botany, a genus of the monoeia pentandra class. The common calyx of the male is imbricated; the corolla is funnel-shaped, and divided into five segments; and the receptacle is paeaceous: The calyx of the female consists of two leaves, including two flowers; it has no corolla; the drupa is dry, maricated, and divided into two segments; and the nucleus has two cells. There are three species, only one of them, viz. the Arumaria, or lesser burdock, a native of Britain.

Xantum, a province of China, in Asia, bounded by the Kang fea on the north, by the gulf of Nankin on the east, by the province of Nankin on the south, and by the province of Pekin on the west.

St. Xavier, a town of the province of La Plata, or Guayra, in South America, situated on the confines of Brazil, two hundred miles west of Rio Janeiro: W. long. 50°, S. lat. 24°.

XENSI a province of China, bounded by the great wall on the north, by the province of Xanfu on the east, by the province of Suchuen on the south, and by Tibet on the west.