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to the plant in the "Alsine polygonoides tenuifolia,^^ &c. of 

 Plukenet, and adopted it without hesitation. 



M. Fee states the number of Linnaeus' s letters to Sauvages, in 

 the possession of the Baron d'Hombre-Firmas, to be 43, com- 

 mencing January 20th, 1737, and ending May 3rd, 1765. Those 

 of Sauvages to Linnaeus, in the possession of the Linnean Society, 

 are 63 in number, commencing Sept. 10th, 1737, and terminating 

 April 7th, 1765. From a reference to it in Sauvages' s second 

 letter, it would appear that Linnaeus' s first to him bears date on 

 the 20th of June, and not of January, 1737 ; a mistake which 

 might easily arise between the contracted forms of " Ji???." and 

 " Jiw." The whole series of Sauvages's letters contains mucli 

 interesting information, relating not only to the state of botanical 

 and medical science, but also to the personal history and character 

 of the professors of both. 



