16 SCANDINAVIANS AND 
of Sandmark’s dissertation, applies also to this. Elmgren’s work, 
however, contai y species not found in Linnzeus’ “Systema.” 
Three of these are accompanied by descriptions and belong by 
right to Elmgren, although they as a rule have been credited to 
Linnzus. 
Plantarum Jamaicensium pugillus, 1759. 
Daniel Carl Solander (See above). 
Carl von Linné, f., the son of the immortal Linnzus, was 
born at Falun, Sweden, the 20th of January, 1741, became pro- 
fessor of medicine in 1763, and died at Upsala the 1st of Novem- 
ber, 1783. 
As far as the writer knows, he published only a few Central 
American plants collected by Mutis. 
Supplementum Plantarum Systematis vegetabilium, 1781. 
Olof Swarts was born at Norrképing, Sweden, the 21st of 
September, 1760. His father, whose 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 
Linné, the younger. As a student he showed such ability that his 
teacher said of him: “Botanices studiosus optime spei.”” In ane 
and 1783 he took the two preliminary examinations then required 
for the degree of doctor of medicine. During 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 0? 
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 g0 e 
Jamaica. He left Boston on the 26th of November and landed 12 
Montego Bay on the 5th of January, 1784. He set to work 
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 Wikstrém, he also visited 
Porto Rico, but this is denied by Urban. . ‘ 
_ In 1786 Swartz went to England to compare his collections 
