HIS FRIENDS 
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“ Species plantarum ” came out. In 1759 appeared 
the tenth edition of the “ Systema Naturae ” with a 
revision of the plants, the genus Browallia then having 
three species, B. alienata , B . demissa and B . elata; all 
these being first published four years after the death 
of Bishop Browallius in 1755, who consequently never 
knew this enlargement of his genus, and therefore the 
whole of the legend is shown to be baseless. 
The other friend, Mennander, having left Uppsala 
for Finland in 1737, became Master in Philosophy, 
taking the place of Browallius in 1746 as Professor of 
Physics. He then passed to the faculty of divinity, 
and from 1757 to 1775 was Bishop of Abo. How 
warm was Mennander’s liking for natural history was 
displayed by his support of P. Kalm and A. Martin 
as naturalists in the Finnish University. 
Frequent letters between Linne and Mennander, 
which correspondence began when both were students, 
were continued during life, till in 1775, the latter 
becoming archbishop, removed to Uppsala, but a few 
months later Linne was so broken in health and 
spirits, that he could no longer enjoy conversation 
with his trusty friend. 
Another friendship formed during Linne’s Stock¬ 
holm residence, was with the then Captain Augustin 
Ehrensward, one of the earliest members elected into 
the Academy of Science, who in 1740 became its 
secretary. As both belonged to the “ Hats ” party, 
the relationship between them was specially cordial, 
a testimony to it being the fine copper-plate portrait 
of Linne arnica manu in the same year prepared 
by Ehrensward. Their paths separated when Linne 
removed to Uppsala, each going his own way, but 
afterwards when Ehrensward came to Finland to 
fortify Sveaborg and other places, and to form the 
Swedish fleet of galleys, the friendship was renewed. 
From the Uppsala garden he introduced the culti¬ 
vation in Finland of the grass Glyceria aquatica , but 
his sanguine hopes about its success were not shared 
