48 SVEN LOVEN, ON THE ECHINOIDEA DESCRIBEI) BY LINN.BUS. 



marked in the handwriting of Thunberg: -^Mus. Gust. Ad.», 

 and made to adhere in the same manner, w^liile upon the 

 specimen itself, or more rarely iipon the cotton^), is pasted 

 one of SwARTz's printed labels with a Linnean name from the 

 twelfth edition of the Systema Natiira»; in a few exceptional 

 cases this is lying lose on the cotton. Often also this name 

 is repeated on a slip of paper in Thunberg's hand. 



In this State the entire collection of Shells and Echinoderms 

 bronght from Drottningholm to Upsala, has been guarded, 

 intact and undistnrbed, during more than eighty years, a case 

 of rare occurrence in any Museum. 



And thus 1 conclude the attempt I have made to follow 

 the Museum Regina? from its origin, as a fancy, in a Roy al 

 palace, to its final repository as a precious relic of LiNNJiUS, 

 in the University he adorned. Jt only remains for me beforc 

 leaving this part of my task to express my obligations to the 

 gentlemen who have given me their friendly aid, with many 

 a kind service and useful sugo-estion. To my esteemed friend 

 of many years, the learned Librarian of our Academy of 

 Sciences, Mr. J. A. Ahlstrand, I owe sincere thanks for the 

 numerous opportunities he gave me during the writing of this 

 opusculum of admiring his well-known skill as a trusty guide 

 to sources of information otherwise easily overlooked. To Dr 

 Evald Ahrling who by his labour of lo ve for many years 

 and his unremitting assiduity has been doing so much to 

 elucidate the scientific life of Linn^eus, I am greatly indebted 

 for his liberality in giving me access to eligible parts of his 

 ample stores of collectanea. I also have to offer many grate- 

 ful acknowledgments for much valuable information : to Dr. C. 

 G. Styffe for his kindness to procure from the State Archives 

 some most welcome extracts; to Dr H. Wieselgren of the Royal 

 Library, and Dr. Annekstedt of the University Library at Up- 

 sala, for their obliging readiness in afFording me the perusal 

 of important manuscripts ; and to Dr. M. B. Svederus and Dr. 

 Hjalmar Theel of Upsala, who took great pains in searching 

 ovit and transcribing for me documents of particular interest. 



') This circumstance seems to speak for the supposition that the 

 boxes with cotton existed already when SwARTZ affixed the labels, that 

 is: at Drottningholm. Thunberg found the labels >pasted on.» 



