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K itals and an artillery school; 47 miles north-north-west of 
ladrid. 
SEGOVIA NUEVA, a town of the island of Lucon, 
founded in the year 1598, the see of a bishop, defended by 
a fort aud garrison. It is situated near the north coast of the 
island, 250 miles north of Manilla. 
SEGOVIA NUEVA, a small city of Nicaragua, in Gua- 
timala, on the shore of the Yare or Segovia, on the confines 
of the province of Honduras. It is a small town, and of 
scanty population ; 90 miles north of Leon, and 400 from 
Mexico. Lat. 13. 45. N. long. 86. 30. W. 
SEGOVIA NUEVA. See Barquisimeto. 
SEGRAVE, a parish of England, in Leicestershire; 3 
miles north-east ot Mount Sorrel. 
SEGRE, a petty town in the north-west of France, depart¬ 
ment of the Maine and Loire, situated at the angle formed by 
the junction of the small rivers Oudon and Verzee; 22 miles 
north-west of Angers. 
SEGRE, a large river in the north-east of Spain, which 
rises among the Pyrenees, flows through Catalonia, and 
joins the Ebro near Mequinenza. The Catalans call it 
Agnanaval. 
SEGREANT, a term used in Heraldy for a griffon, when 
drawn in a leaping posture, and displaying his wings, as if 
ready to fly. 
SEGREGATA, Porygamia, in Botany, the last order 
of the class syngenesia, in which the flowers are doubly com¬ 
pound, each floret, or assemblage of florets, having a partial 
calyx. 
To SE'GREGATE, v. a. [segrego , Lat., segrcger, Fr.] 
To set apart; to separate from others. Sherwood .— 
Segregating heterogeneous bodies, and congregating those 
that are homogeneous. Bp. Berkeley. 
SEGREGATE, part. adj. Select.—A kind of segregate 
or cabinet senate. Wot ton. 
SEGREGATION, s. [segregation , Fr.] Separation 
from others.—To decline offences, to be careful and 
conscionable in our several actions, is a purity that every 
man ought to labour for; which we may well do, without a 
sullen segregation, horn all society. Fe/tham. 
SEGTON, a village of England, in Lancashire, situated 
on the Alt, near Crosby. 
SEGUATANEIO, or Ciiequetan, a harbour on the 
west coast of Mexico, which lies seven leagues west of the 
rocks of Seguataneio. Between this and Acapulco, to the 
east, is a beach of sand, of 18 leagues extent, against which 
the sea breaks so violently, that it is impossible for boats to 
land on any part of it; but there is a good anchorage for 
shipping at a mile or two from the shore during the fair 
season. The harbour of Chequetan is very hard to be 
traced, and of great importance to such vessels as cruize in 
these seas, being the most secure harbour to be met with in a 
vast extent of coast, yielding plenty of wood and water; and 
the ground near it is able to be defended by a few men. 
When Lord Anson touched here, the place was uninhabited. 
SEGUIN, an island of the United States, on the coast of 
Maine. There is a light-house on this island, which has a 
repeating light so constructed as to disappear every minute 
and a half, which distinguishes it from Portland light. The 
island rises boldly from the sea into a high hill, about 3 
miles from the mouth of Kennebeck river, and 4 east of Cape 
Small point. Lat. 43. 41. N. long. 69. 42. W. 
SEGUENZA [Ital.] is a kind of hymn sung in the Ro¬ 
man church, generally in prose. 
SEGUIERIA [so named in honour of Jean Franqois 
Seguier, secretary to the academy of sciences at Nismes in 
Languedoc], in Botany, a genus of the class polyandria, 
order monogynia.—Generic Character. Calyx: perianth 
five-leaved, spreading; leaflets oblong, concave, coloured, 
permanent. Corolla none, unless the calyx be taken for 
it. Stamina: filaments very many, capillary, spreading, 
longer than the calyx. Anthers oblong, flatfish. Pistil: 
germ oblong, compressed, at top membranaceous with one 
side thicker. Style very short, at the thicker side of the 
germ. Stigma simple. Pericarp capsule oblong, augmented 
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by a very large wing, on the straighter side thicker, with 
three little wings on each side at the base, one-celled, not 
opening. Seed one, oblong, smooth.— Essential Character. 
