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[1]
Letter 20 March 1763, Montpellier to Carl Linnaeus, Uppsala. L3226.
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
Latin
Persons
Gouan, Antoine
, 1733-1821
(author)
Linné, Carl von
, 1707-1778
(addressee)
Incipit
Vidi laetus decuriae filii tui
Origin
Montpellier
, France, 20 martii 1763
Physical description
Format:
Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
Abstract
Antoine Gouan has seen the first leaves of the
Decuria
[see Linnaeus to Gouan, 28 January 1763{L3188}] of Linnaeus’s son [Carl Linnaeus, the Younger; the work Gouan refers to was
Decas prima [et secunda] plantarum rariorum horti Upsaliensis
(1762-[1763]]. He would like to receive the rest of the work and also Linnaeus’s
Species plantarum
[Gouan refers presumably to the 2nd edition(1762-1763)] with the first ship that goes to Marseilles, addressed to Monsieur Beyrés tresorier de France, etc., or with a ship to Sète, addressed to Monsieur de Vaugelas, major of Sète, etc., unless Linnaeus would prefer to send the works via the Swedish consul.
Linnaeus’s
Cheiranthus
and
Cheiranthus maritimus
are discussed.
Gouan wonders why Linnaeus has not answered his earlier questions about
Erigeron
,
Conyza
,
Hypochaeris
,
Leontodon
, etc. Gouan wonders why Linnaeus has not sent
. Gouan has heard nothing from Clas Alströmer. He wonders whether the last edition of Linnaeus’s
Systema naturae
has been published [the last published edition so far was the tenth edition,
Systema naturae
10th edition; the next edition was published in 1766,
Systema naturae
, 12th edition]. He would also like to receive
Species plantarum
[see above].
In the spring, Gouan will send
Flora Monspeliaca
[this work was published in 1765] and after that his herbationes [Gouan refers presumably to his
Hortus regius Monspeliensis
[1762].
Linnaeus’s hybrid seeds are growing. Gouan has found no true limits between
Euphorbia characia
and
Euphorbia sylvatica
. He has seen
Euphorbia peploides
.
Euphorbia amygdeloides
and
Euphorbia helioscopia
are described.
P.S. After Gouan had written this letter, he received Linnaeus’s second letter [Linnaeus to Gouan, 16 February 1763{L3211}], to which he now responds. Gouan is critical of Ludwig’s system. Gouan has chosen August Quirinus Rivinus’s method:
Flores monopetali
,
regulares
.
Monandria
,
diandria
, etc.
In the preface of
Hortus regius Monspeliensis
, Gouan describes his hybrid method.
In October of 1762, Gouan turned twenty-nine years old. If ever a King should ask Linnaeus to send a disciple to India or America, Gouan is ready to go.
Gouan has heard that Linnaeus’s son has gone to Paris [Carl Linnaeus, the Younger went on a tour abroad, including France, in 1781-1783]. He wonders whether the latter will ever come to Montpellier.
Transcription
Amico suo nobilissimo viro Linnaeo,
salutem dat plurimam
Ant[onius] Goüan.
Vidi laetus decuriae filii tui amantissimi decuriae 1a foliola; reliqua autem avide desidero. Si ambasiatoris vestri cura (Parisiis) species plantarum tuas habere non potuerim, ipsas mittas, quaeso, ut primum navis quaedam petet oras nostras siquidem Massiliae
A Monsieur Beyrés tresorier de France près la misericorde
vel Cetiis
a Monsieur de Vaugelas Major de Cete
, sin mavis ad consulem vestrum in urbe alterutra.
Cheiranthus tuus non gerit (apud nos) stamina extra tubum corollae. Vidi aestate sequenti cheirantum maritimum siliquis muricatis, foliis radicalibus sinuatis;
siliquae tomentosae punctis prominulis scaberrimae
.
