l8o CHAPTER 40. 
tion that I am acquainted with, in having 
a complete index of the fynonyma at length. 
An addition of the higheft utility in works 
of this kind ! and which thofe who are con- 
verfant with the writings of Lin us can- 
not but regret the want of, in the Species 
Tlantariim. 
The whole Impreffion of Dillenius's 
" Moffes " was only 250 copies, of which 
50 were on imperial paper. The original 
edition having become extremely fcarce*', 
an impreflion of the plates, with the names 
only annexed, was taken off in the year 
1768, and publiflied by "John Millan, I 
here remark, that this was the firft book 
printed in England y in which any of the 
Linncean fpecific charadlers were exhibited. 
Both the Flora Lapponica^ and the Hoi^tus 
CliffortianuSy are quoted in this volume. 
* Pofterity will fcarcely believe, that at the time of the 
publication of this work, and during the life of the author, 
the demand for books of natural hillory was fo fmall in 
England^ that one guinea was thought a fufEcient price 
for this book. At this period, ten is not deemed too 
much ; and, not long fince, a copy, with the plates co- 
Joured byDiLLENius himfelf, was fold for twenty gui- 
neas, or upwards. 
There 
