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the fpot it occupies. This is the fpecies that emits from 
every part of its body foamy bubbles, which are produc¬ 
tive of a froth refembling fpittle, and in which the larva 
covers itfelf, and prepares for its perfect or matured ltafe. 
25. Cicada fanguinolenta; of a glolfy black both above 
and beneath. The elytra, or fuperior wings, have each 
three large fpots of a beautiful crimfon colour, viz. one 
at the bafe, clofe ro the efcutcheon, which is femi-circu- 
lar; anotherj-ound one, fituate lower down, near the out¬ 
ward edge, and a third placed at a finalt diftance from the 
extremity of the elytra, and forming a kind of half-moon, 
the points of which are turned to the upper part. The 
1 aft fpot coincides with its correfponding one on the other 
elytrum. Both the elytra are black at their extremities ; 
and the inferior wings are dufky, tinged with a little red 
at their bafe. 26. Cicada viridis; of a deep green, but 
molHy tranfparent: the thorax and efcutcheon are green; 
the head is yellow, with two black dots ftrongly marked 
■upon the upper part, and a few fmall ones on the fides. 
There are likewife two black punfta difcernible on the 
efcutcheon. 
CICATRI'CULA,/ [dim. of cicatrix .] A little (peck 
in the yolk of an egg, where the firft changes in the for¬ 
mation of a chicken begin. 
CI'CATRICE, or Cicatrix,/, [cicatrix, Lat.] The 
fear remaining after a wound.—One captain Spurio, with 
liis cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his finifter cheek. 
Shakefpeare. —A mark; an impreffion; fo ufed by Shake- 
fpeare lefs properly: 
Lean but upon a rufh, 
The cicatrice and capable impreffure 
Thy palm fome moments keeps, Shakefpeare. 
CICATRI'SANT,/ [from cicatrico , to fkin over.] Epu- 
lotic medicines, or fuch as difpofe wounds and ulcers to 
dry up and heal, and to be covered with a fkin. 
CICATRI'SIVE, adj. Having the qualities proper to 
innnr<* 3 nrsfncp 
CICATRIZATION, / The aft of healing the wound. 
—A vein burfted, or corroded in the lungs, is looked upon 
to be for the molt part incurable, becaufe of the motion 
and coughing of the lungs tearing the gap wider, and 
hindering • the conglutination and cicatrization of the 
vein. Harvey. —The Hate of being healed, or .fkinned 
over.—The firft ftageof healing, or the difebarge of mat¬ 
ter, is called digeftion ; the fecond, or the filling up with 
fiefh, incarnation; and the laft, or fkinning over, cicatri¬ 
sation. Sharp , 
To CI'CATRIZE, v. a. To apply fuch medicines to 
wounds, or ulcers, as heal and (kin them over. Quincy .— 
To heal and induce the fkin over a fore.—We in earned, 
and in a few days cicatrized it with a fmooth cicatrix. 
Wifeman. 
CIC'CA,/. in botany, a genus of the clafs monoecia, 
order tetrandria. The generic characters are—I. Male 
flowers fcattered. Calyx : perianthium four-leaved ; leaf¬ 
lets roundifh, concave. Corolla : none. Stamina : fila¬ 
ments four, fetaceous; antherae fubglobular, the length 
of the calyx. II. Female flowers fcattered on the fame 
plant. Calyx : as in the males. Corolla : none. Piftil- 
lum : germ roundifh; ftyles four two parted, fubulate, 
the length of the-germ; ftigmas acute, permanent. Pe- 
ricarpium: capfule fubglobular, tetracoccous, elaftic; 
Seeds: folitary. This genus bears an affinity to phyl- 
lanthus.— EJfential Character. Male ; calyx four-leaved. 
Female; calyx three-leaved; ftyles four; capfule tetra¬ 
coccous. 
There is but one fpecies, called cicca difticha, and de- 
feribed in Linnseus’s Supplement as a tree, with long fim- 
ple branches; leaves alternate, diftich; the lower round¬ 
ed-ovate, fmaller; the upper ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
entire, very fmooth; flowers proceeding from the loweft 
part of the branches, after the falling of the leaves, and 
occupying their places; aggregate in Jeffile heads, male 
and female on the fame tree, but on different branches. 