Calyx five-leaved. Corolla none. Capsule one-seeded, ter¬ 
minated by a large wing, and having small lateral ones. 
1. Seguieria Americana.—This is a shrub about'twelve 
feet in height, with very long, round, green, shining branch¬ 
es, by which it supports itself. Prickles recurved, single on 
each side of the petiole; but sometimes wanting. Leaves 
lanceolate ovate, emarginate with a point, shining, petioled, 
alternate, two or three inches long. Racemes terminating, 
branched, leafy. Flowers numerous, whitish, ill-scented. 
The calyx with the increasing germ becomes green. 
The unripe fruit is like that of Securidaca.—Native of South 
America, about Carthagena in woods and coppices, especially 
by way-sides: flowering in September. 
2. Seguieria Asiatica.—Stems shrubby, climbing butwith- 
out tendrils, branched, round, long, not thick, very tough 
and fit for binding. Leaves alternate, rough, on short pe¬ 
tioles. Flowers greenish-white, void of scent. Calyx 
of five roundish concave spreading leaflets. Filaments 
shorter than the calyx. Style still shorter, with a thickish 
stigma. Capsule ovate, red, two-valved. Seed roundish, 
pedicel led, connected by a large many cleft wing, the seg¬ 
ments of which are linear; but it has not any lateral little 
wings at the base. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. 
SEGULAM, one of the Fox Islands, in the North Pacific 
Ocean. Lat. 53. 35. N. long. 187. 50. E. 
SEGUNDO, a river of the province of Tucuman, which 
rises in the mountains to the west of Cordova, and running 
east, enters a lake. 
SEGUR, a small town in the south of France, department 
of the Aveyron, near the river Viour, containing 1600 in¬ 
habitants ; 12 miles east-south-east of Rhodez. 
SEGURA, a large river in the south-east of Spain, 
which rises in the borders of Granada, traverses the province 
of Murcia, and falls into the Mediterranean ; 16 miles south- 
south-west of Alicant. 
SEGURA, a small town and castle in the east of Portugal, 
in the province of Beira, situated on a hill, near the Spanish 
frontier ; 9 miles north of Rosmarinhal, and 24 east-south¬ 
east of Castel Branco. 
SEGURA, a small town in the north-east of Spain, in 
the province of Guipuscoa; 21 miles south-south-west of 
St. Sebastian. 
SEGURA, a small town of the north-east of Spain, in 
Arragon ; 50 miles south of Saragossa. 
SEGURA DE LA FRONTERA, a city of Mexico, in 
the intendancy of Mexico, built by Cortes in 1520. It is of 
a mild climate, and situated in a fertile territory. It has 
upwards of 1000 inhabitants, consisting of Spaniards, 
Mestizoes, Mulattoes, and Indians; 70 miles from Xalappa. 
SEGURA DE LEON, a town in the west of Spain, in 
Estremadura ; 29 miles south-east of Xeres de los Cabelleros. 
SEGURA DE LA SIERRA, a walled town in the south¬ 
east of Spain, in Murcia ; 33 miles north-east of Baeza. 
SEGUSIANI, the inhabitants of Segusio. 
SEGUSIANI, or Secusiani, a people of Gallia Celtica, 
or Lyonnensis. To the north were the G2dui and Sequani, 
to the east and north the Allobroges, and to the west the 
Avernii. Pliny says, that these people were dependent on 
the CEdui, in the time of Ceesar; but that they rendered 
themselves independent under the empire of Augustus. 
SEGUSIO, or Suze, a town formerly not inconsiderable, 
in Transpadane Gaul, among the mountains, on Duria 
Minor. Under the Romany it obtained the title of munici¬ 
pal. In later times, its rulers were designated by the title of 
Marquis. At present it is comprehended in Piedmont. 
Among other things found in this place is the triumphal arch 
on which were inscribed the appellations of the people who 
were subject to Cottius in the time of Augustus. 
SEGWIN, a district of Northern Hindostan, province of 
Nepaul, situated on the banks of the river Teesta, about the 
28th degree of north lat. When the Chinese invaded 
Neoaul in 1792, the chief of this place sought their pro¬ 
tection, 
