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NOTES. 
I received both manuscripts of the late professor Lance at Halle , v?ho 
was a special friend and correspondent of Linnaeus, and formerly my 
own teacher. 
pace 56. 
Conrad Gesner himself died without issue, but at his death there 
remained alive of Andrew Gesner, his father’s brother, one hundred 
and thirty -Jive descendants in children, grand-children, and great-grand- 
children. From the latter are decended the present family of the Ges- 
ner’s, one of whom as a poet, is universally known by his Death of 
Aid and his beautiful pastorals. See Simleri Oratio de Vita C. 
Gesneri. Tigur. 1566, quarto-. 
.page 57. 
The Egyptian Herbarium of Prosper Alpinus is in the library of 
the University of Leyden. It consists of four volumes in folio, classed 
after the Linn^ean method, and described with the Linn^an names. 
PAGE 58. 
The voyage of Don Hernandez has not yet appeared completely. 
It consisted of ten, others say of twelve, and others of fifteen complete 
volumes in manuscript, which are still in the library of the Escurial. 
That part of the work which has been published, consists only of ex- 
trabts, and nany notes are added to it by the publisher. 
page 62. 
The preface of Linn.eus to his Bibliotheca Bctanica is dated by him 
as early as August 8. 1 7 35. 
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