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that of a lupine. This genus ranges next after Borbonia, 
with which it altogether accords in habit; and the plant 
is very likely to be confounded in our collections amongft 
Borbonia; or Lipariae. 
OEG'WA, or Agna, a town of Africa, on the Gold 
Coaft, between Cape Coaft: and Elmina; fituated, accord¬ 
ing to Artus, on the brow of an eminence, railing itfelf 
by a gentle afcent to a confiderable height, and defended 
by rocks, againft which the waves beat with the utmolt 
violence ; the noife of which is heard at a great diftance; 
or, as others fay, entirely commanded by the cannon of 
Elmina. Oegwa is laid by Barbot to contain about 500 
houfes, disjoined by narrow crooked ftreets; and from 
the fea to have the appearance of an amphitheatre. Des 
Marchais reduces the number of houfes to 200, in the 
centre of which Hands a large fquare building, the repo- 
fitory of their gold-duft and other commodities. The 
houfes are built of earth and clay, but convenient and 
well-furnilhed. No part of the coaft is better provided 
with articles of fubfiftence, which are brought from the 
adjacent cantons, and fold in public markets. Every 
thing is bought and fold with gold-duft, which is the 
ftandard of all other commodities, and brought hither in 
great abundance from all quarters of Fetu, Abrambo, 
Alftento, and Mandingo. Next to gold, the chief com¬ 
merce of the place confifts in the fale of fifli, of which 
great quantities are caught on the coaft; in which opera¬ 
tion the inhabitants are very fkilful. The natives, though 
brave and warlike, are very induftrious in time of peace, 
employing their whole time in catching fifli, or cultivating 
the fruits of the earth. Every day in the week, except 
Wednefday, which is their labbath, they employ in their 
feveral occupations. Their canoes weather ftorms which 
would endanger the largefi: flipping; and the negroes are 
dextrous in availing themfelves of thofe leafons which 
oblige others to difcontinue their labours, by throwing 
their fifliing-lines with the fame fuccefs in tempeftuous as 
in calm weather. Ency. Brit. 
OE'I, a river of China, which runs into the grand 
canal at Li-tchin in Chan-tong. 
OE'I, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chen-ft : 
630 miles fouth-weft of Pekin. Lat.- 33. 48. N. Ion. 105. 
39 E. 
OE'I, a town of China, of the third rank, in Chang- 
tong: thirty-two miles eaft: of Tein-tcheou. 
OEI'LIAD, f. [from ocil, Fr. the eye.] Glance; wink; 
token of the eye : 
She gave oeiliads and mod: fpeaking looks 
To noble Edmund. Shakefpears's E. Lear. 
OELAMPANG', a town on the eaft: coaft of the ifland 
oF Java. Lat. 8. S. 
OE'LAND, an ifland in the Baltic, belonging to Swe¬ 
den, direftly oppofite Calmar, about feventy miles in 
length, and fix in breadth. It is divided into the north 
and foutli parts. In the former are feveral fine forefts, and 
a great many ftone-quarries ; but in the latter the ground 
is more level, and fit both for tillage and paiture. The 
ifland in general yields plenty of butter, honey, wax, and 
nuts. The Oeland horfes, or kleppers as they are called, 
are fmall, but ftrongand full of mettle. The king’s foreft: 
extends over the whole ifland. Here are alfo numbers of 
deer, of feveral kinds, with hares and wild boars. Both 
parts of the ifland abound in alum-mines. The Oeland 
fand-ftein, or freeftone, comes from this ifland, which is 
much harder than that of Gottland ; and alfo black mar¬ 
ble or touch-ftone. The fea-weed is ufed here for manure. 
The inhabitants, who are faid to exceed 7000 fouls, have 
various occupations; being employed in agriculture, 
working in the quarries, cutting ftones, burning lime, fifh- 
iug, and navigation. The failors belonging to the crown 
are generally quartered in this ifland. The four provoft- 
fhips into which Oeland is divided, are in the diocefe of 
•Calmar. Lat. 56. 45. N. Ion. 16. 20. E. 
OE'LAND, an ifland of Denmark, in the Lymfiord 
O E N 
Gulf, about five miles long, and from one to two and & 
half broad. It contains three or four villages, Lat. 57. 
