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to THE FLORA OF AUSTRALIA. 



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roininded how, after accorn])anyiiig the first Oxlej expedition into the interior 

 of New SouHi Wales (1817), Cunningliain joined Captain Kino- of the 

 ^Mermaid' in the succeeding year, a second expedition under tlie same 

 comniander following iti 1810, in 1820 a third, and a fourth^ also under 

 Captain King but this time in the ' IJathurst/ a somewhat hirger and more 

 convenient \'esse], in 1821-2. Though the most valuable of (hmniuiiham's 

 collections were made durino- these four expeditions which touched at 



various points iu the eastern^ northern, and western parts of the island- 

 continent, lie made several overland journeys in subsequent years, notably 

 those to Moreton Buy in 1827-9. Together with the original inannscri[)ts 

 and correspondence relating to them, a large }>roportion of the specimens 

 amassed as al)Ove-mentioned are at the Museum ; but though a certain p<u-- 

 centage liad many years ago been nuide available forstudy^ there remained a 

 lai'ge number to be dealt with, and even now the w^ork is not quite finii^hed. 

 Fortunately this was not a mutter of such importance as miglit have been 

 the case, owing to Kew^s acquirement of Cunningham's own lierbarium 

 through the generosity of his friend Ileward- Nevertheless the two her1)aria 

 thougli closely parallel are not identical^ there being reciprocal absentees 

 from both. It was unfortunate that Cunningham, instead of a current 

 enumeration, adopted the unsatisfactory plan of numbering each collection 

 separately; this was probably the reason for Bonthamfs neglecting to cite 

 this botanist's numbers, although ho quotes Drummond% who worked on the 

 same method. Cunningham's practice has entailed much labour and loss oE 

 time in ascertaining from his manuscripts the locality and other details 

 relating to Ijis material, since the tracing out of a number frequently 

 involved scrutiny of many lists^ often' indeed of all, and even then sometimes 



without result. 



Mr. Maiden's paper, *' Records of Western Australian Botanists" (Journ. 

 W. Austral. Nat. Hist. Soc. vi. pp. 0-27), it may be noted, does not include 

 Cunningham's name, although both in 



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1818 and 1821-22 King George's 



Sound and other places in the South-West were visited. 



Dakmel, E, Collected 



many years ago 



in the Cape York peninsula. 

 What seems to be a good set was purchased of a "naturalist" named 

 Huggins in 1868, as was probably that at Kew, 



De Bouley. Tlie only reference obtained to this collector is in a letter 

 of George Maxwell to Kew. In 1872 Maxwell writes that he is sending a 

 few seeds '' which Mr. De Bouley has kindly undertaken to deliver. 



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The collection was made in the north-west part of the colony, and, as 

 might be expected, contains much of interest besides iiere and there a new 



species. 



Phaser, Charles. Accompanied Oxley's N.S, Wales Survey Expedition 

 1817-18. Was at Moreton Bay in 1828, and in the preceding year at King 



