name of a river of France, which rises in the mountains of Bigorre, and running N. by Tarbes through Gascony, afterwards turns E. and, passing by Dax, falls into the bay of Biscay, below Bayonne.

Adoxa, Tuberous Moschatale, Hollow-root, or Inglorious; a genus of the tetragynia order, belonging to the octandria clas of plants. In Omnium the natural method it belongs to the 13th order, or Succulentae.—The characters of this genus are: The calyx is a perianthium beneath, divided into two segments, flat, persistent. The corolla is composed of one flat petal, divided into four ovate acute segments longer than the calyx. The stamens consist of eight subulate filaments the length of the calyx; with roundish anther. The pistillum has a germen beneath the receptacle of the corolla; four simple, erect, persistent styles, the length of the stamens; and simple stigma. The pericarpium is a globular four-celled berry between the calyx and corolla. The seeds are solitary and com-prefled.

There is but one species, which is a native of the woods in Britain, and several parts of Europe; it is a very low plant, seldom rising more than four or five inches high; the leaves resemble those of bulbous fumitory; the flower-stalk arises immediately from the root, on the top of which grow four or five small flowers of an herbaceous white colour, which appear in the beginning of April, and the berries ripen in May; soon after which, the leaves decay. The herb may be procured by transplanting the roots any time after the leaves decay, till winter. They must be planted in the shade, under shrubs; for they will not thrive if exposed to the sun. The leaves and flowers smell like musk, from whence it has by some been called musk-crowfoot.

Ad Pondus Omnium, among physicians, an abbreviation in their prescriptions, signifying that the last mentioned ingredient is to weigh as much as all the rest together.

Ad Quod Damnum, in the English law, a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to inquire into the damage which may befall from granting certain privileges to a place, as a fair, a market, or the like.