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E. D. MERRILL 
The full title of Osbeck's work is as follows: "Dagbok | Ofwer | en | 
Ostindsk | Resa | Aren 1750. 1751. 1752. | Med Anmarkningar | Uti 
I Naturkunnigheten, fram- | mande Folkslags Sprak, Seder, | Hushall- 
ning, m.m, \ Pa Fleras astundan | Utgifwen | Af \ Pehr Osbeck. | Kongl. 
Sw. Wettenskaps Societetens Ledamot. | Jamte 12 Tabeller | Och 
Afledne Skepps-Predikanten Torens Bref. | Stockholm [ — | 1757." 
The text is in Swedish, but where plants and animals are described 
the descriptions are usually in Latin. The book consists of a short 
introduction, three hundred and seventy-six pages of text, an index, 
and twelve plates. A copy of this rare work is in the library of the 
Arnold Arboretum, and a photographic reproduction of it is in the 
library of the United States Department of Agriculture. 
In the year 1765 a German translation was published by J. G. Georgi 
under the title : " Herrn Peter*Osbeck | Pastors zu Hasslof und Woxtorp, 
der Konigl. Schwedischen | Akademie zu Stockholm und der Kon. 
Gesellschaft zu Upsala, | Mitgliedes | Reise | nach Ostindien und China. 
I Nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte j und C. G. Ekebergs Nachricht 
von der Landwirthschaft | der Chineser. | Aus dem Schwedischen 
Ubersetz | von | J. G. Georgi [ Mit 13 Kupfertafeln." This consists 
of an introduction of twenty-four pages, 552 pages of text, index, and 
thirteen plates. The descriptions of plants and animals, in Latin in 
the original edition, are here translated into German. 
In the year 1 771 J. R. Forster translated the German edition into 
Enghsh, under the following title: "A | Voyage | to | China and the 
East Indies, | By Peter Osbeck, | Rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, | 
Member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the | Society of Upsal. | 
Together with a" Voyage to Suratte, | By Olof Toreen, | Chaplain of 
the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. | and | An Account of the Chinese 
Husbandry, | By Captain Charles Augustus Eckeberg. | Translated 
from the German, By John Reinhold Forster, F. A. S. | To which are 
added, A Faunula and Flora Sinensis." This was issued in two 
volumes, i (1771) V-f 1-396, pi. 1-13; 2 (1771) 1-367, index. This 
edition is very rarely cited in botanical literature as Osbeck's " Iter ed 
Angl." It is of special interest because it contains the first attempt 
to enumerate, in systematic order, the species of the Chinese flora after 
the establishment of the binomial system of nomenclature. Pages 
339 to 367 are devoted to this enumeration, apparently the work of 
the translator, under the title "Flora Sinensis: or. An Essay towards a 
Catalogue of Chinese Plants." About 260 species are listed, compiled 
