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houfes, gardens and libraries were at his fervice. 

 He got from the king a penfion of eight thou- 

 fand Reals per annum, without becoming the 

 object of their envy, 



Loefling gained more and more the favour of 

 thefe phyfical gentlemen, and paid to each of 

 them a handfome compliment, by calling four 

 new plants found in Spain after their names, 

 wfiich will be a lading monument of the 

 gratitude of the Swedi/h botanift, as Linnaus 

 has taken thefe names into all the fubfe- 

 quent editions of his Genera and Species planta* 

 rum and into the laft editions of his Syftema Na- 

 ture. Loefling ftaid about two years at Madrid^ 

 and made during that time fome little botanical 

 expeditions in its neighbourhood : and col- 

 lected above 1300 diftinct fpecies of Spanijh 

 plants. The miniftry then began to think of 

 fending Loefling to Spanifh South America. The 

 plan for this expedition was great, and worthy 

 of Don Carvajal's genius and love for the 

 fciences. According to this plan the whole ex- 

 pedition Ihould be under the direction of Don 

 Jofeph de Itturiaga 9 Ctpitan de Altobordo in the 

 fleet, and director of the Caracas^ and the trad- 

 ing company there : under him was the next in 

 command, Don Eugenio Albaradi Colonel in the 

 Jand fervice, a native of Lima in Peru. Four 



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