in botany: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the pentandria clas of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 13th order, Succulente. The calyx is bivalved; the corolla perianthalous; the stigma trifid; the capsule trivalved, unilocular, and trispermous. There are two species, natives of America. They are very low herbaceous plants, with white flowers; and are possessed of no remarkable property.

CLAZOMENÆ ARUM (Herodotus, Strabo, Velius, Pliny); Clazomena, ae, (Mela); one of the twelve ancient cities of Ionia. The country of Anaxagoras; situated in the neighbourhood of Colophon. The city was small, its port on the N. N. W. side of the island. Traces of the walls, Dr Chandler informs us, are found by the sea, and in a hill are vestiges of a theatre. Three or four trees grow on it; and by one is a cave hewn in the rock, and affording water. A vaulted room with a chimney at one end, and a hovel or two made with stones piled, are all the present structures; and these are chiefly frequented by fishermen and by persons employed to watch and to drive away birds when the grain ripens. Referring to this confined situation of Clazomenæ, a famous sophist, when importuned to adorn his native city by residing in it rather than at Smyrna, replied, The nightingale refuses to sing in a cage.