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the possession of which was coveted by many. It was originally pro- 
jeCted to enrich it with a most valuable addition; this was the Genera 
Muscorum of the celebrated Ehrhart. But this insertion was not 
made; either because Linnaeus found it too laborious a business to 
attend to it, as he designed to get an edition of the Supplementum Plan- 
tarum printed at London ; or, what appears more probable, because the 
English persuaded him to omit the Genera Muscorum , as they could not 
at that time see the merits of the discoveries of Mr. Ehrhart, in their 
proper light. 
The Supplementum contained and described ninety-three genera and one 
thousand three hundred and three species of plants. The son imitated the 
father, ip not adopting, as his own, the supposed definitions and descrip- 
tions of others ; and in not describing ' new any plants which he had 
not seen himself, and in a more particular manner got acquainted with. 
He also honoured the memory of several of his countrymen, a Falk, 
a Ternstroem, a Montim. a Retzius, an Eckeberg, a Sparr- 
mann, and a Thunberg, either by naming plants after them, or by 
adopting those names, which had already been assigned to them by 
others. 
Besides his lectures, he also gave other proofs of his literary activity 
in different dissertations, which were defended under his auspices. He 
described some new genera o? grasses, and published a treatise upon the 
lavenders , and some new ucidations respecting the fructification of the 
mosses *. 
Long 
* Dissertatio illustrans Nova G'raminum Genera; Resp. D. E. Nazen-; Upsal, 1779 — 
Dissert, de Lavandula, Respond. J. D. Lundmark, Upsal, 1780. — Methodus Muscorum 
lllustrata, Resp. 01 . Schwarz, Upsal , 17S1.— These dissertations may be seen in the Anus. 
nitai. 
