LINNAEUS’S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF. 385 
“ books and the history of their respective authors. In the second 
“ part, he touches upon all the botanical systems and opinions, accoid- 
“ ing to the classes, seftions, and general names of the plants; particu- 
(« larly upon the methods and opinions of C/esalfinus, Hmrmann, 
u Knautius, Ray, Rivini, Tournefort, Pontedera, &c. &c. 
u besides his own system, to which he intends to add Magnol’s as soon 
« as he shall have received the valuable work of the latter. In the 
u Methodi Specialiores , he will observe the generical characters. For 
“instance, in the mosses, he will give both the characters of Dil- 
« lenius and his own, &c. &c. In the third part of this work he 
“ treats on the parts of fructification ; be explains what they are, how 
« they are to be distinguished, and points out in what manner they 
“ can be regularly ordered and divided. In the foui h, he treats ot 
“ the sex of the plants, and demonstrates it plainly. In the fifth, he 
« discriminates the true and general characters from the false ones, 
« and teaches how cautiously this must be done, and how not only 
« one, but all the parts of fru&ification ought to be most carefully 
« observed, and how the outward form is chiefly to be looked after 
« in doubtful cases. He maintains, that the greatest part of the plants may 
“ be known by their blossom or flower. He ascribes the errors of most 
“ of the botanists to their ignorance of some of the principal rules. In 
“ the sixth part, he refutes with sound proofs upwards of seven hundred 
“ general denominations of plants. In the seventh, he speaks of the 
“ Diffcrentics Specified;, which have been omitted in most of the names, 
u merely because the right method to discover them was not known. In 
a t \ ie eighth, he treats of the variations of plants, and points out how 
u they are to be discriminated. In the ninth part, he enumerates the new 
n d d species 
