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deeply cut and not ferrate. The involucre is more ob¬ 
long, refembling- a petal, or coloured, not cordate at 
the bale, or green. Found in New Granada, by Minis. 
2. Dalechampia fcandens, or climbing dalechampia : 
leaves trifiid, ferrate. Stem branched, hairy, the hairs 
Handing out; leaves alternate, petioled, remote, cordate, 
three-parted, much veined, wrinkled, ferrate, pubefcent. 
Native of the Weft Indies ; flowers in June and July. 
Miller has a plant under the name of Dalechampia 
fcandens, a native of Jamaica, whence Dr. Houftourr 
fent him the feeds, which fucceeded, flowered, and per¬ 
fected feeds, in the Chelfea garden. It feems to be dif¬ 
ferent from the fpecies here let' down ; having a fmooth 
fruit, with a hifpid calyx (or involucre). Miller de- 
feribes it as having a root compofed of many fibres, and 
extending to a great diftance; from which arife feveral 
weak twining ftalks, that faften themfelves to neighbour¬ 
ing plants, and mount up to a confiderable height. At 
each joint is one fmooth three-lobed leaf, refembling 
that of the hop ; the two fide lobes are oblique to the 
midrib, but the middle one is equal. The flowers are 
produced from the fide of the ftalks, three or four grow¬ 
ing upon each peduncle : they are of an herbaceous co¬ 
lour, and fmall; with a double involucre, made up of 
two rows of leaves, which are narrow, and armed with 
final 1 briftly flinging hairs. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants are propagated 
by feeds fown early in the fpring on a hot-bed, tranf- 
planted into fmall pots when three inches high, plunged 
into a bark-bed, and frequently watered. They fhould 
be afterwards removed into larger pots, and placed at 
the back of the bark-ftove, where they may have an 
efpalier or trellis to run up. They feldom continue more 
than two years. 
DA'LECFIAMPS (James), a phyfician and man of 
letters, born at Caen in 1513. He was educated for the 
medical profelfion, and became a doCtor of the faculty of 
his native city in 1360. Removing to Lyons, he married 
there, and praCtifed with great reputation till his death, 
in 1588. He was an indefatigable ftudent, and left nu¬ 
merous proofs of his induftry in various brandies of lite¬ 
rature. As a botanifl, lie added thirty plates of rare 
plants to the Diofcorides of Ruellius, printed in 1552; 
and after his death appeared his Hijloria gcncralis Planta- 
rum , in xviii. Libras digejla, Lugd. 1587, two vols. folio. 
This work was the labour of thirty years. In medicine 
he publifhed De Pejle, Lib. III. 1553, containing alfo a 
tranflation of Raymund de Vinario On the fame difeafe. 
He alfo gave editions with notes of Paulas'AEgineta, and 
of Ccclius Aurclianus. Fie publifhed in furgery a work in- 
titled Chirurgie Franfoife, avec plujicurs Figures d'Injlruments, 
Sec. 1589, 8vo. feveral times reprinted. Dalechamps 
alfo diftinguiflied himfelf as a claflical critic by his edi¬ 
tions of Pliny the Elder, of Athensei Deipfnofophiftse, 
and of Seneca the Philofopher. 
DALE'I-IR, a fortrefs of Sweden, built on a rocky 
ifland, with a garrifon to guard the entrance, and receive 
the duties of velfels going to Stockholm. 
DA'LEM, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft, 
phalia, and bifhopric of Paderburn : feven miles eaft of 
Buren. 
DA'LEM, or Dalen, a town of Germany, in the 
circle of Weftphalia, and duchy of Limburg, the capital 
pf a comte of the fame name, fituated on the river Ber- 
vine. Its fortifications were deftroyed by the French, 
who took it in 1672. It was ceded to the Dutch at the 
peace of Nimeguen : fifteen miles north-north-weft of 
Juliers, and lixteen weft-fonth-weftt of Aix-la-Chapelle. 
Lat. 50.45. N. Ion. 23. 15. E. Ferro. 
D’ALEM'BERT. See Alembert. 
DA'LEN (Cornelius Van), an eminent engraver, na¬ 
tive of Holland, who flourilhed about the year 1640. 
