30^ CHAPTER 50. 
which juftified the removal of it from the 
Tetrandrous to the Potygamous clafs (j-). 
Some Obfervations upon the Agaric 
lately applied after i\mputations, with re- 
*^ gard to the determining its Species (/)." 
Some doubts had arifen relating to the exadt 
fpecies of the Styptic Agaric, which had 
juft then excited the attention of the fur- 
geons, both in France and England, Mr. 
Watson having written afterwards to 
M, Bernard Jussieu at Paris y w^as aifliir- 
ed that the French furgeons had ufed the 
Agaricus pedis equini facie ofTouRNEFORT, 
which is the Boletus igniarius Lin. (ii). 
In 1754, Mr. Watson wrote an Ac- 
count of the firft Edition of the Species 
Plantarum of Linn^^us^ which was pub- 
liflied in the Gentleman s Magazine y p. 555 
f jr that year. It is not only highly worthy 
of being read, for the ufeful information, 
and curious critical matter it contains ; but 
alfo on account of its having produced from 
that celebrated Profeffor, a handfome letter, 
(j) PhiLTranf. Vol. xlviii. p. 615. 
(0 lb. p. 811. 
(«) lb. Vol, xlix. p. 23. 
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