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small-pox, wherewithal they profess to cure it at any stage and 

 prevent pitting.' Can it be the whitish spots scattered over the 

 leaves of the latter species that have given rise to this opinior. 

 among these savages ? Several Sarracenas are cultivated amongst 

 us for the beauty of their flowers, and still more for the strange form 

 of their leaves ; but they are not wide spread on account of the very 

 difficulty of their cultivation. 2 



1 They are used in powder, infusion and syrup. These preparations appear to be very energetic 

 diuretics, and it lias been supposed that the variolous virus is thus eliminated. 



2 E. Ramet, in Adansonia, vii. 310. 



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