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bury’s derivation and use of the word Castalia, I 
‘think you are fully entitled to check him, and give 
a classical reason.— Would it not be better to say 
Nupcaca addy, 8. Novdap Diosc. ? 
I did not remember estwr used in classical wri- 
ting. But if it have obtained in medicinal Latin 
you are free to use it. 
Sedum ochroleucum thrives bonnily. 
If the Spaniards are foolish enough to fancy 
themselves warriors and to fight pitched battles, 
there will be a quick end put to all their hopes. 
Yours ever, 
S. CARLISLE. 
From the same. 
My dear Sir, Rose Castle, Aug. 25, 1809. 
I wish I could give you any information about 
Ethulia. As Linnzus was no scholar, he adopted 
“names, and formed names which are passing all 
powers of accounting for. Had he written it Hs- 
thulia, I should, from combining it with Vaillant’s 
name Sparganophorus, have supposed it derived 
from eoOnc, zxdumentum, and ovAoc, mollis ; alluding 
to its contributing somehow to soft clothing or 
swaddling. I do not know the plant. Can it be 
supposed to be derived from aw, wro, and ovAoc, 
perniciosus ? Is there anything hot or poisonous 
in it? 
I know of no analogy or authority which will 
justify your elegant reference to Thule in Seneca: 
Linneus never had such a classical thought in his 
