Nov., 1908] THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 115 



Watts, Henry (1828- 1889). 



Died at Melbourne, i6th December, 1889. He was a good 

 microscopist. His botanical studies were chiefly devoted to algte, 

 both fresh-water and marine, and while living for many years at 

 Warrnambool he was a contributor of algae to Harvey, who figured 

 Wrangdia Wattsii, Harv., and Crouania Wattsii, Harv,, in his 

 " Phycologia 4ustralica." 



See an obituary notice, with other biographical notes, in Vicf. 

 Nat., vi., 138. 



He was the author of " On the Fresh-water Alg?e of Victoria " 

 (Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict., 1 861-4, 67) ; also a paper " On Fossil 

 Polyzoa " {ib., 82) ; "A Trip to Mt. Macedon in Search of Fresh- 

 water Algae" (Wing's S. S. Record, iii., 252; ; " On a Species of 

 Fresh-water A]g?c from Victoria ' {Vict. Nat., i., 21); "Some 

 Recent Additions to our Knowledge of Microscopic Natural 

 History " {ib., iii., 133) — (includes lists of fresh-water algae and 

 Desmidieae). 



First librarian (188 1-2), also a vice-presideiU of the Field 

 Naturalists' Club of Victoria. He is further commemorated by 

 Acacia Wattsiayia, F. v. M. 



Whan, William Taylor (1829-1901). 



Born at Ballinderry Bridge, Moneymore, County Derry, 

 Ireland, 30th October, 1829, and died at Skipton, Victoria, 2nd 

 April, 1 901 ; buried at Skipton. 



He was a Presbyterian minister, licensed by tlie Presbytery of 

 Tyrone in i860, and arrived in Victoria and was inducted into 

 the charge at Skipton the same year. He remained there till 

 1884, when he resigned, and became minister at Port Fairy in 

 September, 1885, where he resided up till three weeks before his 

 death. 



He was M.A. of Queen's College, Belfast, Ireland, and F.R.M.S, 

 He won the University Gold Medal in Natural History, and a 

 Senior Scholarship in the same subject. He was an old member 

 of the Field Naturalists' Club of \'ictoria, and contributed to the 

 earlier numbers of the Victorian Naturalist, but no botanical 

 papers. He is referred to in the "Flora Australiensis " as 

 having contributed plants to that work, and he collected for 

 Mueller for many years. 



After he went to reside at Port Fairy he took a great interest 

 in both conchology and algae, and formed considerable collec- 

 tions. It was at Skipton and in the Mt. William districts that he 

 mainly made collections of Phanerogams. Besides contributing 

 largely to the Melbourne Herbarium, he sent many specimens to 

 the botanical professor (Dr. Dickie) at Queen's College, Belfast. 



He is commemorated by Acacia Whanii, F. v. M. = A. lanigera, 

 A. Cunn., var. Whanii. 



