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Aquifoliacee

a natural order of plants; the holly tribe. The species consist of trees and shrubs, and the order includes the common holly (ilex aquifolium) and the I. paraguayensis, or Paraguayan tea tree.

Paraguayan tea tree. the Apennines, 58 miles N. E. of Rome; is the capital of the provthe 58 N. E. of Italy, on the Periscop The tures of wax, linen, paper, and its trade were constructed during nine years, end- ing in 1877, to bring water from Long- dendale, between Sheffield and Manches- ter, to the latter city. In this instance the aqueducts consist for the most part of tunnel and covered conduit, but for 8 miles the water is conveyed in large cast-iron pipes laid along or under the public roads. Before the Longdendale in Cumberland to Manchester. injury by earthquakes in 1688, 1703, and 1706. It has a citadel, constructed in 1534.

Aquila on or in the vicinity of the anthe works were carried out in 1885-1894. In Scotland, the Loch Katrine aqueduct supplies Glasgow with water coming This led to the adoption of the scheme a distance of about 15 miles into the city of Lisbon. The aqueduct of Caserta was built in 1573, by Vanvitelli, by order of Charles III. and his son, for the purfor bringing water from Lake Thirlmere in Cumberland to Manchester. The length of the line is nearly 100 miles, and the works were carried out in 1885-1894. duct supplies Glasgow with water coming from a distant of 42 miles. An aqueduct In Scotland, the Loch Katrine aquein saffron. The town suffered much Emperor Frederick II. built cient site of Amiternum, about 1240.

Pop. about 25,000.

AQUILEJA (äk-il-ā'yä), AGLAR, or

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