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SWEDISH PAN. 



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NICOLAS HASSELGREN. 



Upfal, 1749. Decern. 9. ! 



Amaenit. Academ. vol. 2: 



§. I. 



TH E antients attributed the paftoral life 

 to Pan^ the care of flowers to Flora^ 

 Jiunting to Diana^ and the cultivation of grain 

 to Ceres* We, tho' acknowledging only one 

 Deity, who governs all things, yet often ufe thefe 

 names to denote the fubjedb we undertake to treat 

 upon. What word is now more known among 

 botanifts than the word Flora ; by which they 

 mean all thofe plants, which grow within a cer- 

 tain compafs of ground j as our Fauna Suecica 

 Z 3 takes 



