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umbellules ten, five of which are in the circumference; 
the rudiment of the central u,mbellule is a mortified vi¬ 
tiated body, pedicellcd, fomewhat three-fided, fleffiy, de- 
preffed,dark-coloured, hoary above, with white hairs; in¬ 
volucre very fmall, five-leaved, Tubulate, reflex. Invo- 
luc'els halved: thofe of the outer ones three-leaved, Tu¬ 
bulate, nodding, fliorterthan the umbellule ; umbel when 
fruit-bearing converging. Corolla: flowers radiate, even 
of the inner umbellules ; flofcules of the^ray hermaphro¬ 
dite : petals unequal, bowed in and bifid, the outmoft 
petal two clefts, and the next Tingle one large, (To that in 
each corollule there are four clefts large, and fix fmall ;) 
flofcules of the inner difk male : petals nearly equal, 
bowed in and bifid ; all the clefts fmall. Stamina : fila¬ 
ments five to all the flofcules, longer than the finaller 
petals; antherae roundifli. PiftiTlum: germ inferior; 
ftyles filiform, permanent ; ftigmas obtufe. Pericar- 
pium: none. Seeds: outmoft double, oval, fmooth, 
the edge thicker, crenulate ; inner folitary, hemifphe- 
rical, drooping, pitcher-fliaped, with the fide hollow ; 
thefe alfo are furnifhed with two ftyles; in the inner 
difk none.— EJfential CharaEler. Corolla, radiated, in the 
difk, male; feeds in the circumference double, with .a 
notched edge ; in the difk folitary, pitcher-fliaped, he- 
ruifpherical ; (outer orbiculate, flat, inner bullate. 
Gartner .) 
Species, t. Haflelqiiiftia .fEgyptiaca, or Egyptian haf- 
felquiftia: leaves pinnate, leaflets pinnatifid. Root fu- 
fiform, fmaller than the finger, white, annual. Sterna 
foot and a half high, upright, round, white, with rough 
hairs. The outer feeds are of a pale ftraw-colour; the 
inner are naturally double as w’ell as they, but one is. 
conftantly abortive, and adheres to the inner fide of the 
other near the top, in form of a withered fcale : the 
other as it grows, turns into a membranaceous bulla, 
©p'ening on the inner fide by a large fungous hole fur- 
rounded with a crenulate margin, and has only a fingle 
embryo in it. Native of Egypt; flowers in July. 
2. Haflelquiftia cordata, or heart-leaved haflelquiftia: 
leaves heart-fhaped. Annual. Stem upright, flexiiofe, 
a little ftreaked, hairy at bottom. Seeds very like thofe 
of the foregoing, but much fmaller : thofe of the ray 
membranaceous and comprefled, furrounded with a 
fmooth, narrow, white rim, and within that of a dirty 
ferruginous colour : thofe in the centre ovate-bullate, 
ferruginous bay colour on the back, furrounded at the 
aperture with a thickened, fmooth, white rim. 
Propagation ond Culture. Thefe plants are biennial, 
and, being natives of warm countries, are with difficulty 
preferved in England ; for when the plants come up 
early in the fpring, they do not perfedt their feeds the 
fame year; and thofe plants which arife in the autumn, 
feldom live through the winter. The fureft method 
therefore to procure good feeds in this country, is to 
Tow the feeds in pots about the middle of Auguft, plac¬ 
ing the pots where they may have the morning fun only, 
being careful to water them duly, to weed and thin them. 
In October remove the pots into a common frame, where 
they may enjoy the free air in mild weather, but be 
fereened from froft. The fpring following, if the plants 
are carefully turned out of the pots, and planted in the 
full ground, they will flower in June, and the feeds will 
ripen in Auguft. 
HASSIDE'ANS, /. In Jewiffi antiquity, the Jews 
who united under Mattathias to fight for the laws of 
God and the liberty of their country. ' See Assideans, 
vol. ii. p. 283. 
HAS'SOCK, f. [hafeck, Germ.] A thick mat on which 
perfons kneel at church. Skinner. —In order to make 
theih kneel, and join in refponfes, he gave every one a 
hajj'oeh and common prayer book. Addifon. 
