386 LINNAEUS’S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF. 
“species of plants discovered, according to Tourneeort’s me- 
“ thod by several botanists, especially by Rivini, Pontedera. 
“ Boerhaave, Buxbaum, Vail lan t, &c. and reduces the two 
“ hundred new species of To urn e fort to seventy -five. In the tenth, 
“ mentions the synonyma, in what manner they are to be used, and 
“ what is to be observed in each of them. The eleventh, contains in- 
u struFtions how to arrange the description of plants, with suitable ex- 
amples by way of illustration. In the twelfth and last part he con- 
cludes with demonstrating, the great utility of the classes and orders 
” as arranged by Nature herself, how manifold they are, and what 
“ species ol plants must be reckoned to each class.” 
The Author prefixes the following advertisement to his work: “ Hcec 
i " omn ‘ a CXXX. regulis sive canonibus superstruffa, exemplisque 
“ stabilita sunt. Observationes autem omnes aufloris nituntur. 
“ Earura in classes distributio a certa corporis parte desumitur, sec- 
“ tiones, characleres generici prorsus nova methodo instituuntur. 
“ Nomina specifica nova unicuique tribuuntur, allegatis synonymis.” 
Upsal, March 15, 1732. 
“ CHARLES LINNaEUS, the student of medicine, whose name 
“ has already been several times mentioned in an honourable and flat 
“ tering manner, is now occupied with two new works, which have 
“ never before been the objeft of the efforts of our learned men, but 
“ which, 
