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inerous and fplendid publications foon extended his repu¬ 
tation over Europe; and the focieties of London, Peterf- 
turgh, and Haerlem, cheerfully received him as an affo- 
ciate. In 1745, he was appointed profeffor of the practice 
of medicine at Leyden, and was fucceeded in the anato¬ 
mical chair by his brother Frid. Bern. Albinus. He was 
twice reftor of the univeriity, and as often refufed that 
high honour when it was voluntarily offered him. At 
length, worn out by long fervice and intenfe.ftudy, he died 
on September 9, 1770, aged feventy-four. 
ALBION, the ancient name of Britain, from the'Latin 
album , “white,” on account of the chalky cliffs on its 
fea-coafts. 
New Albion, a name given by Sir Francis Drake to 
California. 
ALBIERO,yi ip aftronomy, a ftar of the third or fourth 
magnitude in the conftellation Cygnus. 
ALB 1 S, now the Elbe, which divided ancient Germa¬ 
ny in the middle, and was the boundary of the ancient 
geography of Germany, fo far as that country was known 
to the Romans: all beyond they owned to be uncertain, 
no Roman except Drul'us and Tiberius having penetrated 
fo far as the Elbe. In the year of the building of the ci¬ 
ty 744, or about fix years before Chrift, Domitius Ahe- 
nobarbus, crofling the nver with a few, merited the or¬ 
naments of a triumph; fo glorious was it reckoned at 
Rome to have attempted its pafiage. 
ALB 1 SOLA, a fmall town belonging to the republic 
of Genoa: here is a porcelain manufacture, and feveral 
country-houfes of the Genoefe nobility. It was bombard¬ 
ed in 1745 by the Englifh. Lat. 44. 15. N. Ion. 8. 20. E. 
ALBOGALERUS,/! in Roman antiquity, a white cap 
worn by the jlamen dialis, on the top of which was an or¬ 
nament of olive-branches. 
ALBORA,/] a fort of itch, or rather leprofy. Para- 
celfus fays, it is a complication of the morphew, ferpigo, 
and leprofy. When cicatrices appear in the face like the 
ferpigo, and then turn to fmall blifiers of the nature of 
morphew, it is the albora. It terminates without ulce¬ 
ration, but by fetid evacuations in the mouth and noftrils ; 
it is alfo feated in the root of the tongue. Internal me¬ 
dicines, as well as corrofive ones, are forbidden. 
ALBORAK, f. amongft the Mahometan writers, tire 
bead: on which Mahomet rode in his journeys to heaven. 
The Arab commentators give many fables concerning this 
extraordinary vehicle. It is reprefented as of an interme¬ 
diate (hape and fize between an afs and a mule. A place, 
it feems, was fecured for it in paradife at the interceflion of 
Mahomet; which, however, was in fome meafureextort¬ 
ed from the prophet, by Alborak’s refufing to let him 
mount him when the angel Gabriel was come to conduct 
him to heaven. 
ALBORO,yi in zoology, a name by which the eryth- 
rinus, a fmall red fifti caught in the Mediterranean, is 
commonly known in the markets of Rome and Venice. 
ALBOUR G, a town of Denmark. See Aalborg. 
ALBRICIUS, born at London, was a great philofo- 
pher, a learned and able phyfician, and well verfed in all 
the branches of polite literature. He lived in the eleventh 
century, and wrote feveral works in Latin; particularly, 
1. Of the Origin of the Gods. 2. The Virtues of the An¬ 
cients. 3. The Nature of Poifon, &c. 
ALBUCA, y. [from albus, Lat. white.] In botany, a 
genus of the hexandria monogynia clafs, ranking in the 
natural order of lilia or liliaceae. The generic charac¬ 
ters are—Corolla: petals fix, oblong-oval, permanent; 
the three outer fpreading, the three inner converging. 
Stamina: filaments fhorter than the corolla, three oppo- 
fite to the inner petals, linear-fubulate, complicate a little 
above the bafe, then flat; three oppolite to the outer pe¬ 
tals, thicker; antherae on the former, oblong, fixed to the 
inftex tip of the filament below the middle, upright; on 
the latter, fimilar but effete, or none. Piftillum: germ 
oblong, triangular; ftyle three-fided ; ftigma a triangular 
pyramid. Pericarpium; an oblong, obtufe, triangular, 
ALB 
three-celled, three-valved, capfule. Seeds: numerous, 
flat, lying over each other, and widening outwards.— Ef- 
fential Character. Corolla lix-petalled, the inner ones dif- 
form. Stamina, three of the fix caftrated; ftigma lur- 
rounded by three cufps. 
