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162 LENN ART FRIDENFig. 1. Stipa pennata at Nolgardenin the parish of Ni:is, Vi:istergotland.Several fruits have alreadyfallen. The photograph also showsGalium triandrum and a backgroundof Juniperus communis.July 19, 1964. Photo P. 0. Swanberg.burgh. It was found in the parish of Vartofta­Asaka (referred to here simply as Asaka), situated15 km south-east of Falkoping. It seems likely thatLINNl.EUS wished to publish this find as soon aspossible because he reported it in an appendix tothe Fauna svecica (second edition, 1761).Though the find attracted attention, it is quiteremarkable that no one of the pupils of LrNNl.EUSin Vastergotland did deliver any report, not evenJ. A. GYLLENHAAL (cf. SERNANDER 1943). The presentauthor (1959a) has scrutinized GYLLENHAAL'scomprehensive botanical notes from the years 1771to 1773 without finding a single note on Stipa.GYLLENHAAL was familiar with the Asaka areawhich he was studying in various respects. On avisit to Asaka on the 21st of June 1773 GYLLEN­HAAL passed the eskers where Stipa grows and madenotes on other plants including Trifolium montanum,etc. At this time of the year Stipa ought to beconspicuous and according to the tradition mentionedbelow the species occurred in abundance inthe middle of the 18th century.Another pupil of LINNl.EUS, A. AFZELIUS, collectedmaterial for an intended third edition ofActa Phytogeog1 . , Suec. 50