A fet of antique ftatues, engraved by him, are in a bold 
ftyle, as if founded upon that of Goltzius. He engraved 
a great variety of portraits, fonie of which are very va- 
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luable, and form the beft as well as the larger part of 
his works. 
DA'LENBURG, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Lower Saxony,- and principality of Luneburg Zell, oil 
the Netze : fixteen miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Zell. 
DALF'FEN, or Dalfsen, a town of the United Dutch 
States in Overiflel, fituated on the Vecht: eight leagues 
fouth-weftof Covorden. 
DALF'HEIM, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
The Lower Rhine, and palatinate of the Rhine : fix miles 
north-weft: of Worms. 
DAL'HEIM, a fown of Germany, in the circle of 
Weftphalia, and duchy of Juliers: three miles north- 
north-weft of Waffenbcrg. 
DA'LIA, or Daal, a province of Sweden, in Weft 
Gothland, about twenty-eight leagues in length, and thir¬ 
teen in breadth, fituated between the Venner lake and 
the government of Bahus : full of mountains and forefts 
towards the north, but towards the fouth it produces 
corn fufficient for the inhabitants : it has a number of 
mines. Cattle, fifli, butter, and cheefe, are the chief 
articles of trade. The principal town is Dalaborg. 
DA'LIAS, a town of Spain, in the province of Gre¬ 
nada : fix leagues weft-fouth-weft of Almeria. 
DALIBAR'D A, J'. in botany. See Rubus. 
DA'LIN (Olof Von), a Swedifli hiftorian and poet, 
chancellor of the court, and knight of the polar ftar, 
born in 1708, at Winberga in Halland, where his father,- 
Jonas Dalin, was a clergyman. He ftudied at Lund, and. 
was deftined for the medical profeflion ; but this defign 
he abandoned, and applied to philofophy, amufing him¬ 
felf alfo with poetry, for which he feemed to have a very 
happy genius. In 1749 he was entrufted with the im¬ 
portant charge of inftrufting the hereditary prince ; and 
in 1751 he was ennobled, and aftumed the name of Von 
Dalin. In 1753 he was appointed counfellor of the chan¬ 
cery, in 1755 lnftoriographer to the king, in 1761 knight 
of the polar ftar, and in 1763 a counfellor of the court. 
This laft honour, however, he did not long enjoy, as he 
died on the 12th of Auguft the fame year, at the palace 
of Drotlingholm. His principal works are, 1. The Swe- 
difn Argus, Stockholm, 1733, 1734. 2. Sw 7 edifh Liberty, 
a poem, 1743. 3. Brunchilda, a tragedy. 4. Hiftory of 
Sweden, the three firft volumes, Stockholm, 1747,410. 
A German tranflation of this work, by J. Benzelftierna 
and J. C. Dahnert, appeared at Griefswald in 1756, 4to. 
5. A Tranflation of Montefquieu’s Caufes de la Grandeur 
& de la Decadence des Romains ; a great many poems, 
fables, and other fmall pieces, printed together in fix 
volumes, 1767. 
DALKE'ITH, a town of Scotland, in the county of 
Edinburgh, on the river Elk, at the union of the two 
branches, the North and South Elk. Near it is a mag¬ 
nificent feat of the duke of Buccleugh. It is fix miles 
fouth-eaft of Edinburgh. 
DAL'KEY, a fmall ifland in St. George’s Channel, 
near the eaft coaft of Ireland, a little to the iouth of Dub¬ 
lin Bay. Lat. 53. 20. N. Ion. 6. 5. W. Greenwich. 
DALKOWIC'ZE, a town of Lithuania, in the pala¬ 
tinate of Minlk : thirty-two miles north-eaft of Minlk. 
DAL'LIANCE, f. Interchange of carelfes; a£ls of 
fondnefs : 
Nor gentle purpofe, nor endearing fmiles. 
Wanted ; nor youthful dalliance, as befeems 
Fair couple link’d in happy nuptial league. Milton . 
Conjugal converfation: 
That bower not myftic, where the fapient king 
Field dalliance with his fair Egyptian ipoufe. Milton. 
Delay ; procraftination : 
Good lord, you ufe this dalliance to excufe 
Your breach of promife. Shakefpeari. 
DAL'I-IER; f. Atrifler; a fondler.—The daily daL 
lien with pleafant words, with finding countenances, and 
with 
