the common American aloe: A genus of the monogyne order, belonging to the hexandra clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 10th order, Coronariae. The characters are: There is no calyx: The corolla is monopetalous and funnel-shaped; the border six-parted, with lanced erect divisions; The stamens consist of six erect filaments, longer than the corolla; the anthers are linear, shorter than the filaments, and versatile: The pistillum is an oblong germen; the style is filiform, the length of the stamens, and triangular; the stigma headed and triangular: The pericarpium is an oblong triangular capsule, trilocular and three-valved: The seeds are numerous. Of this genus, botanical writers enumerate eight species.

Of the Americana, or great American aloe, the stems generally rise upwards of 20 feet high, and branch out on every side towards the top, so as to form a kind of pyramid: the slender shoots being garnished with greenish yellow flowers, which stand erect, and come out in thick clusters at every joint: these make a fine appearance, and continue long in beauty; a succession of new flowers being produced for near three months in favourable seasons, if the plant is protected from the autumnal colds. The seeds do not ripen in England. It has been generally thought, that these plants do not flower till they are 100 years old; but this is a mistake; for the time of their flowering depends on their growth: so that in hot countries, where they grow fast, and expand... pand many leaves every season, they will flower in a few years; but in colder climates, where their growth is slow, it will be much longer before they shoot up their stem. There is a variety of this species with striped leaves, which are pretty common in the English gardens. The other sorts are so tender, that they must constantly remain in the stove.

ADGE, a city of France, in Lower Languedoc, in the territory of Agadez, with a bishop's see. The diocese is small, but is one of the richest countries in the kingdom. It produces fine wool, wine, oil, corn, and silk. It is seated on the river Erault, a mile and a quarter from its mouth, where it falls into the gulf of Lyons, and where there is a fort built to guard its entrance. It is well peopled; the houses are built of black stone, and there is an entrance into the city by four gates. The greatest part of the inhabitants are merchants or seamen. The public buildings are but mean; the cathedral is small, and not very handsome; the bishop's palace is an old building, but convenient. The city is extended along the river, where it forms a little port, wherein small craft may enter. There is a great concourse of pilgrims and other devout people to the chapel of Notre Dame de Grace. It is a little without the city, between which and the chapel there are about 13 or 14 oratories, which they visit with naked feet. The convent of the Capuchins is well built, and on the outside are lodgings and apartments for the pilgrims who come to perform their neuvaine or nine days devotion. The chapel, which contains the image of the Virgin Mary, is distant from the convent.

E. Long. 3° 20'. Lat. 43° 19'.