4 5 o LETTERS. 
I here fend inclofed, the flowers of iEfchyno- 
mene Sefban (baltard fenfitive plant) which is ufed 
for hedges round plantations, and affords an a- 
greeable profpeft. 
Abfus, is a Caflia. Sopher, is likewife a Caflia, 
of which I tranfmitted feeds, and in my laft letter 
the defcription, together with that of the wild 
Marjoram or Z atarbendi of Alpinus. 
Kali III, of Alpinus, muft be a little fig mari- 
gold (Mefembryenthemum) common in Egypt; 
but it is fomewhat difficult to clear up the names 
of Alpinus, efpecially all his Kali. I tranfmitted 
the feeds of the Alhenna, amongft my collection 
of laft winter, and the feeds of the Plantain-tree, 
were in my laft letter ; and the Gall fly of the 
Scripture Sycamore, in my laft but one. I have 
the jumping Moufe, in fpirits of wine, and all the 
Egyptian fifhes, of which I have fome preferved 
and laid on paper, in the manner you taught me. 
Mofes and Lichens are fcarce enough, though 
not entirely wanting in the Eaft. The Pyramids , 
the oldeft buildings in the world, have no Lichenes 
cruftacei , which otherwife are the common marks 
of age neither can they have them, for perhaps 
there never fell a drop of rain on them, without 
which, this kind of vegetable does not thrive. 
All the kinds are to be found on the old walls of 
Jerufalem ; and out of the wall at Solomon’s 
Well, there grows a little mofs ; may not this be 
his Hyfop ? It is, at leaft, as little, as the cedar is 
large, and therefore the other extremity. 
It is not long fince I fent you the defcription of 
the Egyptian Water lily (Nymphtea). 
I have defcribed the wonderful little Crab, the 
Cancer curfor •, but who can conceive, why this lit- 
tle animal comes up in fuch large numbers out of the 
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