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■brain; and there are fo intimately afiTociated together, that 
any one of them, when impreffed alone, (hall be able to 
excite in the mind the ideas of all the reft. Thus we de¬ 
rive the ideas of natural bodies from the alTociation of the 
feveral fenfible qualities with the names that exprefs them, 
and with each other. The fight of part of a targe build¬ 
ing fuggefts the idea of the reft inftantaneoufly, by a fyn- 
chronous alfociation of the parts ; and the found of the 
words, which begin a familiar fentence, brings to remem¬ 
brance the remaining parts, in order, by fucceftive affocia- 
tion. Dr. Hartley maintains, that fimple ideas run into 
complex ones by aftociation; and apprehends, that by pur- 
fuing and perfefting this doftrine, we may fome time 01- 
other be enabled to analyfe thofe complex ideas, that are 
commonly called the ideas of rejlcElion, or intellectual ideas, 
into their feveral component parts, i. e. into the fimple 
ideas of fenftition of which they confift ; and that this 
doctrine may be of confiderable ufe in the art of logic, and 
in explaining the various phenomena of the human mind. 
Association, in law, is a writ or patent fent by the 
kim r , either at his own motion or at the fuit of a party 
plaintiff, to the juftices appointed to take aftifes, or of oyer 
and terminer, &c. to have others aft'oeiated unto them. 
And this is ufual w here a jufticeof affife dies ; and a writ 
is i(Tued to the juftices alive.to admit the perfon aft'oeiated : 
alfo where a juftice is difabled, this is praftifed. Reg. Orig. 
201, 206, 223. The clerk of the aflife is ufually affociate 
of courfe ; in other cafes, fome learned ferjeants at law 
are appointed. It hath been holden, that an aftociation 
after another alfociation allowed and admitted, doth not 
lie ; nor are the juftices then to admit other aftociation in 
that writ afterwards, fo long as that writ and commillion 
Hand in force. Br. AJJif. 3S6. 
Association of Parliament. In the reign of 
William III. the parliament entered into a folemn affocia- 
tion to defend his majefty’s perfon and government again ft 
all plots and confpiracies; and all perfons bearing offices 
civil or military, were enjoined to fubferibe the alfociation 
to (land by king William, on pain of forfeitures and pe¬ 
nalties, &rc. by flat. 7 and 8 Will. III. c. 27. 
ASSO'DES, f. [from acrcioyMi, to naufeate.] A conti¬ 
nual fever, attended with a loathing of food. 
ASSOl'LE, [ abfolvere , Lat.] Inlaw, to deliver from 
excommunication. Staundf. PL Cr. 72. In ftat. 1 Hen. IV. 
c. 10. mention being made ot king Edward III. it is ad¬ 
ded, whom God aJ]oile. 
AS'SOLEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of Weft- 
phalia, nine miles fouth-eaft of Paderburn. 
AS'SOM, a town of Africa, in the country of Whidah, 
on the Slave Coaft. 
AS'SONANCE, f. in rhetoric and poetry, a term ufed 
where the words of a phrafe or a verfe have the fame found 
or termination, and yet make no proper rhyme. Thefe 
are ufually accounted vicious in Englidi; though the Ro¬ 
mans fometimes ufed them with elegance : as, Militem 
comparavit, excrcilum ordinavit, acitrn lujlravit. 
AS'SONANT RHYMES, is a term particularly ap¬ 
plied to a kind of verfes common among the Spaniards, 
where a refemblance of found ferves inftead of a natural 
rhyme. Thus ligera, cubierta, tierra , mefa, may arifwer 
each other in a kind of alfonant rhyme, having each an e 
in the penult fyllable, and an a in the laft. 
ASSO'NI A,/ [fo named in honour of Ignatius de Affo, 
a Spanilh botamft.] In botany, a genus of the monadel- 
phia dodecandria clafs, ranking in the natural order of 
columniferas. The generic charafters are—Calyx: peri- 
anthium double ; outer three-leaved, unilateral, decidu¬ 
ous ; inner one-leafed, five-parted ; parts lanceolate, acute, 
reflex. Corolla: petals five, roundifh, narrowed at the 
bale, fpreading, withering, affixed to the pitcher of the 
ftamens. Stamina: filaments fifteen, filiform, upright, 
fhorter than the corolla, conjoined at the bafe into the 
form of a pitcher; antherx oblong-fubfagittate, erect; 
five linear-lanceolate, fomewhat erect, coloured, petal- 
farmed (traps between the ftamens, proceeding from the 
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pitcher. Piftillum : germ roundifh, five-furrowed ; ftyle 
fimple, longer than the ftamens, permanent; ftigmas five, 
recurved. Pericarpium : capfule fubglobofe or turbinate, 
five-celled ; cells feparable, bivalve. Seeds : folitary or 
in pairs, fubovate.— EJJcntial GharaEler. Calyx, double; 
outer one-leafed or three-leaved, inner one-leafed. Co¬ 
rolla, five-petalled, without any tube, affixed to the pitcher 
of ftamens. Filaments, connefted in form of a pitcher, 
with petal-ftiaped (traps between them ; ftyle one or five j 
capfule five-celled ; feeds not winged. 
