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the Russian dominions in their circumscribed state, and 
previous to the founding ot Moscow. The soil, population, 
and state ot employment in the governments, is more par¬ 
ticularly described under Kiev, Podolia, Charkov and 
Poltava. 
VLAARD1NGEN, a town of the Netherlands, province 
of South Holland, on the Maese, with 6000 inhabitants; 
6 miles west-by-south of Rotterdam. 
VLADIMIR, a government of European Russia, lying to 
the east of the government of Moscow. Its area is about 
19,500 square miles; its population nearly 1,000,000. 
The government is divided into 13 circles. 
VLADIMIR, a town of European Russia, on the river 
Kliasma, the capital of a government or province, and a 
bishop’s see; 112 miles east-by-north of Moscow, and 500 
south-east of St. Petersburg. Population 3000. 
ULADISLAUS, the name of several Polish kings. See 
Poland. 
ULANOW, a small town of Austrian Galicia, on the 
river San ; 22 miles south-east of Sandomir. 
U'LANS, «. A certain description of militia among the 
modern Tartars. 
ULBO, a small island of Dalmatia, at the entrance of the 
canal of Zara; 4 miles west of Pago. 
ULCEBY, a parish of England, in Lincolnshire; 2f 
miles south-west of Alford.—2nd, A parish in the same 
county; 7 miles south-east of Barton-upon-Ilumber. Popu¬ 
lation 446. 
U'LCER, s. [ulcus, Lat.] A sore of continuance; not a 
new wound. 
Thou answer’st, she is fair; 
Pour’st in the open ulcer of my heart 
Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her voice! 
S/iakspeare. 
To U'LCERATE, v. n. To turn to an ulcer. 
To U'LCERATE, v. a. [ulcercr , Fr.; ulcero, Lat.] To 
disease with sores.—Some depend upon the intemperament 
of the part ulcerated; others upon the continual afflux of 
lacerative humours. Harvey. 
ULCERA'TION, s. [ulceratio, from ulcero, Lat.] The 
act of breaking into ulcers.—Ulcer; sore.—The effects of 
mercury on ulcerations are manifest. Arbuthnot. 
U'LCERED, adj. [ulcere, Fr.] Grown by time from a 
hurt to an ulcer.—Breathings, hard drawn, their u/cer'd 
palates tear. May. 
U'LCEROUS, adj. [ulccrosus, Lat.] Afflicted with old 
sores. 
Strangely visited people, 
AlPswoln and ulc'rous, he cures. Shakspeare. 
U'LCEROUSNESS, s. The state of being ulcerous. 
ULCOMBE, a parish of England, in Kent; 6£ miles 
south-east-by-east of Maidstone. Population 562. 
ULDALE, a parish of England, in Cumberland, on the 
river Eden ; 10^ miles north-by-west of Keswick. 
TJLEA, a river of Finland, which flows into the gulf of 
Bothnia, in lat. 65. 2. N. long. 25. 22. E. There is also 
a lake of this name in the same province, district of Can- 
jana. 
ULEABORG, an extensive province, situated to the north 
of Finland, and extending along the south coast of the gulf 
of Bothnia See Finland, and Sweden. 
ULEABORG, or Ulea, a small town, the capital of the 
preceding province, situated on a peninsula where the river 
Uiea.falls into the gulf of Bothnia. It contains about 3500 
inhabitants. 
ULEMAS, the name by which the ministers and interpre¬ 
ters of religion are distinguished in the Ottoman empire. 
