16 SCANDINAVIANS AND 



of Saudmark's dissertation, applies also to this. ElmgTen's work, 

 however, coutains many species not found in Linuteus' "Systema.'" 

 Three of these are accompanied by descriptions and belouo* by 

 rio-ht to Elme-ren. althouo-h thev as a rule have been credited to 



1^ D ^ r. 



Linnteus. 



Plantaium Jamaicensium pugillus, 1759. 



Daniel Carl Solander (See above). 



Carl 'Don Linne, f-, the son of the immortal Linn;pus, was 

 born at Falun, Sweden, the 20th of January-, 17-41. became pro- 

 fessor of medicine in 1763, and died at Upsala the 1st of Novem- 

 ber, 1783. 



As far a-s the writer knows, he published only a few Central 

 American plants collected by Mutis. 



Supplenientura Plantarum Systematis vegetabiliuni, 1781. 



Olof S'wartz was born at Xorrkoping, Sweden, the 21st of 

 September, 1760. His father, who.se name was also Olof Swartz, 

 was a factory owner and a man of some means. This fact made 

 the son independent and able to spend money both in travels and 

 in publishing- his works. Olof Swartz was a pupil of Carl von 

 Linne, the younger. As a student he showed such ability that his 

 teacher said of him: "Botanices studiosus optiin;p spei." In 1780 

 and 1783 he took the two preliminary examinations then recpiired 

 for the degree of doctor of medicine. Luring the summers of this 

 period he undertook several botanical expeditions to different 

 provinces of Sweden and made several new discoveries. 



Swartz had for some time contemplated making a journey 

 into the tropics, and in 1783 he was ready to go. He went on 

 board The 5th of August, and sailed in a merchant vessel to Bos- 

 ton, where he landed the 3rd of October. He did not intend to 

 stay there, but took the first opportunity offered him to go to 

 .laniaica. He left Boston on the 26th of November and landed in 

 Montego Bay on the 5th of January, 1784. He set to \^'ork 

 with an untiring zeal to make as thorough a survey of the natural 

 history of the island as possible. Not long after his arrival he 

 was invited to remain as government botanist, but he declined. 

 In 1785 he spent a few months in Cuba and San Domingo, and 

 returned to Jamaica. According to Wikstrom, he also visited 

 Porto Rico, but this is denied by Urban. 



In 1 786 Swartz went to England to compare his collections 



