Linnaeus thanks Pehr Osbeck for his letters that have taught Linnaeus much more than anybody else’s.
Osbeck’s description of Osbeckia reached Linnaeus too late to be included in the Species plantarum, so Linnaeus has used a short description made from the dried specimen. It will be useful in the future.
Linnaeus makes a few comments on the plant quite similar to Hernandia and on a Euphorbia that was enclosed in the letter; the latter seems to be the same as the Swedish Euphorbia palustris.
Linnaeus will study Osbeck’s descriptions more in detail after his return from Stockholm, where he is about to finish the King’s [Adolf Fredrik] museum [Linnaeus refers to the forthcoming, Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis].
Linnaeus hopes that Osbeck will come and see him in Uppsala if he does not leave for the East Indies. It was not necessary to send the order back, for it could have been with Osbeck waiting for a suitable arrangement.
The Queen [Lovisa Ulrika] has bought Fredrik Hasselquist’s collection for 14,000 daler, to have them in her palace.
Linnaeus asks Osbeck to work at his travel report if he does not leave for China [the travel report was published in 1757, Dagbok öfwer en ostindisk resa].