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C¡CELY. See MruHI5.
CI CER, or CHICK ' PlA , in bnl3ny, a gentil of Ihe
Jia.lelphia decandna clarl. The ~ is d..idcd inlo
6.e fegOlen,s, 01' lhe j',me lenglh wid, Ihe coroll.,
Ihe (our uppermo(l regmeols Iying IIpnn Ihe Y<xillum :
and Ihe legllmen or pod i. lurgid, rhomboid,I, and
root,in! IWO reeds. Thore il but one fpecies, viz.
the arierinum, a nalive o( Spain.
CICERRITA, in b,.tany. See SO"CHlI'.
CICHORIUM, or Su cc on, in botany, a genu! of
the fyngenelia polygamia zqualis clafs. The recept~.
cle is pale,ceous; lhe calix is calicul.ted: and Ihe
p.'ppus ha, five teeel. on ·its margin. The fpeeíes are
three. ooly one of whlch, vi:. the intybus, or w.!d
cichory, is a native of Sritain. The leaves aod root
are derergent, aperient, . 00 aueoualing.
CICIND.ELI ..\ , in zoology, a genu! of infells belonging
to Ihe order of coleoplera. Tbe anlenna: are feu.
ceoua; the jaws are prominent, and (ul'Dilhed witb
teeth; the eyes are a liule promintnt: and the breafl
is roundilh aDd margiDmd. There are foumeo
fpecicl.
CICONIA, io ornithology. See AlOtA.
¡:ICUTA , iD botany, a genus o( the pennndria digyhia
. The (ruit is (urrowed and Ovated. The fpe.
cies are three, only one o( which, t1iz. the virofa, or
long.leaved water·hcmloek, is a oative of Sritaio.
CICUTA is alfo a fyoonime of the conjum. See Co·
MI U ... .
CICUTARIA', in botaDY, l fYDonime of the zthufa,
phellandrium, Ót.
CIDARIS, in antiquity, the mitre ufed by l~ Jewilh
higb' priefls. The Rabbins fay, that the bonnet ufed
by prieas in general was made of a piece of linen·
c10th faxteeD yards long, which covmd their heads
like a helmet or a turLant: and they allow no other
diffaeDce betwren the high.priefl's bODoet, and that
of other priefll, than this, that one is Bmer and
more iD the (orm of a ; whereas Ih,t worn by
ordinary priefls, rofe fomelhing more in a point.
CIDHI!, iD conchyliology, lhe trivial name of a fpecie.
of echinus. See Ec JI, s us.
CIFALU, or CH HEDI , a porHowrrorSicily, lhirty.
fix miles eafl of Palermo: E.loog. 13° 32, N. lat.
38° 30'.
CILlA, the En'LAS HU, in anatomy. See Vol. 1.
P· 29 1•
CILIARE, or LICA~1E ~TUM CILIAU, in an~tomy.
See Vol. 1. P. 290.
CILlARIS, in anatomy. See Vol. I. p. 291,
CILJATED IMf, among botanical wtittlS, ooe (ur·
rounded ill the way with parallel fil aments, fomewhat
like the haitl of the eye.lids.
CILlClUM, in Hebrew antiquilY, a fon of habit mide
of cOat fe Ilufl', flJrmerl y in uCe among the Jews in
timcs of mourning and diflref,. It is the fame with
what the Septuagim and Hcbrew verfioos call fack–
clolh.
CILLEY, Ihe rapitol of a lertilorybf the fame namein
Stiria, and the circle of Auflria in Uermany: E. lon.
15° 35', N. lal. 46° 35'.
VOL. U. No. 38, ,
CIMA, or SIM1, in Rrchitedure, Ihe fame wilb c)'tu.
tium or ogee. Set OCEl.
CIMEX, or Bue, in 200108Y, a genu! of infedl be.
longing to the order of hcmiptera . Linna:us enume
tates no lef. than 121 fpecicl. T he ledula rius, or como
mon houfe buS, i. a well known infed. The methodl
of expelling thelO are various; al, oil of turpenline,
the fmoke of cotn·minl, of narrow·leavedwild c..fs, of
herb'robert, ef the reddilh aguic, of muflard, of Gui–
ney pepper, of pem or turf, Ot. Sut clunlioef~
is the only remedy againll vennin of every kind.
CIMOLlA furo, in narural hiflory, R fpecies of white
marle, which is pooderous and Iriable, aod makel I
confiderable effervefcence with aqua fon" .
CINALOA, a Plovince of Mexico, in NOrlh Amerita,
Iylng on the Paci6c Oceao, oppoGte to the fOUlh cod
of California.
CINAN, a city of China, the mmopolis of the pro–
vince of Zantung, faluated in 37° N. lat. ind 30' eal!
of Pekin.
ClNCHONA, in botany, a genu! of the pemandria mo.
nogynia clafs. The caralla is bell.lhaped; ind tho
capfu le is below the ftower, and opeos .t Ihe bafeo
There is but one fpecies, vit , the oflieítlalis, a nalive
of Peru. The Peruvian bark, which i, the bark of
this Iree, is brollght to us in piem of different frles.
Cometimes rolled up into Ihon thick quills, and fome·
times nat : the outfide is brownilh, and genmlly eo·
'er~d in pan with a whitilh moCs; the infide is ofa
yellowilh, reddilh, or ru(ty iroo colour. It has &
lightly aromatic fmell, fomewhat mully, yet oot diC.
agreeable; a biuerilh, aflriDgent taae, which dwell.
long upon the tongue, accompanied Wilh a degree of
aromatic warmlh. The fmall, thin, Bat pieces are by
fome accounted the befl; by othcrs, the quill fort,
with the roughefl coat, efpecially if of a brigbt ciona·
mon colour on tbe iofide; though the large aat pieee!,
whether rough or fmooth, of a lighter or darker co–
lour, are often of equal goodods, The befl bark i.
that which is flrongefl in fmell and tafle: this likewife
proves friable betwixt the teeth, and does not fepa.
rate ipto 6bres j it break!, not Ihivery, but clofe anti
fmooth.
The virtues of Ihis bark, IS a febrifuge, \Vere diC·
covered by the Indians about the ym 1500: Europe
did not become acquainted with il riU1649 : nor Wat
it received into general pratlict tUI fe.eral years afler
this; fome iII confequenm enfuing from its impru–
dent ufe, having broughr it for a time into difrepute.
At prefent, it is looked upon as the mofl eff.dual re–
medy in intermiuent fever! of almoll every kind, and
fafe in all ages and conflitulions; provided it be ju–
dicioufly and feafonably adminillered, Qnd due regard
be had tO rhe circumílancc! of the dife:úe. The OIGo
dernpradice, previous to the ufe of Ihis ¡nedicinr,' u–
funll ygives an emetic at the beginning of aparoxyftn :
in fome c.res a cathanlc, ano in plrlhorie habits ve–
n:Efe8ion, are p'emifed: lhefe rencler Ihe b..k not on·
Iy mure f,fe, but likcwife more cert.lin and Cpccdy i.
its operation : where Ihefe evacualions are negleded,
or not fufliciently plenuful , the difeafe, if of lon&
t .3 E I\~di":,