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| 8r[Cactus] cochinellifer and [Cactus] opuntia to which it most
nearly approaches. This plant it appears
is now growing in the Island of St. Helena.

– 8[.] I know of no approach to American
vegetation in the Azores. but we know
very little of the Botany of these Islands[.]
It is remarkable that Erica vulgaris should
be a common plant on the hills of St. Miguel.

– 9[.] On the subject of the taste of recent Tabasheer
I may refer you to Dr Russels paper in
Philosoph. Transact. vol. 80. p. 274 & seq. where
he says that in a semifluid state it had a
slight saline subastringent [sic] taste: that the resi-
duum had a pretty strong saline taste with less
astringency. the substance in a more inspissated
state had a sharp salt taste which it loses in a great
degree by keeping.

Tabasheer was produced in the Hothouse of Dr
Pitcairn in a solid state. the taste of this pebble
is not mention’d.

– 10[.] I have no correct information to give on
the subject of this query.

– 11. None of the plants mention’d in this query
are known to me as natives of Northern India.
In Mr Saunders’s Journal published in Philos: Trans. Vol. 79 [sic]