770 president's address. 



the French expedition next mentioned to be published before, 

 and so take precedence in nomenclature, &c, of Flinders' account, 

 which, with its valuable appendix containing Brown's general 

 remarks on the botany of " Terra Australis," was thus delayed 

 till 1814. Brown's Prodromus, however, with its valuable illus- 

 trations, had, fortunately, been published in 1810 : Flindersia, 

 a genus of fine trees of the order Meliacece, of particular in- 

 terest to Queenslanders, was named in honour of Flinders, and 

 Brunonia, a genus of Goodenoviece, in honour of Brown. 



Captain Baudin's expedition, in the " Geographe," " Natural- 

 iste : ' and " Casuarina," before alluded to, fell in with Flinders' 

 expedition on the south coast of New Holland, on 8th April, 

 1802, when, although their nations were at deadly war with each 

 other, they, being protected by passports, met on the most 

 friendly terms. The French expedition was accompanied by 

 M. Leschenault de la Tour, as botanist, who made good collec- 

 tions of specimens, and Brown named the beautiful genus 

 Leschenaultia, of Western Australia, after him. 



In 1802, David Burton was also sent out by Sir Joseph Banks 

 to collect plant specimens in New South AVales, and Burtonia, of 

 the Leguininosce, was named after him. 



In 1816, Allan Cunningham, His Majesty's botanical collector 

 for Kew Gardens, arrived in New South Wales, and in 1817 he 

 and Mr. Charles Fraser, colonial botanist, accompanied the 

 expedition of Lieut. Oxley, Surveyor-General, into the interior, 

 covering 1200 miles; and in 1824 he again accompanied Oxley in 

 an expedition to arrange for the foundation of a northern settle- 

 ment. In 1823 Oxley had discovered and partially explored the 

 Brisbane River, and in 1824, he, with Cunningham, completed 

 the survey of that river to the highest reach which his boats 

 could navigate. Cunningham on that occasion made several 

 important botanical discoveries, including particularly a new 

 Araucaria, which has been very appropriately named Cunning- 

 hamii, a handsome tree named Flindersia Oxleyana, and a 

 noticeable bulbous plant named Eurycles Cunninghamii. 



