[39] Here we find the Hedwigian theory of the fructification of mosses forestalled by the good sense and accurate observation of Linnæus, though out of respect for Dillenius he soon after adopted the erroneous opinion of the latter, making what is really the male the female, and _vice versa_. See Transactions of the Linnæan Society, _v._ 7. 255. Not being able to investigate every point of systematical and physiological botany thoroughly himself, he, with amiable deference, often trusted to those who had more particularly studied certain subjects. 5. is a small _Lichen_ or _Marchantia_ (_Riccia_) with oblong leaves, contracted in the middle, sprinkled with brown powder. The annexed figure represents a large kind of gnat caught in the same place (_Tipula rivosa_). [Illustration] _June 10._ (Here occur in the manuscript long Latin descriptions of _Rubus arcticus_ and _Betula nana_, which are printed in a more finished state in the _Flora Lapponica_, _ed._ 2. 170 and 274.) _June 11._ Being Sunday, and a day of continued rain, I remained at Umoea. _June 12._ I took my departure very early in the morning. The weather was so hazy I could not see the distance of half a gun-shot before me. I wandered along in a perpetual mist, which made the grass as wet as if it had rained. The sun appeared quite dim, wading as it were through the clouds. By nine o'clock the mists began to disperse, and the sun shone forth. The Spruce Fir (_Pinus Abies_), hitherto of an uniform dark green, now began to put forth its lighter-coloured buds, a welcome sign of advancing summer[40]. [40] Linnæus, in the _Amœnitates Academicæ_, says the Swedish summer is in its highest beauty when "the fresh shoots of the fir illuminate the woods."