JOO CHAPTER 50. 
as both had alfo been commonly miftaken 
for Water Parfnep, It is accompanied with 
engravings of the plants, from the excel- 
lent drawings of Mr.EHRET (/). 
In the 45th volume of the Philojophical 
fT ranfaBionSy is printed a Tranflation, by Mr. 
Watson, of a Letter to ^ixHans Sloane, 
from Dr.GARCiN, oi Neuchatel, containing 
a complete hiftory of the Cyprefs of the an- 
tients ; the Henna, or Alcanna of the Ara- 
hiansy called by L i n n ^ u s Lawfonia inermis ; 
a Shrub, famous for its ufe, both in medi- 
cine, and as a dye, all over the Eaft, info- 
much that, at Conjiantinopky the duty on 
this drug amounts to 1 8,000 ducats annu- 
ally {g). 
In 1748, Mr. Watson had an opportu- 
nity of (hewing attention to M. Kalm, dur- 
ing his abode in England, which was from 
February till Auguft, when he embarked for 
America, He introduced him to the curi- 
ous gardens, and accompanied him in feve- 
ral botanical excurfions in the environs of 
London, This eminent pupil of Linnaeus, 
[f) Phil. Trail/. Vol. xliv. p. 227—245. 
{g) lb. Vol. xlv. p. 564— 57B. 
who 