HAS'SELT, a town of Germany, in Weftphalia, and 
biffiopric of Liege, fituated on the river Demer, which 
divides it into two parts, one. of which is in the county 
of Campine, the other in Looz. Arnold, comte of Chi- 
,uy and Looz, firft furrounded it with walls, and gave 
it the privileges of a city. In 1567, the inhabitants re¬ 
volted a gain ft the biftiop of Liege, and received the re¬ 
bels, with a minifter of the reformed religion, named 
Herman de Swol, who converting others, they mal¬ 
treated the ecclefiaftics, pillaged the churches, and 
broke the images in pieces. The bifliop, Gerard de 
Groeffieck, not being able to bring them back to their 
obedience by good words, laid fiege to the town, and 
compelled them to furrender, on condition, that the Ro¬ 
man catholic religion ffiould be re-ellabliffied, and that 
the inhabitants ffiould for the future keep a ftrong.gar- 
rifon at their own expence: fixteen miles north-north- 
weft of Liege. Lat.50.54.N- Ion.22.49.E. Ferro. 
HAS'SELT, a town of Overiffel' fituated on the 
Vecht. In 1654, there happened a quarrel between the 
inhabitants of Deventer on one fide, and thofe of Cant- 
pen and Zwol on the other, in which Haflelt was be- 
lieged and taken by the latter, for taking part with De¬ 
venter; but in about three years the differences were ad- 
jufted by the mediation of the Hates of Holland. The 
town is fmall but handfome, and endowed with many 
privileges by its ancient lords, the bifltops of Utrecht, 
and confirmed by the emperor Charles V. in 1527. Its 
magiftrates are four echevins and four counfellors, 
changed every year : ten miles eaft of Campen. Lat. 
52. 36. N. Ion. 23. 29. E. Ferro. 
HAS'SELWICK, a town of Norway, in the diocefe 
of Drontheim : eighteen miles north-north-weft of Dront- 
heim. 
HAS'Sr, a town of European Turkey, in the pro¬ 
vince of Macedonia : fifty-fix miles north-north-weft of 
Akrida. 
HAST, the fecond perfon Angular of have. 
HAS'TA, f. [Latin.] A pike, a fpear, a javelin ; 
any kind of oifenlive arms. Phillips. —It is alfo the name 
of a meafuring rod. 
HAS'TA, in fome countries, is a meafure or quantity 
of ground amounting to thirty paces: thus called, ac¬ 
cording to M. Du-Cange, from the hafta or rod where¬ 
with it was meafured. 
HAS'TATED, adj. Furnilhed with a fpear; having 
a leaf like the head of a halberd. 
HASTA'TI, f. Soldiers armed with pikes; fpearmen. 
HAS'TATE-LEAF, /. [folium hajlatum, Lat.] In 
botany, a leaf refembling the head of a halbert ; trian¬ 
gular, hollowed at the bafe, and on the fides, witli the 
angles fpreading. It is exemplified in Rumex, and 
Scutillaria haftifolia. See alfo the Botany Plate IV. 
fig. 39- vol-. iii. p. 243. 
“HASTE, / [fiajle, Fr. haefle, Dut.] Hurry; fpeed ; 
nimblenefs; precipitation: 
Spare him, death! 
But O, thou wilt not, can’ft not fpare ! 
Hajle hath never time to hear. Crajhaw. 
Paffion ; vehemence.—I faid iq my hajle all men are 
liars. Pfalrns. 
“The more Haste the worfe fpeed.” 
A very ancient proverb, ir.tendedas an admonition to 
thofe who hurry over the bufinefs before them, without 
bellowing that time and attention which is requilite to 
perfedl or obtain the objedl in view ; whereby the whole 
labour is loft, and the belt of purpofes oftentimes de¬ 
feated. The Latins/ay, Qui nimiiim properat, feriiis ab- 
folvit - The Greeks, *H xvuv cnriv^eo-a. mepXa. nxlei. The 
French, Qui trap fe hate en cheminant, en'bon chemin fefour~ 
voy fouvent. The Italians, Chitroppo s'ajfretta mono avanza. 
7 o HASTE, or Has'ten, v.n. \_hajler , Fr. hajlen, 
Dut. ] To make hafte; to be in a hurry; to be bufy ; 
to be fpeedy.—I have not hajlened from being a pallor to 
follow thee. "Jeremiah. —To move with fwiftnefs ; eager- 
nefs; or hurry.—Cinna, where hajle you fo ? Shahefpeare. 
—All thofe things are palled away like a ffiadow, and 
as a poll that hajled by. Wifdom . 
Hajling to pay his tribute to the fea, 
Like mortal life to meet eternity. Denham. 
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