Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . n structure founded before 596. It has a tower93 feet high, is one of the smallest of British cathedrals, and standson the top of the hill on which the city is built. Kentigern, orSt. Mungo, Bishop of Glasgow, and his disciple, St. A., are saidto have founded the see of St. A. in the 6th c. The bishop, whohas a revenue of £4,200, is patron of 131 of the 148 benefices in thediocese. Pop. in 1871, 1900. St. A., with the Flint district ofboroughs, returns one member to parliament. ASAPHUS. See Trilobite. ASARABACCA (J.
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . n structure founded before 596. It has a tower93 feet high, is one of the smallest of British cathedrals, and standson the top of the hill on which the city is built. Kentigern, orSt. Mungo, Bishop of Glasgow, and his disciple, St. A., are saidto have founded the see of St. A. in the 6th c. The bishop, whohas a revenue of £4,200, is patron of 131 of the 148 benefices in thediocese. Pop. in 1871, 1900. St. A., with the Flint district ofboroughs, returns one member to parliament. ASAPHUS. See Trilobite. ASARABACCA (J.«orMTO Europmim). a, plant of the naturalorder Aristolochiaceoe (see Aristolochia), a native of Europe,growing in woods; rare, and perhaps not truly indigenous, inBritain. The whole plant has acrid properties; the roots andleaves are aromatic, purgative, and emetic. The use of A., how-ever, as an emetic has been much superseded by that of ipecacu-anha, which is milder and safer. The powdered roots and leavesenter into the composition of cephalic snuffs, which cause sneez-. Aearabacca {Asarum Europoium).b, detached anther ; c, style. ing, and are employed as a counter-irritant in cases of headache,ophthalmia, toothache, &c. The plant contains a volatile oil, anda crystalline substance called Asarine, to which it seems to oweits active properties. The genus Asarum is distinguislied bytwelve horned stamens, distinct from each other and from thestyle, and by a bell-shaped three-lobed perianth. A. Fuiopceumhas a very short stem with two shining kidney-shaped leaves oulong stalks, from the axil of which siirings a single droopinggreenish-brown flower.—A nearly allied species, A. Canadense, anative of Canada, is stimulant and diaphoretic, and is used underthe name of CANADA Snakeroot, instead of Aristolochia Ser-pentaria. It is also called Wild Ginger, and used as a spice,being of a warm aromatic quality, and not acrid, like its Europeancongener. ASBEN, or AIR. a country of Centra
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