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C'OPERDON, in hotony.

genlls of the c'yptrr.'·

mi"

f"n~i

e1,(S!

is founoiflt.

,mi

t·"rl,·te \\ith r"i·

naceous IÚJs. Tha e

.re

ten Iprei,s, lix

thcm

mtivcs of B,

it.in

, "/::. the tuber.

(Ir

(oli.1 p"íF.bal!s;

the e<fvinulH, o' b,.tOro)' puJT.bal1; the

~ov,fb,

(ommon rufr.h:\!I; the

1I&IIUII',

o, na, putf-b,1I ;

tite'(ornieatllm,

tntr<t I""r·bll ; anJ the pcduneu.

1,tt1Il1.

,Ir

O.oIkcd pvJT.b.,II.

C(lPODlUlvI, in "ot,ny,

gellus of the eryptog,mia

mnfeiel.t(s. Theanthm is double· valved, ano fellile;

«he c"l)'pn, is

w.tnt in~.

There are

fFeeies, of

",hieh lix

.tlC

nati<es of Urit.tin,

viz .

the

cf"

,tum,

,c~n'mon

cluh mofs; the inund.tulll, or nm(h club·

mo(s; the anllotinum, or Wcllh c1ub-mofs; the alpi–

numo Of

mount.in

club·mo(s;

t~,e

¡'.lago, or firr club·

mof,; and the fcla ginoiJes. or prickly cluh·mo(s.

LYCOP IS. in bot. ny, a

g~nns

oJ the pem,ndrio mo–

no~yni.

clafs. Thc tube of the corolla i. ineun·ated.

Thefe

~rc

f("en fpeeie" only one of wh:eh,

"iz.

the

.rvenfis. or fmall wilJ bugla(s, is a n.nive of Urit,in.

YCOPUS , in blltany. a genus of the di.noria mono·

1:)'nia

cla(~.

The corolla eonfirls of four fegments,

ooe of tl,em emargioated; the !lamina afe diO,nl ;

and Ihere

~re

four feeds. There are IWO(peeies; otdy

one of them,

vi:.

Iheeuropeus, or waler·horehound,

is a naliveof

Brit.in

LYDI /\ , an ancicnl prQvioee of Idrer Afia, in whieh \Vas

the eily of Philadclphia.

LYGEUM, io bOlaoy,

genus of Ihe triandria mono–

gynia cla(s. T he (p'lha confi{¡' of one le,f; there

are IWO

coroll~

aboye Ihe (ame germen; aod Ihe nUI

has I\YO ce lis. Tllere is bUI ooe (peeies, a native of

Spain.

LYING' IN\VOltEN. See M1D\V'FERV.

LYME, aborough and pon 10\Yn of Dor(etOlire,

loog.

¡',

nnd N.

Ial.

¡0°

44'.

(ends I\VO members tOparliament.

LYMPH, a·fine fluid, (cparmd in Ihe boril' from the

ma(s of blaod, and eoolained io peculiar venels.

Dr Keil (ays, thal Ihe Iymph being chemieally ex–

amined, will be found lO conlaio agreat deal of volatile,

bUI no fixed (all, (ome phlegm, (ome (ulp"ur, and a

linle

e~nh.

The u(e of the I),mph. he ob(ems. mal'

be gathcreo flom the confiJeration of Ihe parts ioto

whiehil difchargcs it(elf : tha! whieh COOlfS (rom the

head, neck and arms, is Ihrown iOlo Ihe jugular and

fubclal'ian veins

all Ihe Iymphaties \Vhieh the parlS

ill Ihe eavity of thc tho,"x (eoo out, cmpll' thcmrclm

il1tOIhe Ihoraeiedu,'t; :lotl ,heIymphf"om all Ihe relt

of Ihc bodl'. flolls lO Ihe ,ceeplacle uf Ihe ehyle; fo

lh~1

thcre can

no Juubt hut its ehie" u(e is tO dilute

~od

perfeé\ Ihe

~h)'lc

before il mixcs wilh the

~Iuod.

See .'\NA1'OM\', Pan

111.

PHATICS, in analomy. See

.'\~ATO"

;oS.

I.YNN-REG I , a pon'lown orNorfulk. fituated at the

moulh of Iheri"cr ünfe, on

b~y

of the Germaofea,

Ihirty·tll'o miles \Vdl o" No,,\ieh.

It (entls IWOm,mbcrs lO parliamenl.

LYNX. io 1(1010gy.

Sce

Futs.

LYONS, Ihe capital of the L)'ooois,

province of

Franee, bouoded by Orleaoois aod Hurgundy on Ihe

nonh, by la IlreJTe and Dauph:ne un the eaO, by

Laogucdoe .nd Guieone on Ihe (omh. aod by ano–

ther pan of Gnieooe and Orle,oois on Ihe well. This

eily Iics upon Ihe eoofiueo,e of Ihe ,ivers Rhone aod

Soao. io

Ion. 4° ¡¡', and

lat .

5° 50'.

Mis, il is cílce1lled Ihe place of grealell trade in

Franee.

LYRA. in iehlh)'ology. See CALLYONIMUS.

LYRE, a muGeal iollrument of Ihe llring·kind, much

ufcd by Ihe aneients.

LU E, in aOronomy. See ASTRONOMY, p.

486.

LYIU C, in geoeral, Ggnifies (omethiog (uog or pbyed

on Ihe I)'rc: but il is more particularly applied to the

anciem odes and Oanzas, an(wering lO our .in and

(oogs, aod mal' be played

ioOrumeols. This (pecíes

of poCtry WdS origioally employed in eelebrating Ihe

prai(es of gods and heroes, though it \Vas afterwards

introdueed ioto fealls aod publie diverGons.

LYSIMACHIA, in botany,

genus of tne penlandria

mooogynia cla(s. The calix is romed; and Ihe eap–

fule is roundifll, wilh a fiJarp poim, and eontains ten

valves. There are eleven(peeies, five of them nalivcs

of Srilaio,

viz.

Ihe vulga ris, or yel!olV willow.herb ;

Ihe thirGOora, ortufted 100(e·r1rife; Ihe nemor'um, or

ycllolV pimperncll o( Ihe \Voods; the nummularia, or

mooey·"'on; and the tenella, or purple moocy·wOrt.

LYTHRUM, inbolany, agenusof ,he dodecandria mo–

nogynia clars.

calix eonGíls o( l\Velve (egmenls,

and Ihe eorolla of fix pelal! iofcncd ioto the ealix; aod

Ihe cap(ule has t\Vo eells. and maoy (eeds. There are tcn

fpeeies, two of them natives of Brilain.

viz.

Ihe (ali–

<aria, or purple fpiked loofe·llrife; and thehylropifolia,

or fmal! hedge.hylrop.

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