Species. 1. Albania populnea : leaves cordate ovate-acu-- 
inmate, flowers corymbed. This is a middle-fized tree, 
refembling hibifeus populneus; the wood is fweet-feented, 
and blue in the centre; whence the French in the ifle of 
Bourbon call it bois deJentcur bleu ou galcux\ when it is of 
a certain age it becomes very hard. Leaves alternately 
fcattered, large, generally quite entire, but fometimes ha¬ 
ving a few teeth and being waved, acuminate, and hang¬ 
ing down obliquely. Native of the ille of Bourbon, m 
Hilly woods ; flowering there in May. 
2. Affonia palmata : leaves cordate palmate fmoothifli, 
lobes feven acute, ferrate-crenate, flowers corymbed. Stein 
arboreous branched. Leaves alternate, on long petioles, 
but yet longer than they. Native of the ille of Bourbon ; 
flowering there in May and June. The natives call it 
mahot-tantan, on account of the refemblance which the 
leaves bear to thofe of ricinus palma chrijli, which is therev 
named tantan. 
3. Affonia acutangula : leaves cordate roundilh-three- 
cufped cremate, at firft tomentofe ; flowers racemed. Fruit 
ftiaped like a pear, tomentofe, and having one feed in each 
cell or capfule. Native of the ille of Bourbon. 
4. Affonia angulata : leaves cordate roundifh, angular 
at top, ferrate-toothed, tomentofe; umbels numerous; 
common peduncles fliorter than the petiole. Fruit globu. 
lar, tomentofe, with two feeds in each cell or capfule. 
Native of the ifle of Bourbon. 
5. Affonia tiliaTolia : leaves cordate roundifti-acute ere. 
nute; flowers raceme-corymbed. Native of the ifle of 
Bourbon. 
6. Allonia tomentofa : leaves cordate roundifh crenate 
tomentofe, with almoft circular veins; flowers umbeUed. 
Native of Madagafcar. 
7. Affonia punftata : leaves ovate-lanceolate long quite 
entire, tomentofe underneath, rugged with dots in the up 
per furface. This is a tree with the trunk growing to the 
thicknefs of the human leg or thigh, with a very dark- 
brown bark. Native of the ille of Bourbon. 
8. Affonia decanthera : leaves ovate acuminate repand- 
crenate fmooth ; ftamens five two-anthered ; flowers fmall 
umbelled. Native of Madagafcar. 
9. Affonia umbellata: leaves cordate ovate-oblong, acu¬ 
minate repand fmooth ; flowers umbelled globular. This 
is a tree entirely fmooth, with a brown bark. Native of 
the ille of Bourbon, where they make ropes of the bark. 
10. Affonia ovata : leaves ovate-toothed five-nerved to. 
mentole ; ftyle very fmall. Stem frutefeent or arborefeent, 
branched, covered with a ferruginous knap. Leaves al¬ 
ternate, white underneath, and rugged on the upper fur- 
face. Native of the ifle of Bourbon. 
11. Affonia ferruginea: leaves ovate-oblong feven-ner- 
ved ferruginous beneath ; petioles, peduncles, and calyxes, 
tomentofe. Stem arborefeent, from eight to ten feet high, 
(fcarcely four in our (loves;) the branches, efpecially the 
younger ones, clothed with a rufous knap. Leaves on the 
extreme twigs fcattered alternately, green on the upper 
furfave and fmooth, tomentofe on the under. Native of 
the ille of Mauritius. Cultivated in the royal garden at 
Paris; but it has not flowered there. 
Propagation and Culture. See Hibiscus and Pen- 
TAPETES. 
To ASSORT', v. a. [ ajfortif- , Fr.J To range in clafles, 
as one thing fuits with another. 
ASSORT'MENT, f The act of clafling or ranging. 
A mafs or quantity properly (elected and ranged, 
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