A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 582
esian. BREYNIA, in botany, a genus of class po-lygamia, order tricecia: cal. six-parted: cor.none: ANTH.five : stig. five ; berry three-celled :SEEDS two. Species only one. B. disticha, anative of New South Wales. BRIANCON, a noted town of France in thedepartment of the Upper Alps, and… … 9% ■fr^j BRI BRIANCONNOIS, a ci-devant territory ofFrance, in Dauphine, which was bounded byGrenoblois, Gapenpois, Embrunois, Piedmont,and Savoy. It comprehends several valleys,which lie among the mountains of the Alps :and though it is extremely cold, yet it is fertilein corn and pastures.…
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