AH KI V FÖE BOTANIK. 



BAND 7. N:o 3. 



A Linmean Herbarium in tlie Natural History 

 Museum in Stockholm. 



T. Monandria — Tetrandria. 



By 

 C. A. M. LINDMAN. 



Communicated Apr. loth 1907 trough A. G. Nathorst and Jakob Eriksson. 



Linn^us's herbarium, which was the largest of its day and 

 Avas gathered together by contributions from almost all con- 

 temporary botanists and scientific explorers, 1 fell after Linnaeus's 

 death to his son, Prof. Carl von Linné fil. 



When the latter died in 1783, the herbarium was offered 

 for sale by his mother and sisters as heirs, just as Linnaeus 

 (pater) had appointed in his lifetime, partly on account of 

 its high monetary value, partly because he did not consider 

 his son sufficiently interested in botany to deserve this pre- 

 cious heirloom of his father. 



As is generally known Linnaeus's herbarium was actually 

 sold to the young English scientist, the afterwards famous 

 botanist J. E. Smith. It can hardly be wondered at that 

 Linnaeus's countrymen deeply regret to this very day that 



1 See A. Afzelius. Egenhändiga anteckningar af Carl Linn^us om 

 sig själf, 1823, p. 89 (Gud har förlänt honom det största herbarium i värl- 

 den, hans största nöje ) and 221 — 224 («Utan tvifvel det största, som inan 



hittills sett ■)■ 



Arkiv für botanik, lid 7. N:o 3. 1 



