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guartuo priora Capita Genefeos, T542, 4(0. 9. Tranjlationum1 
pracipuarum veteris Tjiatncnti inter Je variantium Collado. 
10. Metaphrafis & Enarratio perpctua Ep'Jlola Divi Pauli ad 
Romanos , 1536, folio, ix. Jagoge in Linguam Hebraam, &c. 
FAG'LOE, one of the Faroer iflands, in the North Sea. 
FAGNA'NI (Profpero), a celebrated Italian canonill 
of the feventeenth century, relided at Rome, where he 
was, during fifteen years, fecretary to the holy congrega¬ 
tion, and was highly in favour with feveral fuccefiive 
popes. He had the misfortune of becoming blind at the 
age of forty-four ; but fo tenacious was l\is memory, that 
• this did not prevent him from proceeding in the compofi- 
tion of hisgreat work, the Commentary on the five Books 
of Decretals, firfi printed at Rome in 1661, 2 vols. folio, 
and fince feveral times reprinted. It is furniflied with 
an index of lingular excellence. He died in 1678, when 
eighty years of age. 
FA'GO, a town of Spain, in the kingdom of Aragon : 
eighteen miles north-weft of Jaca. 
FAGO'NA,/ in anatomy, the thymus; a gland of 
the throat. 
FAGO'NIA,y. [fo named by Tournefort, in honour 
ofMonf. Fagon, a great patron of botany.] In botany, a 
genus of the clafs decandria, order monogynia, natural or¬ 
der of gruinales, (rutaceae, JuJf.) The genericcharadlers 
are—Calyx ; perianthium five-leaved ; leaflets lanceolate, 
erect, patulous, very fmall, deciduous. Corolla : petals 
five, heart-fliaped, fpreading ; claws long, flender, in- 
ferted into the calyx. Stamina : filaments ten, Tubulate, 
erect, longer than the calyx ; antherte roundith. Piflil- 
lum : germ five-cornered, fuperior; ftyle awl-fhaped ; 
ftigma Ample. Pericarpinm : capfule round-acuminate, 
(five-cornered, G .) five-celled, five-lobed, ten-valved, 
the cells comprefled. Seeds : folitary, ronndiih, (ovate, 
G.) — EJJ'cndal CharaEler. Calyx five-leaved ; petals five, 
cordate ; capfule five-celled, ten-valved, with one feed 
in each cell. 
Species. 1. Fagonia Cretica, or Cretan fagonia : thorny ; 
leaflets lanceolate, flat, even. This is a low plant, fpread¬ 
ing its branches clofe to the ground, a foot or more every 
way. It has the ftrudture of the herb as in Tribulus, the 
flower of Malpighia, and is allied to Zygophyllum. Na¬ 
tive of the ifland of Candia ; it flowers in July and Ati- 
guft, but unlefs the feafon proveswarm, the feeds do not 
ripen in England. 
2. Fagonia Arabica, or Arabian fagonia : thorny ; leaf¬ 
lets linear, convex. This is a low plant with a ihrubby 
fralk, from which come out feveral weak branches armed 
with long thorns ; the leaves are thick, narrow, and con¬ 
vex on tiieir under fide ; the flowers come out as in the 
firft fort. It was difeovered by Dr. Shaw in Arabia. 
3. Fagonia llifpanica, or Spanith fagonia, or fagonia 
without (pines : without thorns. This differs from the 
firft in being fmooth, the branches having no thorns ; it 
■will alfo live two years, whereas that is annual. It is a 
native of Spain. 
Propagation and Culture. Sow the feeds upon a warm 
border of frefti light earth in autumn, where they are de¬ 
fined to remain, for they do not bear tranfplanting well ; 
in frofty weather ftielter the plants with mats, or foine 
other covering; thin them out to the diffance of ten 
inches or a foot, and keep them clean from weeds. Or 
rather fow them in pots, and place them under a frame 
in winter ; the following fpring, (hake them out of the 
pots, and plant them, in a warm border; thus they will 
flower early, and ripe feeds may be obtained. The fecond 
and third forts feldom flower the firft year ; thefe, there¬ 
fore, muff be fheltcred like the firft for two winters. 
F AGOPY'RU M, f. in botany. See Pylogonum. 
FA'GOT, /. [Jagod, Welfti and Armoric ; fagot, Fr.] 
A bundle of (licks bound together for the fire.—-Mitres 
or fagots have been the rewards of different perfons, ac¬ 
cording as they pronounced thefe confecrated fyllablesor 
n ot. IVatts .—A bundle-of (licks for any purpofe.—The 
j>]ack Prince filled a ditch with fagots as fuccefsfully as 
VoL. VII. No. 416. 
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the generals of our armies do it with fafeines. Addifon .—. 
A foldier numbered in the mufter-roll, but not really 
exifting. 