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It feems, however, to be a true fpecies of phyllanthus, 
except in the number of parts, and having a berry for 
the fruit; it remains a doubt, therefore, whether this ge¬ 
nus of cicca fhould remain. 
Loureiro defcribeS his cicca racemofa as a middle-fizeci 
tree with afeending branches, the leaves ovate fubacumi- 
nate quite entire, fmooth alternate petioled diftich, the 
flowers in compound fhort fubterminating racemes, the 
males and females on different branches; neither have 
any calyx, the corolla is bell-fhaped, four-parted, the feg- 
ments ovate, fpreading, red, dotted with white; filaments 
fhorter than the corolla, antherae two celled; the fruit is 
a roundifh berry, half an inch in diameter, pale, fmooth, 
acid, eatable, containing four ovate-feeds. Loureiro ob- 
ferves, that what Linnaeus calls the calyx is rather the co¬ 
rolla, on account of its colour and tenuity. It is frequent 
in the kingdom of Champava ; and is cultivated, but rare¬ 
ly, in the metropolis of Cochinchina. 
CI'CELEY, a proper name of women. 
CPCELY,/ in botany. - See Ch.erophyli.um. 
CI'CER,/ [of uncertain origin, unlefs it be from the 
Greek xjxv?, ftrength. The Cicerones had their name from 
this pulfe, as the Pifones had from the pifum or pea, and 
the Lentuli from the lens or lentil.] In botany, a genus 
of the clafs diadelphia, order decandria, natural order of 
papilionaceae or leguminofas. The generic charafters are 
—Calyx: perianthium five-parted, length of the corolla; 
fegments four, incumbent on the banner; the two middle 
converging longitudinally ; the lower under the keel. 
Corolla: papilionaceous; banner flat, roundifh, larger, 
bent in on the fides ; wings obtufe, half the length of the 
banner; keel fhorter than the wings, fharpifh. Stamina : 
filaments diadelphous (one and nine) rifing; antherae 
Ample. Piftillum: germ ovate; ftyle fimple, rifing; ftig- 
ma obtufe. Pericarpium: legume rhomboid, turgid, in¬ 
flated. Seeds : two, roundifh, gibbous, with knots on the 
fides, crooked, and bent in at the top.— EJfential Char after. 
Calyx five-parted, length of the corolla; the four upper 
fegments incumbent on the banner; legume rhombed, 
turgid, two-feeded. 
There is but one fpecies, the cicer arietinum, or chich- 
pea : leaflets ferrate. It is annual. Stem from a foot to 
eighteen inches in height, ereft, leafy, branched. Native 
of the fouth of Europe, the Levant, and Africa ; where 
it is frequently eaten both raw and boiled. Cultivated 
1551, at Kew, by William Turner, M. D. Gerarde fays, 
it is fown in our London gardens, but not common ; and 
is named in Englifh common cich or ciches, red cich or 
Jhceps' ciche , peafe or peafon. Parkinfon adds the names 
of deers and rammes ciches . 
Propagation and Culture. The feeds of this plant may 
be fown in the fpring, in the fame manner as peafe, making 
drills with a hoe, about an inch and a half deep, in which 
the feeds fhould be fown at about two inches afunder, 
then with a rake draw the earth into the drill to cover 
the feeds. The drills fhould be made at three feet dif¬ 
tance from each other, that there may be room for their 
branches to fpread, when the plants are fully grown, as 
aifa to hoe the ground between them, to keep it clean 
from weeds, which is all the culture thefe plants require. 
This plant flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in Auguft ; 
but, unlefs the feafon proves warm and dry, the plants- 
decay in this country before the feeds are ripe. See As¬ 
tragalus, Ervue, Galega, and Ononis. 
CI'CER A,/ in botany. See Lathyrus. 
CFCERO (Marcus Tullius), the celebrated Roman 
orator, born at At pinum in the year of Rome 647, about 
107 years before the Chriftian era. He was fon of a Ro¬ 
man knight, and lineally defeended from the ancient kings- 
of the Sabines. His mother’s name was Helvia. After 
difplaying many abilities at fchool, he was taught philo- 
fophy by Philo, and law by Mutius Scaevola. He ac¬ 
quired and perfected a tafte for military knowledge under 
Sylla, in tile Marfian war, and retired from Rome, which, 
was divided into factions, to indulge his philofophic pro- 
2 ,L penfities.. 
