36 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



THE LATE D. SULLIVAN, F.L.S. 



The death of Mr. D. Sullivan, F.L.S., as mentioned in the last 

 Naturalist, removes another of the comparatively small band of 

 Victorian field botanists. Mr. Sullivan occupied the position of 

 head master in the State school at Moyston, a village situated 

 midway between Ararat and Mount William, the highest peak of 

 the Grampians. Here, living in a district noted for the beauty 

 and variety of its flora, and having previously done a little 

 botanical work, he was encouraged by the Government Botanist, 

 Baron von Mueller, K.C.M.G., to devote his spare time to 

 working out the plants of the Serra and otlier ranges from Mount 

 Sturgeon in the south to Mount Zero in the north ; the result 

 being that — having been elected a member of the Field Naturalists' 

 Club in July, 1881 — in August of that year he contributed "A 

 Census of the Grampian Plants" to the proceedings of the 

 Club, and which, enumerating about 600 species, was published 

 in vol. ii. of the Southern Science Record — at the same time pre- 

 senting a set of the dried specimens for the Club's herbarium. 

 In December, 1883, he contributed a supplement to the census. 

 In August, 1S82, "The Droseracese of Victoria" was the subject 

 of a paper from his pen, followed by " The Leguminosse of 

 Victoria," in October and November ; these also appeared in the 

 Southern Science Record. In February, 1884, he read a paper 

 on "The Ranunculacese of Victoria" [Victorian Naturalist, i., 3) ; 

 and in August and October, 1887, two papers on "The Mosses 

 of Victoria," which were published in the Victorian Naturalist, 

 iv., 7. Since which time he has not contributed to the pro- 

 ceedings of the Club, though continuing to take great interest 

 in his favourite study. He was the means of adding many new 

 habitats for Victorian plants, and was the discoverer of an orchid 

 of the genus Caleya, at Hall's Gap, which Baron von Mueller 

 named " SuUivani," after him ; also a species of Calycothrix 

 (Myrtacese), and many new mosses and other of the lower crypto- 

 gams. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society (London) 

 in 1885. Although he had not reached the age of 60 years, he 

 was compulsorily retired by the PZducation Department in 1894, 

 which seemed to greatly affect his health and spirits, and he 

 passed away on 2nd June, after a few weeks' illness, deeply 

 regretted by his family and the many friends made during a 

 residence of about 27 years at Moyston. 



Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, M.A., has been appointed 

 a trustee of the Public Library, National Gallery, and Museum 

 of Victoria, in place of the late Hon. Dr. Dobson, F.L.S. 



Victorian natural history is being further popularized by a 

 series of illustrated articles in the Australasian from the pen of 

 Mr. E. Anderson. 



