Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin answers Linnaeus’s letter of 28 October 1773{L4907}. He is not satisfied with some items. For instance, he does not agree with the name Crotalaria incana that Linnaeus gave to one of them, since he knows that species very well from elsewhere and has found it to look quite different.
Jacquin thanks for the seeds of Athamanta.
From the list of Umbelliferae, Jacquin is eager to get seeds of the two Hasselquistia species.
Jacquin sends a leaf of a small tree in the heated greenhouse. It has not flowered. Jacquin wonders if Linnaeus knows what it can be.
Jacquin returns to the matter of the plant that Linnaeus had identified as Anabasis tamariscifolia. Jacquin had been able to examine a live specimen and found that it differed essentially from Linnaeus’s character of Anabasis. He wants Linnaeus’s opinion on the matter.
Nine more plates from Florae Austriacae, sive plantarum selectarum are sent.
[2004-07-11]