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Leyden, who, during the last century had been sent to tne East Indies 
in the year 1670, and collected those plants during his seven years re- 
sidence in the island of Ceylon. The numbers in this herbal related to 
the Museum Zeylanicum, which appeared after Her km ann’s death in 
the year 1717. Linnaeus published the description of the whole col- 
lection in 1747? after it had lain in concealment for upwards seventy 
years*. It contained six hundred and sixty plants, which were ar- 
ranged according to his new system. Including the work of his friend 
Burmann, (Thesaurus Zeylamcus Amstelod , 1738), and that of Har- 
tog the Dutchman, who made a voyage to Ceylon, at the expence of 
Doftor Sherard, there is no country nor ifland in Asia whose 
natural history is better described than this. 
In all Europe, and the world in general, no country was better de- 
scribed than Sweden — and all this had been done by Linn a; us. The 
Swedish government derived the most essential benefits from his talents. 
In the spring of 1746 he made a tour to West Gothland. He travelled 
more than 300 German leagues, and in the follow. ng year published 
the result of his observations t. In the summer of 1749, he visited 
Scania or Schonen , the most southern of the Swedish provinces^. This 
was the sixth and last tour which he made in his own country. 
Thus LinnjEUS became the father of a beautiful and most accurate 
natural statistic of his own country. Before he set out on his two last 
tours, he published a description of the Swedish plants J, vwth an index 
* Flora Zeytaica, sistens planlas Tndicas Zeylo-.a: Insidae, qiue olari lecte fuere a PAULO 
Hermanno Professore Botanico Leydensi. Holm. .747, p. JS 4 - 
4 C Linn A 1 IV'dstgota Resa ; as Ruksens Slanders bctaln ny toiattad. Stockholm, 1747, 
in Swedish. 
J Linnah Skanska Resa, forrattad 1749, Stockholm 175., aho ip Swedish. 
§ Flora Suecica, exhibens ■plantas per regnu/n Suecne cresccntes, ISc. Holm. Sue. p. 392, 
x 'lustrating 