To FA'GOT, v. a. To tie up; to bundle together : 
Fie was too warm on picking work to dwell, 
But fagoted his notions as they fell, 
And if they rhym’d and rattled, all was well. Drydcn. 
FAGOTRI'TICO SI'MILIS, and FAGOTRI'TI- 
CUM, f in botany. See Polygonum. 
FAGRZE'A, f. [fo named by Thunberg, in honour 
of Jonas Theodore Fagraus, M. D.] In botany, a genus of 
the clafs pentandria, order monogynia, natural order of 
contortas, (apocineae, JuJJ.) The generic characters are— 
Calyx : perianthium one-leafed, bell-fhaped, five-parted ; 
divifions obtufe, incumbent, membranaceous at the end. 
Corolla: one-petalled, funnel-fhapcd ; tube round, gra¬ 
dually widening to the top, long ; border twilled, five- 
parted ; divifions oblong, oblique, obtufe, entire, patu¬ 
lous. Stamina: filaments five, filiform, equal, inferted 
into the tube, fnorter than the corolla; antherae ovate, 
twin, vertical, convex outwards, four-furrowed, flat on 
the inner fide, eafily bipartile. Piftillum : germ fuperior ; 
ftyle filiform, the length of the corolla ; ftigma peltate, 
orbiculate, flat. Pericarpiutn: berry ovate, flelhy, co¬ 
vered with an epidermis, two-celled. Seeds: orbiculate, 
fmooth.— EJJ'ential CharaEler. Calyx bell-fhaped ; corolla 
funnel-fhaped ; berry two-celled, flelhy ; feeds globular; 
ftigma peltate. 
Fagraea Zeylanicn, or Ceylon fagraea, a fingle fpecies : 
ftem becoming flirubby, ereCt, fomewhat four-cornered, 
a finger in thicknefs, and two feet high. Leaves entire, 
coriaceous, a hand broad, and a (pan long. Native of 
Ceylon, where it flowers in December and January. 
FAGUN'DEZ (Stephen), a Portuguefe Jefuit, born 
at Viana, and became a member of the fociety of Jefus at 
Evora, in 1694. We are furniflied with no farther parti¬ 
culars concerning him, excepting that he was appointed 
by his fuperiors to teach moral theology at Lifoon, where 
he died in 1645, aged lixty-eight years. His works were 
publiftied after his death, at Lyons, and confift of, j. 
Quafiiones de Chriflianis Ojficiis & Cafbu; Conjointice in vi Ec- 
c/efia Praccpta, 1626, folio. 2. Apologia pro ifo TraElut.u, 
( 3 c. 163:, 8vo. 3. In x. Praccpta Decalogi, 164:, 2 vols. 
folio. 4. De Jufitia, 1640, folio. 5. De ContraEUbus, 13 
de Acquifidone, ac Trarfladone Dominii, ( 3 c. 164.1, folio. 
FA'CtUS,/! [from < payw, Gr. to eat; the fruit of this 
tree having been the common food of mankind in the 
early ages.] The Beech and Chestnut; a genus of 
the clafs monoecia, order polytmdria, natural order of 
amentaceae, (juliferae, Ray and Haller.) The generic cha¬ 
racters are—I. Male flowers fixed to a comm:» ametan- 
ceous receptacle. Calyx: perianthium one-leafed, bell- 
fhaped, five-cleft; (four, five, or fix-cleft, Haller-, fub- 
fexfid, G .) Corolla: none. Stamina: filaments many, 
the length of the calyx, Cetaceous : anthene oblong. 11 . 
Female flowers in a bud of the fame plant. Calyx : pe¬ 
rianthium one-leafed, four-toothed, ereft, acute. Pif¬ 
tillum: germ covered with the calyx ; ftyles three, Tubu¬ 
late, (one trifid, G.) ftigmas fimple, reflex. Pericarpinm : 
capfule (which was the calyx) roundifh, very large, co¬ 
vered with foft fpines, one-celled, two to four-valved. 
Seeds: nuts one or two, ovate, rhfiee-corner-d, tlirte- 
vaived, acuminate.— EJfcntial CharaEler. Male. Calyx five- 
clefr, bell-(haped ; corolla none ; (lamina twelve. Female. 
Calyx four-toothed ; ftyles three; capfule muricate, four- 
valved ; feeds two. 
Species. 1. Fagns caftanea, or common ciieftnut-tree t 
leaves lanceolate, with acuminate ferratures, naked un¬ 
derneath. The chefthut-tree had its name ca/lanea from 
a town of the name of Caflanis, in 'I heflaly, about which 
this tree grew in great abundance. It has nearly the fame 
appellation in all the European languages. This tree wiil 
grow to a very great fize, and fpread its branches finely 
on every fide where it has room; but planted clofely, w ill 
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