a genus of plants belonging to the pentandra clas; and in the natural method ranking under the 12th order, Holoraceae. See BOTANY Index.

ILLINOIS, a people of North America, inhabiting a country lying near a large lake of the same name (called also Michigan), formed by the river St Lawrence. The country is fertile; and the people plant Indian corn, on which they chiefly subsist. They are civil, active, lively, and robust; and are much less cruel in their dispositions than the other Indian nations. They are, however, said to be great libertines, and to marry a number of wives; but some of their villages have embraced Christianity.