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them, takes away the inflam[ma]tion, & leaves them ready for healing. 

 caruncles in the passage must be assisted by bugies, in w^ I always 

 ordered a small admixture of Galomel with success & a sleight touch 

 with aqua fortis in w^ you disolve mercury ad saturationem with carry 

 off soft venerial warts, often so as not to leaver a trace behind in 24 

 hours. As to the Inward use of the common solution of corrosive sub- 

 limate a dose once or twice a week wonderfully promotes the Gure of 

 Gonorrhaeas where no other medicine is given besides mucilaginous In- 

 fusions with nitre & manna. — 



I had clared up what doubts I bad about the plants. I mentioned 

 to you before I rec^'^ your kind letter. 1 am much in doubt about the 

 Trophis being the Bucephalon, as to the other I cant say anything as 

 I can't find any mention of the Pterocarpon in the Edition of your works 

 publisbed at that time the last Edition I have sent for to London & if 

 there I shall have them in a few Days. I rec^ the letter you mention 

 to have wrote to me last to the West Indies and are right as to the 

 plants mentioned the doubt was occasioned by my not having my books 

 there up to Mountserat. — The royal palm has a large thin membrane 

 within the scabbard formed by the leaves & immediatly almost inve- 

 loping the core in the centre of them, on w'^ you may write as on 

 Velum. is the Papyrus anything of this sort, or has Haselquist given any 

 light into this matter. I think all the palmes may be divided into those 

 whose ribs vaginate at the bottom, those that prolrude them without 

 any such vagination & the flabelliformed, nor do think there is any 

 mater[i]al Difference in the parts of generation, such as I examind 

 were much the same, al tho some had more female flowers some less, 

 but I never seen any without an admixture of both. Our Marine pro- 

 ductions in America are very various. I have often taken the Kera- 

 tophita from fhe rocks, but never could find any incrustations upon them 

 while in a growing state, there they have a beautifull lusture in the 

 water^ something of a blueish Gast. — 



I do not know what to make of the specimen I send you, this is 

 a young & imperfect little branch it creeps & the common footstalk is 

 commonly about 3 inches, the bunch is dichotomous with single flowers 

 from the Division, at first I thought il some common plant, but cant 

 now make it out when I saw it, I had neither backes nor glasses, it 

 was down in the country where I do intend to retire also this season: 

 the flower an intermediate single one had 8. Stam. & 3 or I thought 

 [4] smalls Stiles, at first I took it for your 2*^ . Elatine but in Examination 

 it did not ans' 



