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without order ; they are fpear-fhaped, and narrow at their 
"bate ; their edges are fet with very Ihort teeth, which are 
rough. The flowers come forth in clutters between the 
leaves, at the extremities of the branches; they are white, 
with a mixture of dirty yellow on the outlide; the tube 
is an inch long, and at the top they are:pretty deeply cut 
into five fegments; the two upper are reflex, the two-fide 
ones are bent inward, and the lower one is turned down¬ 
ward. Thefe flowers have much the appearance of thofe 
of the honeyfuckle, and are as agreeably fcented; more 
l"o than the foregoing fort. They appear the middle of Ju¬ 
ly, but are not fucceeded by feeds in England. Linnaeus 
remarks, that this is very nearly ailed to the foregoing, but 
flowers after all the leaves are fully expanded. There are 
feveral varieties of this alfo, but all with W'hite flowers. 
It is likewife a native of North America, in woods and 
■•moift. places; and was introduced, with the other, by the 
fame curious gentleman. 
5. Azalea Lapponica, or Lapland azalea: leaves with 
excavated dots fprinkled over them. This is a divarica¬ 
ted fhrub, fix or feven inches high. 
■6. Azalea procumbens, or procumbent azalea t branch¬ 
es diffufely-procumbent. Stems procumbent, branching, 
half a foot long and more ; leaves hard, convex, with the 
edges contracted, concave underneath ; flowers clofe, three 
or four together. Native of the mountains of Europe; 
and was found in the Highlands of Scotland by Mr. Light- 
foot, Dr. Hope, and others. 
7. Azalea punctata, or dotted azalea: leaves rugged 
about the edge; flowers dotted, heaped. This fhrub is 
five feet high, upright, and branched. Native of the 
woods of Cochin-China, 
Propagation and Culture. The Pontic and Indian fpecies 
have not yet been cultivated in Europe. The third and 
fourth forts grow naturally in Ihade- and on moift grounds, 
in moft parts of North America, from whence many of 
the plants have been feat yi late years to England, and fe¬ 
veral of them have produced their beautiful flowers in 
many curious gardens. They raufl have a moift foil and 
a ftrady fituation, otherwife they will not thrive.. They 
can only be propagated by fhoots from their roots, and lay¬ 
ing dow n their branches, for they do not produce feeds 
here; and, if good feeds could be obtained, they would 
be difficult to raife, and a long time before they would 
flower. But, when they are in a proper fituation, their 
roots extend, and put out fhoots, which may be taken off 
with roots, and tranfplanted. When any of them are laid 
down, it fliould be only the young fhoots of the fame year, 
for the old branches will not put out roots. The beft time 
for this,is at Michaelmas, and if they are covered with 
Lome.old tan, to keep out the froft, it will be of great life 
to them. The autumn is alfo the beft time to remove the 
plants, but the ground about their roots fhould be cover¬ 
ed in winter to keep out the froft; and, if this is every 
year pradlifed to the old plants, it will preferye them in 
vigour, and caufe them to flower well. The fifth and 
fixth fpecies are low plants of little beauty, and, .growing, 
naturally on boggy grounds upon mountains, are difficult 
to keep in garden?. 
A'ZAMOR, a town of Africa, in the empire of Mo¬ 
rocco, and province of Duqiiella, on the river Morbeys, 
near the fea, but not convenient for commerce, as the en¬ 
trance Of the river is dangerous. It was taken by the Por- 
fuguefe in the year 1513, but abandoned at the end of the 
fame century: eighty miles north of Morocco. Lat.33. 
ao.N. Ion. 9. 10. E. Ferro. 
A'ZAN, a mountain of Arcadia, confecrated to Cybele. 
A'ZAR, a town of Arabia, fev'enty-fix miles fouth-eaft 
of Amanzirifdin. 
AZA'RAKITES, a fee! of Mahometan Arabs. See 
-.Arabia. 
AZARE'DO, a fea-port of South America, in the bay 
off Spirito Santo, on the coaft of Brafil, a celebrated port 
for fugar. Lat. 20. 18. S. Ion. 40. jo. W. Greenwich. 
