1000000030

e y

Ihe

~ppor.le

ones beinr, broaru:r ; alld Ihe leAumen is

Ocfll Y. lunalce!. anel CUIII.lins

blll

olle reed. " hcre

IIVO fpecics. bolll nallve5 of India.

CY NO~IORI U~ I .

ill bOlany,

nllS of Ihe mono"ci.

mOllandri:l c1af,. The

c.II

,x 01Ihe female i,

.rl

i111-

briwed

~l11eO\lIl11.

alld neilher male nor f, male h:IS

corull.; Ihe fCllloIlc h.15 one lIylus , and one rounli

fced. There is

blll

olle fpecics. a narive of. Jamaic.l.

CYNOSU RUS. in borany. a genlls of Ihe " iandri.

ely·

giOl"

eI.fs

. The calix i5 a double valvc, and ineludcs

many 1I0wm. There are len rpecies. four of which

are narives of Brirain.

vi: .

Ihe criflalus, or crened

dog.rail grars; rhe eehinalus, or roughdog·rail grafs ;

Ihe cxrulells, or bluc dog' lail grar5; and Ihe paniceus,

or bmded dog-Iail

gr~fs.

\ I'ERU , in bOlany, a genus of Ihe " iandria mono·

gynia

eI.fs.

The glllOla is paleaceous aod imbricared;

il has DOcorolla, onJ bUI one na"ed reed. Thereare

Iwenly rpecies. only one of which is a nalive of'Bri·

nin,

vi:.

Ihe longus, rweel cyperus , or Englifh ga·

IlOgale ; Ihe roOI is cHOIinalive and auenuanl.

CY PIIOMA, CYr HOS , orCYP HOSlS, anincurvalionof

Ihe fpine, forming" crookednefs in Ihe back.

CYPRft: A, in zoology, a genus of iofcéls belonging 10

Ihe order of vermes leOacea.

is an anim&1 of Ihe

Jimax or r...il.kind; Ihe fhell is oneinvolmd, (lIbova·

led. oblure, rmoolh vah'e. The apeflu re on each fide

is linear, longiludinal, and Iw hed. Thereare fOfl y–

four fpeeiel, ditlingllifhed by Ihe form of Iheir fhells.

CYPRESS. See CUPREII US.

~PRINUS,

in ichlhyology, a genus o( fifhes belong–

log 10Ihe urder of abdominales. Themoúlh is roorh–

lefs ; rhere are rhree rays in Ihe gilll; Ihe body is

(OIoorh, aodwhire; and rhe

bdly.fi

ns have (requenrly

nine myl. There are rhiny-ooefpecies, principaJlydi–

fiinguifhed by rhe nllOlber of rays in rhe venl·fi n.

CY~RIPEOI U M,

in barany, a genus of !he gynandria

drandria c1aCs. The neélarium is "enrricofe, inOared,

and hollow. There are rWO fpecios, oae of rhem,

vit.

rhe calceolus, or ladies·nipper, a nalive of Brirain.

CYPRUS, anifland firuared in rhe moO eaOerly pan of

rhe Levanr, or Medirerranean fea, belween

n·

and

e z o

36. E. long.•nd berIVeen 31" and 30. N

. I~r.

Knightl

rRUS, an order

i flfhruI~d

C; uy

Lufignan, rirlllar king of Jeruralcm. 10 w""m Rich–

ard 1. of EnglJnd, afler cOllquering r"is iOand ,

m.Je

over hil nght.

CYR EN leS, a

f~él

of anciem r"ilofophcrs , (o calb l

from rlldr fuunder, Arillippus ofeyrene, adifciple of

Socrares.

The grear principie of rheir doarine was, rhal rhe

fupreme good of m.n in rhis life is pleafure; IVhereby

rhey nOI only meanl . p' ivarion of pain,and arranquilliry

of mind, bur an afreOlblage of all OIental and lenCual

pl<afures, particuldrly Ihe laO.

CrST, rhe bag, or runic, ineluding all incyOed rumo" ,

as rhe feirrhus, arheron,., Oeotoma, meliceres,

&c.

CYSTI C, a name given 10 tlVO arleries dnd rIVOveins.

See Vol.l.p.

245 .

CVST rc DUC T. See Vol. /.

265.

CYTI US, in

bor.nr

, a genus of Ihe diadelphi. de–

candria

c1.fs.

The calix is bilabiared; and rhe legu–

Oleo is arrenuared al rhe bafeo There are eleven fpe–

cies, none of rhemr,arives of Brirain.

CZACKATHURN, arOIVn of GerOlany, in rhedurchy

of Sriri., and cireleof AuOria, firuared near rhecon–

fl ux of rhe rivm Muer and Save, abour fifry miles

(oolh-e.O of Grarz : E. long.

q O,

and N. lal. 46°

50'.

CZAR, a ritle of honour affllmed by rhe grw dukes,

or, as rheyare nowfi yled, emperor! of Roflia.

Beckman Olakcs no doubr bur rhey rook Ihis rirle.

by corruplion, fromC:Efar, emperor; and accordin¡;ly

rheybear an eagle, as rhe fymbol of rheir empire, ¡nd

rhe word

C~ SH

in rheir arms.

CZASL

a rOIVn of Bohemia, aboul rhirly.five

miles (oulh.eaO of Prague:

long. 15"

8',

and .

lar. 49° 50'.

CZERNIGOF, rbe capiral of rhe provinee of Curoi–

gof, in Ruffia,

11m

Ihe fronliers of Poland : E. long.

31°, lO', and .lat. 52° 30'.

CZONGROOT, a rOIVn of Hungary, firumd on rhe

river Thieffe, aboul rbiny mil" nOrlh of Segedia:

long. 20· 45', and N. lal. 46°

36'.

in ichlhvology, rhe Englifh name of a fpecies

of pleuruneélu.

PL EU~O

·[eTES.

DAC ,a cir of Ihe pro.inee of Uengal, in !he EaO–

IndiCl, firumd on a br¡neh of rhe riler Gang :

lon~.

antl . 1.1\.2· )0'.

D .

PO, in mufie, figOlfies from Ihe head or begin–

nlng; inrimarins. rhar Ihe air is rObe begun ap,ain,

anl! cnded "'lIh rhe ti"l pm.

D-\CE, rhe Enclilh

n~m '

of a fp eies of cyprinus. Sce

\tkrwu, .

VOL.II.

O. 4l.

DACOLlTH S, in ichlhyology. Sec COliTI S.

DACTYL,

pomy, a merrieal foor conliOlng of

loog and

I~O

fhorl fl Uablts, as

cJrmina,

, 01l1MI,

(x"II,n".

The da8yl and

fpond~e

are rhe only fm or me

l·

fures ufed in hex.merer I·erles. See HEXAMETU.

D!\CTYLI , in

bor~lIy,

a genus of rhe rriaoJria di.

nI'

clAf, of

pl.nr

,. The calix cunlitl, of r Oob-

111("

1'.1...,. rhe one bcing fomelVh.r luger Ih, n rhe

od",. The fpecies are IIVO,

tÍ:.

!he cyno(uroiJes,