Volume 2

A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus and other naturalists, from the original manuscripts / by Sir James Edward Smith.

  • Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.
Date:
1821
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Credit: A selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus and other naturalists, from the original manuscripts / by Sir James Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    L. LAPLAND and Swiss plants, ii. 296. ——— little examined by botanists, ii. -117- Lapides Judaici, i. 141, 144, 149. Larus parasiticus, ii. 407. Lasiantkus, see Gordonia, and Loblolly Bay. Lathrcea, once supposed by Haller to have eight stamens, ii, 229, 239. Lauras, remarks of Dillenius on, ii.90. Lawson, Dr. his travels, ii. 17.5, 178, 181,20.'i. Leaves, their forms given in Hort. Cliff, ii. 299. Lee, Mr. of Hammersmith, i. 463. Leewenhoek, his microscopical discoveries, ii. 220. Lemma, ii. 211. Lepas, species of, i. lOS, 115—117 ; ii. 43, 493, 499. I..eguminous plants, some monadelphous, ii. 91. Library of Mutis, the finest in America, ii. 542. Lichen Roccella, i. 200, 229. Lichens, opinion of Dillenius on some, ii. 85, 86. — their diffei’ences, ii. 291. Ligustrum of Catesby, i. 521. Lind, Dr. James, his correspondence with Linnaeus, ii. 472—47/*- Lindern, h'ls Hottus .idIsnticus, ii. 415, 418. L'mncea borealis, ii.202. Linnaeus, criticised by Dillenius, ii. 90,103. first mention of him to Richardson by Dillenius, ii. 152. first mention of him to the same by Gronovius, ii. 173. his Classes Plantarum, &c. ii. 177. 179, 180, 310, 432. criticised by Amman, ii. 191. his system founded on the stamens, ii. 191, 193, 229, 232. chosen Professor at Upsal, ii. 212. acknowledged as a teacher of natural orders, ii. 212. his Flora Snecica, ii. 217, 371, 381—388, 432, 433. deprecates the ill will of Haller, ii. 231—236, 297, 298, 299. leaves Holland, ii. 297. greatly pi'efers natural classes, ii. 311. his illness at Leyden, ii. .319. his indignation at Siegesbeck’s criticisms, ii. 320. his visit to Paris, ii. 321, 326. sketch of his early life, ii. 333—336. his courtship, ii. 334. takes his degree, ii. 334. e.vperiences the caprice of medical practice, ii. 3S.5. desires his errors to be corrected, ii. 349, Professor at Upsal, ii. 350, 364. his remarks on Haller’s .Swiss Flora, ii. 360, 363. his travels in Oeland, ii. .371.