AZARI'AH, [nmy Heb. of ATj? the help, and.the 
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Lord; i.c. the "help of the Lord.] King of Judah, fuc¬ 
ceeded his father Amaziah, 810 years before Chrifl. He 
aflembled an army of above 300,000 men, with which he 
conquered the Philiftines, and demoliflied the walls of 
-Gath, Jabniel, and Aflidod ; built up the walls of Jeru- 
falem ; furnifhed the city with conduits; and planted gar¬ 
dens and vineyards: but at laft, being elated with his prof- 
perity, and refolving to iifurp the office of high prieft, he 
was ftruck with a leprofy, which obliged him to remain 
flint up in his palace for the ref! of his days. He died 
about 759 years before the Chrjftian era, and was fucceed¬ 
ed by Jonathan his fon. There are feveral other perfons 
of this name mentioned in the Scripture. 
AZARO'LUS, and Azarole. See Cratjegus. 
A'ZAZEL,/ The word relates to the.authority of the 
fcape-goat, under the Jewifh religion. Some call the goat 
itfelf by this name, as St. Jerom and Theodoret. "Dr. 
Spencer fays, the fcape-goat was to be feat to azazel; by 
which is meant the devil. M. le Clerc tranflates it prcBci- 
pitium, making it to be that fleep and inacceflible place to 
which the goat was feat, and where it was fuppofed to pe- 
rifli. 
AZ A\ '-LE-FERON', a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Indre, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 
tridtof Chatillon-fur-Indre : twenty-fix miles weft of Cha- 
teauroux, and nine fouth-fouth-eaft of Chatillon. 
A za v- i.e Rideait, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Indre and Loire, and thief place of a canton, 
in the diftridl of Chinon: four leagues fouth-weft of Tours, 
and four north-eaft of Chinon. 
AZEDA R ACH,yi in botany. See Melia. 
AZE'KA, a city of the Amorites, in the lot of Ju¬ 
dah, lituated between Eleutheropolis and Aelia ; where 
the five kings of the Amorites and their army were de- 
ftroyed by hailftones from heaven. Jojhua. 
A'Z.EM, or A'sem, a town of Africa, and capital of 
Adra, on the Slave Coaft, about fixteen leagues from the 
lea. It was almoft deftroyed by the king of Dahomiin 1724. 
AZER AI'LLES, a town of France, in the department 
of the Meupte, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridl: 
of Lunevilie: three leagues fouth-eal! of Luneville, and 
two and a half fouth-weft of Blamont. 
AZIALCOLLAR', a town of Spain, in the country of 
Seville, nineteen miles north-weft of Seville. 
A'ZILAR, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia, in 
the road between Conftantinople and Tocat. 
AZIL'LE, a town of France, in the department of the 
Aude, and chief place of a canton, in the diftridl of Car- 
caflonne : fixteen miles weft-north-weft: of Narbonne, and 
thirteen eaft-north-eal! of Carcafionne. Lat. 43. 17. N. 
Ion. 20. 19. E. Ferro. 
AZIMGUR', a town of Hindoftan, in the country of 
Allahabad, 108 miles vveft-north-wefi: of Patna, and fifty 
north of Benares. 
A'ZIMEN DEGREES, in aftrology, are certain de¬ 
grees in the zodiac, fo called, becattfe perfons born when 
any -of therii afeend, are commonly afflidled with lamenefs, 
or fome other natural imperfedlion. 
A'ZIMUTH,yi of the fun, or ftar, &c. in aftronomy, 
is an arch of the horizon, intercepted between the meri¬ 
dian of the place and the azimuth or vortical circle palling 
through the fun or ftar ; and is equal to the angle at the 
zenith formed by the laid meridian and vertical circle. Or 
it is the complement to the eafteni or weftern.amplitude. 
The azimuth is thus found by trigonomety : As radius is 
to the tangent of the latitude, fo is the tangent of the al¬ 
titude of the lun or ftar to the cofine of the azimuth from 
the fouth at the time of the equinox. 
Azimuth (Magnetica!), an arch of the horizon con¬ 
tained between the' magnetical meridian and the azimuth 
or vertical circle of the objed! ; or its apparent diftaoce 
from the north or fouth point of the compafs. This is 
found by obferving the fun, or liar, &c. with anazimuth- 
compafs, when it is tea or fifteen degrees high, either be¬ 
fore or after noon. 
■Azimuth^ 