4. N. Ion. 9. 36. E. 
CEL'LINGEN, or Ellingen, a town of Germany, in 
the circle of Franconia, with a fine citadel belonging to 
the Teutonic Knights, and the ufual reftdence of the 
provincial commander. It is four miles north of Weif- 
femburg, and twenty fouth-eaft of Anfpach. Lat. 48. 
39. N. Ton. 10. 55. 
OEL'PE, a town in the grand duchy of Berg: four 
miles foutli of Wipperfurt. 
OEL'S, a city of Silefia, and capital of a principality 
fo called. In this town is a refidentiary palace of the 
prince, with two Lutheran parochial churches, a free- 
lchool, and a popifli church. In the year 1359, a great 
part of this place was deftroyed by fire. In 1634, it was 
burnt by the imperialifts ; and, in 1730, the greater part 
of it was again demolifhed by fire. The principality is 
bounded on the north and eaft by Poland, on the fouth by 
the principalities of Oppeln, Brieg, and Breflau, and on 
the weft by the principality of Wohlau. The foil is fandy, 
and not very fertile. It is fourteen miles eaft-north-eaft 
of Breflau, and twenty-two north of Brieg. Lat. 51.10. N. 
Ion. 17. 28. E. 
OEL'SCHNITZ, a town of Germany, in the princi¬ 
pality of Culmbach : four miles fouth-weft of Munch-' 
berg. 
OEL'SCHNITZ (Unter), a town of Germany, in the 
principality of Culmbach : fix miles fouth-eaft of Bay¬ 
reuth. 
OEL'SEN, a town of Saxony, in the margravate of 
Meilien : fix miles north-eaft: of Launftein. 
CENAN'THE, f. [a name adopted by old authors, 
which occurs in Theopbraftus and Diofcorides, flgnifying 
the flower of the vine, derived from the Gr. oinj, vine, and. 
avQo;, flower. Tournefort applied it to the prefent genus, 
becaufe, lie fays, it bloflbms at the fame time with the 
vine, and becaufe its flowers reminded him of the fmell 
and colour of-the flowers of that plant.] Water-Drop- 
v/ort ; in botany, a genus of the clafs pentandria, order 
digynia, natural order of umbellatas, or umbelliferae. 
Generic charafters—Calyx : umbel, univerfal with fewer 
rays; partial heaped with very many rays, but very fnort, 
infomuch that there are often none. Univerfal involucre 
many-leaved, Ample, fliorter than the umbel; partial 
many-leaved, fmall. Proper perianthium five-toothed, 
awl-fliaped, permanent. Corolla: univerfal difform, 
rayed ; florets of the ray abortive. Proper of the difk 
hermaphrodite, with five inflex-cordate almoft-equal pe¬ 
tals. Proper of the ray male, with five very large une¬ 
qual inflex-bifid petals.. Stamina : filaments five,.fimp!e ; 
antherae roundifh. Piftillum : germ inferior; ftyles two, 
awl-fliaped, permanent; ftigmas blunt. Pericarpium : 
none ; fruit fubovate, crowned with the perianthium and 
piftil, bipartiJe. Seeds two, fubovate, on one fide convex 
and ftriated, on the other flat, toothed at the top. The 
perianthium is more manifeft in this genu's than in other 
umbellate plants.— Effential Character. Florets difform, 
in the difk feffile, barren ; fruit crowned with the calyx 
and piftil. 
1. Oenanthe fiftulofa, or common water-dropwort: 
ftoloniferous, ftem-leaves pinnate, filiform, fiftular. Roots 
tuberous. According to Haller, they are diffufed widely 
in the water and mud, where they have fometimes bun¬ 
dles of fibres hanging to them ; in gardens they are little 
bulbs. Pollich fays, there are long (lender round fibres, 
coming out in whorls from the lower part of the Item, 
which flay it in the water; and that there are alfo long 
jointed round runners, creeping tranfverfely along the 
water. Stem from twelve to eighteen inches, or even two 
feet, in height, rufliy, upright, ftriated, fmooth, green or 
glaucous, except at the bottom, where it is red; hollow 
within: runners fimilar, proftrate, and creeping far and 
wide] Peduncles of the umbels very thick and flaort 
the umbel has from two to feven or eight rays, not very 
diftant 
