IN TIMOR 497 



^^I- — PfiODOMUS Tloum TimokExVSIs ; compiled in the Botanical Depart^nent 



of the Uritish Museum. 



The flora of Timor is one of great interest, but only Tcvy limited 

 herbaria exist of it. In preparing the following; sketch of the chief 

 collections made in the island I am greatly indebted for assistance to 

 Mr. H. N. Ridley. 



In 1639-1700 Dampiee visited the islands ; the few plants he collected 

 there were described by Hay, 



When in 1787, the Bounty, under Captain Bligh, was conveying 

 bread-frait trees from Otahcite to the West Indies, the crew mutinied, 

 and the captain, together witla Davib Nelson, botanist of the expedi- 

 tion, and nineteen others of the crew were cast adriffc in an open boat, 

 near the Friendly Islands. They made their way (3G00 miles) to Timor, 

 "where Nelson died in I7c9. The pknts he collected in the island are 

 in the British Museum. 



In October 1792, Christopheu Smith and James Wiles collected a 

 number of plants in Timor, on tlieir way from Otaheite in the ship 

 Providence, under Captain Bligh. They took also from Timor and other 

 Malayan islands various u.^eful plants to introduce together with the 

 bread-fruit trees, into the West Indies, The plants collected in this 

 expedition are also in the British Museum. 



In 1803, EiEDLE, Sautieu, and Guichenot, gardeners attached to 

 the expedition of the vessels N'tturaliste and Ge'ographe, under Captain 

 15audin, visited the island. The expedition started from France in 

 1801, and reached Timor in 1803. The plants were described by Do 

 Caisne in the Nouvdles Anncdes du Museum d'lliatoire Xaturelle, and are 

 preserved in the Herbarium Uclessert and in the Paris, British, and Ivew 

 ' Museums. 



In April of the same year Eoeekt Bnowx stopped at the island for a 

 short time on his return from the Iter Australiense. He remained in 

 the neighbourhood of Coupang, West Timor, and made a collection of 

 considerable extent, containmg many plants of extreme interest. These, 

 together with a manuscript list of their native names, are in the her- 

 barium of the British Museum, and a set is also in the Vienna herbarium 

 to which tliey ^^ere presented by Ferdinand Bauer, the companion of 

 I^obert Brown in his travels. 



In the end of 1818, Gaudichavd visited Timor in the voyage of the 

 Uranie, and in the ' Voyage de PUranie,' chapter viii., gives an account 

 of the island and its products. 



In 1818-1819, Captaix King visited the island with Allan Cunxtxg- 

 HAM, -who made a small but most interesting collection ot plants, which, 

 with the manuscript account of his travels, are preserved m the British 

 Museum. „ . , . , 



In 1822, Eeinwahdt returned to Europe with his collections, which 



are in the Leyden Museum. i. n zv -tt 



Jn September 1825, Captain Duperkey in the voyage of the Coqmlle 



Aisited Coupang in West Timor. ^ ^ ,, , w xi m -, 



In 1828, ZiPPEL went in the expedition under Dr. Maklot in the Tnton 

 and Iris, to the islands, and collected a number of plants, which are 

 preserved in the Herbarium Delessert, Paris. ^ , .- . xt 



In 1831, J. B. Spanoghe, the Putch Eesident, made explorations in tbe 

 west of the island, and sent his collections to Holland. The plants were 

 published in Hooker's ' Companion to the Botanical Mi£cellauy, vol. r, 

 and ' Linn£ea,' vol. xv. 



