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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]
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