ULEX [the name of a shrub in Pliny, the ashes of 
which were used as a lye in separating gold from the sub¬ 
stances with which it was mixed], in Botany, a genus of 
the class diadelphia, order decandria, natural order of papi- 
honacse or leguminosse.—Generic Character. Calyx : pe¬ 
rianth two-leaved, permanent; leaflets ovate-oblong, con¬ 
cave, straight, equal, a little shorter than the keel; upper 
leaflet two-toothed, lower three-toothed. Corolla papilio¬ 
naceous, five-petalled. Standard obcordate, emarginate, 
erect, very large. Wings oblong, obtuse, shorter than the 
standard. Keel two-petalled, straight, obtuse, converging 
by the lower margin. Stamina: filaments diadelphous, 
simple and nine-cleft. Anthers simple. Pistil: germ ob¬ 
long, cylindrical, hirsute. Style filiform, rising. Stigma 
obtuse, very small. Pericarp: legume oblong, turgid, 
scarcely longer than the calyx, straight, one-celled, two- 
valved. Seeds few, roundish, emarginate.— Essential Cha¬ 
racter. Calyx two-leaved. Legume scarcely longer than 
the calyx. Filaments all connected. 
1. Ulex Europseus, common furze, whin, or gorse.—Ca¬ 
lyx-teeth obsolete, converging ; bractes ovate, lax; branch- 
lets erect —This shrub, so well known in England, has its 
branches very close, deeply furrowed, woolly or hirsute, full 
of thorns, which are stretched out, branched, angular, very 
sharp, smooth, evergreen, leafy, frequently flower-bearing, 
awl-shaped, a little bowed downwards, woolly at the base, 
yellow at the ends. Leaves at the base of the spines and 
spinules, solitary, awl-shaped, terminating in sharp yellowish 
thorny points, somewhat rugged, often hirsute, deciduous. 
Peduncles axillary, single or two together, one-flowered, 
villose.—Native of Britain, Denmark, Brabant, France, 
Portugal, and some parts of Germany, on dry, gravelly, and 
sandy heaths and commons. 
2. Ulex nanus, or dwarf furze.—Calyx-teeth lanceolate, 
distant; bractes minute, pressed close ; branchlets decum¬ 
bent. 
3. Ulex Capensis.—Leaves solitary, obtuse; spines simple, 
terminating.—Native of the Cape of Good Hope, where it 
usually grows to the height of five or six feet. 
Propagation and Culture. —1st and 2d. These shrubs 
propagate themselves very plentifully by seeds, which when 
ripe are cast out of the pods to a considerable distance, and 
soon vegetate. 
3d. This is preserved in the greenhouse or dry stove with 
other hardy exotics. It is difficult to increase either by 
layers or cuttings. 
ULEY, a populous village and parish of England in the 
county of Gloucester. Population 1912; 2 miles east of 
Dursley, and 151 west of London. 
ULFA, a small town of the west of Germany, in Hesse- 
Darmstadt; 15 miles east-south-east of Giessen, with 900 
inhabitants. 
ULGHAM, a township of England, in Northumberland; 
4 miles north-east-by-north of Morpeth. 
VLIE, or Flie, the passage from the Zuyder Zee into 
the German ocean, between the islands of Schelling and 
Vlieland. 
VLIEGER (Simon de), was born at Amsterdam about 
the year 1612. It is not known by whom this artist was 
educated, but his pictures are very deservedly esteemed for 
their force and brilliancy. He had the honour to be the 
instructor of the younger Yandevelde; and though the 
delicacy of pencil enjoyed by the pupil surpassed that 
of the master, yet the works of the latter retain their power, 
and have a character of their own, which gives them a place' 
in the best collections. 
VLIELAND, a small island of Holland, at the entrance 
of the Zuyder Zee, about eight miles long and three broad. 
It had formerly two villages, East and West Vlieland, but 
the latter is now covered by the 9ea; 5 miles north from the 
Texel. Population 800. 
VLIER1NGEN, a large village, or rather town of the 
Netherlands, in the province of South Brabant. Population 
3800. 
ULIETEA, one of the Society islands, in the south 
Pacific ocean. It is wholly surrounded by reefs, interspersed 
with small islands, and forming several harbours. It is less 
populous and fertile than Huaheine, though above twice its 
extent, and more resembling Otaheite in appearance ; but, 
like the former, it has several salt marshes or lagoons. The 
inhabitants are in general smaller and darker than those of 
the preceding islands; in manners they are similar. The 
south 
