BARANETZ

or BAROMETZ, the rhizome of a fern native to deserts of Scythia; known as ‘Scythian lamb,’ because a stout piece of the rhizome can be trimmed to a remarkable likene of the animal, PROSPER BRUGIERE, BARON DE (1782-1866), Fr. statesman and author; held various public offices under Napoleon and Louis Philippe; pub. His to ire des ducs de Bourgogne de la Maison de Valois (1824-28); trans. works of Schiller, and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, India,