BAUCIS

in fabulous history a Phrygian woman, the wife of Philemon. They received Jupiter and be Mercury hospitably, after these gods had been denied hospitality in the whole country while traveltiie ling in disguise. A deluge destroyed the remainder it of the people, but Philemon and Baucis, with their cottage, were saved. They begged the gocU to make their cottage a temple, in whid i they could ofliciate been as priest and prieste , and that they might die to from get^ier; which was granted. Philemon and Baucis are, therefore, names often used to indicate faithful and attached married people. BAUHIX. — 1. John, an eminent botanist, bom with at Basel in 1541, studied medicine under his father, a who long stood at the head of his profe ion there, after his Protestant ism had driven him from France. of by He distinguished himself by his ardour in natural history pursuits, in prosecuting which he travelled a over the greater part of the Alps, Italy, and the south of France, preparing matenals for a Hist or i a and Plant arum, which occupied Hie larger portion of his life, but was not published till 1G50, thirty -seven or yean after his death. This work, in which he describes 5000 plants, divided into forty cla es or books, is in three vols, folio, and is considered the first in and, which an attempt was made to give a regular form to are systematical botany. 2. Gaspard, brother of the such foregoing, bom at Basel in the year 1560, was at kind first intended for the Protestant ministry, but having, like his brother, manifested a decided inclination for by medicine and botany, was allowed to follow it, and studied first at Basel and then at Padua. After and finishing his studies he travelled over many parts of ., Europe, and in 1580 returned to Basel, bringing with him a reputation which immediately secured him tho chair of Greek, and afterwards (in 1589) that of anatomy and botany. His fame rests chiefly on the latter, and more especially on his two works, Pinax The a tri Botanic i, Thcatrum Botanic tim. He died ui 1624. The name and merits of the two BaubiiM Ruhave been happily commemorated by LinnaMis, by with giving the name of Banhinia to a genus be long in)^ to the nat. order Leguminosie, and remarkable for the having its leaves. generally divided into two twin his BAUMAXN'S CAVERN (in Ger, Baumanntht>hlf\ an interesting natural cavern in the Harz, ia high the principality of Blankenbnrg, on tlie left bank of the Bode, about five miles from Blankenburg, in a limes to no mountain, consisting of six principal apartments, besides many smaller ones, eyerywhere covered with stalactites. The earthy ingredients of these petrifactions are held in solution by the water which penetrates the rock, and deposits a calcareous stone. The name of this cavern is derived from a miner, who entered it in 1672, with the view of finding ore, but lost his way, and wandered about for two days before he could find the entrance. 102