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lobe deltoid and very large. Root perennial, fleshy, branched 
in tufts. Stems upright, three feet high, simple, leafy. 
Raceme terminating, solitary upright, hispid with red glan¬ 
dular viscid hairs. Bractes linear. Calyx hispid, red. 
Corolla blue-purple, twice as long as the calyx. Anthers 
red. Seeds compressed. Seed-down rugged, not fea¬ 
thered.—Native of Canada and the European Alps. Found 
on the borders of corn fields about Willington and Howden- 
Pans in Northumberland. 
3. Sonchus palustris, or marsh sow-thistle.—Peduncles 
and calyxes hispid, subumbelled ; leaves runcinate, sagittate 
at the base, rugged at the edge.—Native of Germany, Flan¬ 
ders, France, Italy, Hungary, Denmark and England. 
4. Sonchus arvensis, or corn sow-thistle.—Peduncles and 
calyxes hispid, subumbelled; leaves runcinate, toothletted, 
cordate at the base, root creeping. 
5. Sonchus oleraceus, or common sow-thistle.—Pedun¬ 
cles tomentose; calyxes even; leaves runcinate, toothed.—• 
This has six varieties. Root annual, fusiform, whitish, milky. 
There are also in this genus, Sonchus agrestis, tenerrimus, 
plumieri, alpinus, fruticosus, pinnatus, radicatus, floridanus, 
sibiricus, tataricus, tuberosus, quercifolius, angustifolius 
and chondrilloides. 
Propagation and Culture .—Many of these are weeds 
and therefore not to be planted in gardens, but extirpated 
continually, not only in the garden itself, but in all the 
parts near it; their winged seeds being wafted to a consider¬ 
able distance. 
The foreign sorts may be propagated by seeds; and those 
which are shrubby, by cuttings also. 
SONCINO, a town of Austrian Italy, in the duchy of 
Milan, in the Cremonese, on the Oglio, containing 3900 
inhabitants. In 1705, it was taken by prince Eugene, but 
retaken soon after by the Duke de Vendome; 20 miles north 
of Cremona. 
SONDERBORG, a town of Denmark, in the island of 
Alsen, on the coast of Sleswick. It has a good harbour, 
with a brisk trade. Population 2700; 21 miles west-south¬ 
west of Faaborg. 
SONDERSHAUSEN, a town of Upper Saxony, and the 
chief place of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershau- 
sen. It stands on the Wipper, and contains 3100 inhabit¬ 
ants. It has a castle, with a collection of natural curiosities, 
in which is a bronze image of the Vandal deity Pustrich. On 
an eminence outside of the town, is the prince’s palace, with 
its magnificent gardens; about half a mile thence is a sul¬ 
phureous spring, called the Gunthersbad; 27 miles north of 
Erfurt. Lat. 51. 22. 33. N. long. 10. 45. 21. E. 
SONDOR, an Indian settlement of Peru, in the province 
of Piura, on the north shore of the river Huancabamba. 
Lat. 5. S. 
SONDRE GRUNC, or Bottomless, an island in the 
South Pacific Ocean, discovered by La Maire and Schouten 
in 1616, about 20 leagues in circumference, long, but not 
broad. It appeared covered with trees, among which were 
palmetoes and cocoa-nut trees. No anchoring ground could 
be met with. The inhabitants were naked, except a piece 
of mat round the middle, of a yellowish or reddish brown 
colour, and black hair; their skin marked with many fi¬ 
gures. They were thieves, and exceedingly covetous of iron- 
Lat. 15- S. long. 148. W. 
SONDRIO, a town of Austrian Italy, the capital of a 
province of the same name, consisting of the ci-devant Val- 
teline, and containing a population of 81,000. The town 
stands on the small river Muller. Population 3500; 16 
miles south-east of Chiavenna. 
SONEGUERO, a town of Spanish America, in the pro¬ 
vince of Honduras; 32 miles north of St. Jorge de Olancho. 
Lat. 15.5. N. long. 86.5. W. 
