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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 \vh I always
ordered a small admixture of Galomel with success & a sleight touch
with aqua fortis in wh 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
sublimate a dose once or twice a week wonderfully promotes the Gure of
Gonorrhseas where no other medicine is given besides mucilaginous
Infusions with nitre & manna. —
I had clared up what doubts I bad about the plants. I mentioned
to you before I reced 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
published at that time the last Edition I have sent for to London & if
there I shall have them in a few Days. I recd 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 wh 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 inlo those
whose ribs vaginate at the bottom, those that protrude them without
any such vagination & the flabelliformed, nor do think there is any
mater[i]al Diflerence 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 the 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 1 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 1 thought it 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 2d. Elatine but in Examination
it did not ansf
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