Cur non mihi respondisti ad alia quaesita plurium epistolarum circa plantas in ipsis inclusas sub nominibus numerisque, quarum altera erigeron vel conyza, alia hypochaeris? Leontodon una? altera tandem sub nomine hyoseridis. Dic, quaeso, quaenam apud te fuerint! Ex his una nonne leontodonis autumnalis varietas in priori tua epistola? Fac, ut sciam. Speravi diu semina astromeriae; nec misisti in epistola, ut promisisti. Illa similiter adhucdum ab anno integro Astromerius, de quo nihil audivi. Ergo prima occasione mittas. Nonne sistematis naturae tua ultima editio prodiit in lucem? Cum speciebus plantarum velis, quaeso, istius volumina una simul communicare, quia bibliopolae nostrae e vestris nil habent et species meas insectorum, piscium, non audeo eruere, ut vides ex leptura tua arcuata.
Mittam primo vere floram Monspeliensem et deinde herbationes meas. Interea vale et vivas!
Sata semina tuae hybridae germinarunt. Limites certos inter euphorbias characiam et sylvaticam non inveni nisi durationem, colorem petalorum. Vidi hic euphorbiam peploidem seu tilius malus folio rotundiore acuto.
Tourn. Bauh. Magnol
. E[uphorbia] amygdeloides apud nos fere semper datur umbella universali 5-fida et E[uphorbiae] helioscopiae involucella partialia tria inaequalia seu foliolo interiore multo minore.
Monspelii 20 Martii 1763.
Semibilitatem stigmatis martyniae obsecraveram quam habent berberis, parietaria &c.
Dum haec scribebam, tua ad me delata fuit secunda epistola, ad quam cito respondeo. Dubia Magnoliana dilucidare, pro votis habui semper. Non assumsi sistema Lugdvigii; illius divisiones nunquam pacato animo legi. Elegi autem methodum Rivini et modo sequenti:
Flores monopetali regulares.
monandria, diandria.
Triandria ad usque tuam ultimam classem, si locus. Quae combinatio pura et simplex admodum, et omnibus commoda visa est. Cuique generi notam a sistemate tuo desumptam et aliam a facie propria ex horto meo adjeci, ut pote hic studiosi medicinae ne unicum ex tuis operibus volumen habere possunt et avide expostulant, unde et simili opusculo itinera sua commode et absque sumptu perficient. Tandem cuique speciei virtutes et dotes addidi.
Ne mireris, cur methodum hybridam in hoc opere combinabam. Ecce ratio facti:
In praefatione operis (horti Monspeliensis) dixi, contra Parisinos, quod methodum ex bino diversoque sistemate communicare potuissem, et talis hybridae methodi insufficientiam exposui, et statui, quantum tua a caeteris diversa nobiliorque; haec contra Parisinos et incaute. Ergo, ne quis me arguisset, perficere coactus fui, quod in praefatione possibile determinaveram, et invitus a tuo sistemate recessi. Et divisiones generales a Rivino deduxi, idem classes, quia facilior determinata figura numerusque petalorum. Herbationes Monspelienses tuo sistemate, ut hortum meum, dirigam; dabo in sequentibus vernationes arborum Monspelienses.
Octob[ri] praeterito 29 aetatis meae annum ingressus fui et, si unquam rex quidam a te petat discipulum, ut iter in oras Indicas aliasve pergat, fac, ut sciam, et tuo numine praerupta Indiae, Americae loca perscrutari impavidus ausus fuero. Audivimus filium tuum Parisiis accessisse. An revera? An Monspelium unquam adibit? Nonne patris erga me amicitia, filii sui in me benevolentiam contrahet? Aetas fere eadem studiaque eadem vincula amicitiae purioris concatenabunt.
[
Address
]
Regiae/
scientiarum societati upsaliensi/
A Upsal en suede.
Notes
Letter from or to Linnaeus
Original location:
a. original holograph (Linnean Society, London, V, 171-172).
Related records in Alvin
See also:
Letter 28 January 1763, Uppsala to Antoine Gouan, Montpellier. L3188.
See also:
Letter 16 February 1763, Uppsala to Antoine Gouan, Montpellier. L3211.
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