SONEHUT, a town of Hindostan, province of Gundwa- 
neh, and capital of the Corair rajah, one of the numerous 
mountain chiefs who are tributary to the Nagpore Mahrattas. 
It is an extensive place, and has a strong mud fort or cita¬ 
del. Lat. 23. 33. N. long. 82. 33. E. 
SONEPOUR, a town of Hindostan, province of Orissa, 
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situated on the west bank of the Mahanuddy, at its junction 
with the Taile river. It belongs to the rajah of Nagpore. 
Lat. 20. 47. N. long. 83. 30. E. 
SONG, s. [pong, pe-pungen, Sax.] Any thing modu¬ 
lated in the utterance.—Noise other than the sound of 
dance and song. Milton. 
He first thinks fit no sonneter advance 
His censure farther than the song or dance. Dry den. 
A poem to be modulated by the voice; a ballad. 
Pardon, goddess of the night. 
Those that slew thy virgin knight; 
For the which, with songs of woe, 
Round about this tomb they go ! Shahspearc. 
A poem; lay; strain. 
The bard that first adorn’d our native tongue, 
Tun’d to his British lyre this ancient song. Dryden. 
Poetry; poesy.—This subject for heroic song pleas’d me. 
Milton. 
Names memorable long. 
If there be force in virtue or in song. Pope. 
Notes of birds. 
The lark, the messenger of day. 
Saluted in her song the morning grey. Drndcn. 
An old Song. A trifle.—I do not intend to be thus put 
off with an old song. More. 
SONG, a small village of Bambarra, in Central Africa, 
on the Niger; 65 miles west of Sego. 
SONG, a town of China, of the third rank, in Honan. 
SONGARI, a river of Chinese Tartary, which falls into 
the Amour or Saghalien, with a town of the same name 
upon it. 
SONGEONS, a town of France, department of the Oise, 
on the river Therain. Here are manufactured mirrors, lenses, 
and other optical glasses. Population 1000; 12 miles north¬ 
west of Beauvais. 
SONGHUR, a town of Hindostan, province of Gujerat, 
district of Wankaneer. It is situated in a very wild and un¬ 
cultivated country, but has in its vicinity a very ancient 
temple, dedicated to the sun, and ornamented with a variety 
of Hindoo sculptures. There are also two other temples, 
one of which contains the figure of Bhovane standing on a 
tortoise. The whole is called Suraje Dewul, but there is no 
record by whom the temples were built. Latitude not as¬ 
certained. 
SONGI, a small river which falls into the Chinese sea, on 
the eastern coast of Malacca. Lat. 2. 10. N. 
SONGI TANJANG, a town on the west coast of the 
island of Sumatra. Lat. 2. 35. N. long. 97. 10. E. 
SO'NGISH, adj. Containing songs; consisting of songs. 
A low word .—The songish part must abound in the softness 
and variety of numbers, its intention being to please the 
hearing. Dryden. 
SONGKI, a town of China, of the third rank, in Fokien. 
SONGKIANG, a city of China, of the first rank, in the 
province of Kiangnan, situated on the great canal. The 
stream is here intersected by other rivers and canals, by 
means of which barks approach it in every direction. It is 
thus enabled to carry on a considerable trade, particularly in 
calicoes and other cotton cloths, which they dye with pecu¬ 
liar skill. It has four large cities under its jurisdiction; 
560 miles south of Peking. Lat. 31. N. long. 120. 44. E. 
SONG-MEN-CHAN, a small island near the coast of 
China, in the province of Tchekiang. Lat. 31. N. long. 
121.21. E. 
SONGOA, an island in the straits of Malacca, about 
50 miles in circumference. Lat. 2. 18. N. long. 100. 
30. E. 
SONGOO, a small island in the Indian sea, near the 
eastern coast of Africa. Lat. 7. 20. S. 
SONG SONG, a small island in the Indian sea, near the 
eastern coast of Africa. Lat. 8. 12. S. 
SO'NGSTER, s. A singer. Used of human singers, it is 
a word 
