
when the (Talks appear, the plants nuifl: be now and then 
refrelhed with water, but it mult not be given too often, 
nor in great quantity. By the middle of September the 
plants will be grown fo tall, that they nuifl: be removed 
into a dry airy glafs-cafe, where they may enjoy the free 
air in fine weather, and yet be fereened from cold. In 
winter they nuifl: be frequently refrelhed with water, and 
fereened from froft. In (pring, when the (Talks begin to 
■decay, the pots (hould be fet abroad in the (hade, and not 
watered. 
G AM A.'-RIUM,/ f from its vernacular name canari in 
the Malay language.] in botany, a genus of the clais 
-dioecia, order pentandria. The generic characters are— 
I. Male. Calyx: perianthium two-leaved; leaflets ovate, 
concave, permanent. Corolla : petals three, oblong, like 
the calyx. Stamina: filaments five, very (hort; anthe- 
rne oblong, of the length of the petals. II. Female. Ca¬ 
lyx : as in the male ; leaflets reflex. Corolla: as in the 
male. Piftillum: germ ovate; ftyle fcarcely any; ftig¬ 
ma headed, three-cornered. Pericarpiutn: drupe dry, 
-ovate, acuminate, bafe furroundedby acrenate membrane. 
Seed: nut ovate, three-cornered acute.— EJJcntial Charac¬ 
ter. Male. Calyx two-leaved; corolla three-petalled. 
Female. Calyx two-leaved ; corolla three-petalled ; ftig¬ 
ma feflile ; drupe with a three-cornered nut. 
Only one fpecies, called canarium commune ; and two 
varieties, canarium fylveftre, and canarium decumanntn. 
This is a tree, native of the Molucca ides, Banda, Mew 
Guinea, Sec. Tire nuts are eaten botTfraw and dreifed by 
the inhabitants ; an oil is expretfed from them, which is 
ufed at the table when frefh, and for lamps when (Tale; 
bread is alfo made of them, and cakes, bifeuits, &c. for 
the table. Eaten frefti, they are apt to bring on diarrhoeas 
and dyfenteries, and to occafion oppreftioa of the bread. 
CAN 7 o ? 
CANA'RY ,f Wine brought from the Canaries, now 
called lack. An old dance. 
CANA'RY, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Sandomirz, Tixteen miles weft of Sandomirz. 
CANA'RY ISLANDS, iflands of Africa, in the At¬ 
lantic ocean, the moft eafterly about fifty leagues from 
cape Non. They are thirteen in number, (even of which 
are confiderable, viz. Palma, Ferro,, Gome-ra, TeneriiTc, 
Grand Canary, Forteventura, and Lancerota ; the other 
fix are very (mall, Gracioia, Roca or Rocca, Allegranza, 
Santa Clara, Inferno, and Lobos. They are fuppofed to 
have been known to the ancients under the tide of the 
Fortunate IJlands , but negledted till the beginning of the 
fifteenth century, when John de Betancourt, ageptleman 
or Normandy, took pofieflion of Forteventura and Lan¬ 
cerota, for John king of Cai'ti-lc, about the -year 1404. 
By the treaty of peace between Ferdinand king of Caf- 
tile and Alphonfo king of Portugal it was agreed, that 
thefe iflands (hould belong to Spain, in lieu of the fettle- 
ments on the continent of Africa being ceded to Portugal. 
The firft difeoverers found neither corn nor wine: at pre¬ 
lent there is plenty of both. It would be difficult, per¬ 
haps impoffible, to afeertain how thefe iflands were firft 
peopled, and whence the name of Canary is derived : 
tome aferibe it to the great number of dogs found there, 
from the Latin cants ; others from the Canaanites or Phoe¬ 
nicians, who vifited thefe iflands. It is probable, that 
the firft inhabitants might have been Canaanites, but the 
opinion, that the name (hould have been thence given to 
the iflands, feems rather fanciful Than folid. Lat. 27. xo. 
to 29. 50. N. Ion. 12.0. to 17. 50. W. Greenwich. 
CANA'RY (Grand), the principal ifland of the Cana¬ 
ries, which gives name to the whole, about ten leagues 
long and fix broad ; rise feat of the government, veiled in 
a governor and three .aifeflbrs, wh.o exercife a fovereiga 
authority, and receive appeals from all the other iflands. 
The middle part of the ifland is very mountainous, fo 
that on one fide of it may blow’ a (form, while on the 
other it is quite calm. The air is temperate ; the inhabi¬ 
tants have two harvefts in a year. They cultivate fugar- 
canes, and vines from which they make excellent wine, 
and export great quantities: they have alfo excellent 
fruits, fucli as melons, pears, apples, figs, peaches of fe- 
veral kinds, and plantains. There are great plenty of 
horned cattle, (tags, poultry, pigeons, and partridges. 
Wood is fcarce. The wheat and other corn is exceed¬ 
ingly good. The principal town is Palma, or Canary : 
other towns are Galder, Tjrachana, and Luz. 
CANA'RY, or Pai.ma, the capital of the ifland of 
Grand Canary, the fee of a bifitop, fnffragan of Seville; 
the refidence of the governor and fovereign council of the 
Canaries, and a tribunal of the inquifition. The town is 
a league in circumference, and contains about i?.,occ in¬ 
habitants. Lat. 2S. 10. N. Ion. 15. 35. W. Greenwich. 
To CANA'RY, v. a'. A cant word, which feems-to fig. 
nify to dance;, to frolic.—To jig off a tune at the tongue’s 
end, canary to it with your feet, humour it with turning 
up vour eye-lids. Shakejpcare. 
C ANA'RY-BIRD. Sec Fringilla. 
CANA'RY-GRASS,/, in botany. See Phalaris. 
CA'NASY, Canches, orTiXTA, a diftrict or jurifdic- 
tion of South America, in Peru, which takes its name 
from Canches , part of the Cordillera mountains fo called, 
it is called Tinta from the name of the principal town. 
The country yields plenty of corn, and the inhabitants 
breed a great number of cattle and mules, which they 
•difpofe of at their fairs to the inhabitants of the neigh¬ 
bouring provinces. It lies to the (bath of Cufco. 
CANAVEZ', a diftrifl of Italy, in the principality of 
Piedmont, of which Ivrca is the capital. 
CANAVE'ZES, a town of Portugal, in the province 
of Entre Duero e Min ho, twenty-feven miles eaft of Porto. 
CAN'CAH, or- Can'gah, an Indian philofopher, pny- 
fician, and aftronomer, whole erudition i:a been much ce¬ 
lebrated by Abu Maafcljar. Befides the Afrar al Mava- 
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