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nothing by which it could be known. The 

 Spanifh name of it is Aromas; and our indubi- 

 ous Mr. Loefling, who travelled into America, 

 at the expence of his Spanifh Majefty, in or- 

 der to make obfervations on natural hiftory, 

 for fomc years together, wrote to me, in his 

 letter from Madrid, that it was the Mimofa 

 Farnefiana, a fpecies of fenfitive plant. One 

 of the company faid, he had feen this fruit 

 eaten in the Eah 1 in times of fcarcity. 



We walked from hence into a lemon plan- 

 tation, where the Tanacetum balfamita> vulgo 

 Co/imary, which is here called Terva de Santa 

 Maria, and the wall-flower, or Cheiranthus 

 cheiri, were planted, and the latter in pots. 

 Among the wild plants, the Anchufa officinalis^ 

 or officinal buglofs, and the Spergula penian- 

 dra, or fpurrey, were in plenty. 



• 

 Not far from the town, we palled a well 

 furrounded by a very high wall, round which 

 there was a trough, for the cattle to drink. 

 The well was covered with a fort of rufh 

 (Juncus acutus) called Pa ran in Spanifh. Ac 

 night we returned to our inn, where we paid 

 , F : apiaflre 



