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(2 vols., Ley den, 1817); “Historia ecclesiastica et Universalis 
Guianae’”’ (Amsterdam, 1825); “‘ Die Kriege von I814—1821 in 
Mexico”? (Leyden, 1833); ‘‘Surinam in Bildern und Skizzen” 
(Amsterdam, 1835); and “Historia plantarum circa Havana 
sponte crescentium’”’ (3 vols., Amsterdam, 1839). 
[Wholly fictitious. It may be remarked that Humboldt, whose 
acquaintance he is said to have made “‘in the United States in 
1802,”’ spent that year in the Andes; he did not visit the United 
States until May, 1804. The words “plantarum circa Havana 
crescentium,” which reappear under ‘‘Nascher”’ below, and 
look reasonable enough, do not occur in the title of any botanical 
work.] 
KJOEPING, Olaus (kyuh-ping), Swedish explorer, b. in 
Dalecarlia in 1741; d. in Soroe, Denmark, in 1809. He entered 
the Danish service as military surgeon, and was stationed for 
several years in the West Indies, also visiting Louisiana, Guiana, 
and New Spain. In 1796 he became rector of the academy of 
Soroe. His works concerning America, include ‘‘ Beschreibung 
von Guiana” (Soroe, 1797); ‘“Neueste Gemdlde von Louisiana 
und Mississippi” (2 vols., 1792); ‘‘Prodromus florae, sistens 
enumerationem plantarum cellularium quas in insulas, Santo 
Domingo, Cuba, Sancti Thomae et Sancti Bartholomei a Kjoep- 
ing collectas describit”’ oe 1799); and “ Anméark- 
ningar om Planter af Cuba’’ (3 vols., 1807). 
[Wholly fictitious. The name tone may have been 
suggested by that of Olof Swartz (1760-1818), the famous 
Swedish student of the West Indian flora, one of whose works 
bore the subtitle “Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium 
maximam partem incognitarum quae sub itinere in Indiam 
occidentalem annis 1783-87 digessit’’ (Stockholm, Upsala, and 
Aboe, 1788). The list of islands in the title of the imaginary 
‘“Prodromus” of “Kjoeping” is reminiscent of such works as 
West’s “Bidrag til Beskrivelse over Ste. Croix, med un kort 
Udsigt over St. Thomas, St. Jean, Tortola, Spanishtown og 
Crabeneiland” (Copenhagen, 1793) and Euphrasén’s “¢ Beskrif- 
ning 6fver Svenska vestindiska 6n St. Barthelemi, samt Garne 
St. Eustache och St. Christopher” (Stockholm, 1795), both of 
which contain accounts of plants.] 
KOEHLER, Alexander Daniel (kuh-ler), German botanist, 
b. in Altenkirchen, Riigen island, 18 April, 1762; d. in Langen- 
