Starts: 'Ibland de örter, som Stellerus, Adjunctus Botani [struck through] Professor Botanicus in expeditiora Camtschatsensis [sic] samblade'.
Botanical notes about certain species, received as seeds from Steller's expedition to the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Linnaeus writes that "Fumara spectabilis" is an unusual species due to its flower. Linnaeus received seeds in 1765 but he obtained a flower that looks different. Linnaeus discusses transmutation, and speculates about its relationship to other plants.