Species. I. Three ftamens only fertile. 1. Albuca al- 
tiflima, or tall albuca : interior petals giandulofe and bent 
in at the tip, leaves fubulate, channelled-convolute. In 
this fpecies the leaves are fo deeply channelled as to be al- 
mofl rolled into a cylinder; they are two feet long, and 
almoft three inches broad at the bafe. It flowers in April 
and May, and was introduced into England about 1780, 
by Meffrs. Kennedy and Lee. 
2. Albuca major, or great albuca: interior petals gian¬ 
dulofe and bent in at the tip, leaves linear-lanceolate, flat- 
tifh. Mr. Miller has, by miftake, made this a native of 
Canada, whereas all the fpecies come from the Cape of 
Good Hope. It flowers in May. 
3. Albuca minor, or fmall albuca: interior petals gian¬ 
dulofe and bent in at the tip, leaves linear-fubulate, chan¬ 
nelled. It flowers in May and June, 
4. Albuca coarcfata, or channel-leaved albuca : interior 
petals vaulted at the tip ; leaves fmooth, linear, fubulate, 
channelled; peduncles the length of the brakes. The 
flowers are yellow, which appear in May. It was intro¬ 
duced here in 1774. 
5. Albuca fpiralis, or fpiral-leaved albuca: interior pe¬ 
tals vaulted at the tip, leaves fpiral. 
II. All the ftamens fertile. 6. Albuca faftigiata, or up¬ 
right-flowered albuca : interior petals vaulted at tire tip* 
leaves fmooth, peduncles very long. It flowers in May, 
and was introduced in 1774. 
7. Albuca vifeofa, or vifcofe albuca: interior petals 
vaulted at the tip, leaves hairy-glandulofe. It flowers in 
May and June, and was introduced about 1779, by John 
Fothergill, M. D. 
8. Albuca Abyfliniea, or Abyffinian albuca: leaves li¬ 
near, channelled, fmooth. 
Propagation and Culture. If the roots are kept in pots, 
filled-with light earth, and flickered under a hot-bed frame 
in winter, they will thrive and produce flowers ; but the 
beft method is to have a border in the front of a green- 
houfe, or ftove, where the roots of moft of the bulbous 
flowers may be planted in the full ground, and fereened 
inwrinter from froft; in fuel) fituations they thrive much 
better, and flower ftronger, than when kept in pots. Mr. 
Miller fays, that he raifed the third fort from feed, and 
that it generally flowers twice a-year, firft in March or 
April, and again in July or Auguft; but that it did not 
produce any feeds. He affirms, that the fecond fort is fo 
hardy, that the joots may be planted about four inches- 
deep in a border of light earth, where they will thrive, 
and produce their flowers late in the fummer. 
ALBUGINEA TUNICA, f. in anatomy, the third or 
innermoft coat or covering of the teftes; it is likewife the 
name given to one of the coats of the eye. 
ALBUGINEOUS, adj. [albugo , Lat.J Refembling the 
white of an egg. 
ALBUGO, orLEUCOMA,yi in medicine, a diftemper 
occafioned by a white opaque fpot growing on the cornea 
of the eye, and obftru6ting vifion. 
ALBUM, f. in antiquity, a kind of white table or re- 
gifter, wherein the names of certain magiftrates, public 
tranfa6fions, &c. were entered. Of thefe there were va¬ 
rious forts ; as the album decurionum, albumfenatorum, album 
judicum , album preetoris, &c. Album decurionum was the 
regifter wherein the names of the decuriones were enter¬ 
ed, and is otherwife called matriculatio decurionum. Album 
fenatorum, the lift of fenators’ names, which was firft in¬ 
troduced by Aitguftus, and renewed yearly. Album ju¬ 
dicum, that wherein the names of the perfons of thofe 
decuriae who judged at certain times were entered. Al¬ 
bum praetoris, that wherein the formula:. of all actions, and 
the names of fuch judges as the praetor had chofen to de¬ 
cide caufes, were written. The high prieft entered the 
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