230 Dr. Smith's Observations respecting 



the 2d edition of Sp. Plant, except a reference to Gouan, whose 

 plant is that of Sauvages. In the interleaved copy of this 2d 

 edition I find the following note. " Caulis hirtus. Folia hirta y 

 prcesertim subtus." This is printed in the Syst. Veg. but throws 

 no light upon the subject in dispute. With it is a mutilated ex- 

 tract, written with a trembling hand when Linnaeus was very in- 

 firm, from Scholler's Flora Barbiensis, which shows how anxious 

 he was to the last for any new light respecting this doubtful 

 plant. The original passage in Scholler is much to our purpose, 

 and runs thus. 



" Folia obtusa, pilis rarioribus adspcrsa. Catdis parum hirsutus^ 

 uno alterove foliolo donatus ; ftorcs 2 out 3 in cacumine ferens." 

 This suits what I understand to be II. dubium, but does not ac- 

 cord with II. Auricula. The latter is as characteristically de- 

 scribed by Scholler thus. " Folia acuta. Caulis et calyces nigris 

 set is adspersi. Folia pilis longis hispida." So that this author un- 

 derstood the two species as I do, and Linnteus by copying him 

 as above, surely sanctions his opinion. For this reason alone I 

 cite him, for I could produce abundance of secondary authori- 

 ties on my side, but my object is to ascertain the opinion of Lin- 

 naeus. 



Hieracium Auricula of Linnaeus is first mentioned by him 

 in his Fl. Lapponica, n. 282, and afterwards in the 1st edition of 

 Fl. Suec. n. 635, but of course, without the trivial name, which 

 first appears in Sp. Fl. ed. 1. He speaks of it as common in the 

 grassy wilds of Lapland, and quotes Linders and Frankenius, 

 two Swedish writers, who only serve to prove the plant he meant 

 a well-known native of Sweden. Thfj former terms it Auricula 

 muris angustifolia minor. These authors are however not quoted 

 in the FL Suec. I proceed to examine the synonyms and re- 

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