10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND. 



In 1886 the Geographical Society of Australia despatched 

 a well-equipped expedition under the leadership of Captain 

 H. E. Everitt. Mr. W. Bauerlen accompanied the party as 

 botanical collector, and his collections were determined and 

 described by Baron ]\Iueller in his '" Descriptive Notes " (vol. 

 ii, Nos. 7 and 8). Bauerlen also issued a booklet, " The Voyage 

 of the Bonito" (Sj'dney 1886), giving an account of the voyage, 

 but it contains little botanical matter. 



In 1887 Messrs. Cuthbertson, Sayer, and Hunter ascended 

 Mt. Obree. Sayer, well known as a botanical collector and one 

 of the first Avhit-e men to ascend Bellenden-Ker. North Queens- 

 land, collected a number of plants which were described by 

 Mueller in the " Victorian Naturalist" and his " Descriptive 

 Notes." Only a very few plants were noted, and I think a 

 number more are probably lying undetermined in the National 

 Herbarium, Melbourne. 



In 1887 C. Hartmann, a well-known Queensland plant 

 enthusiast, accompanied by G. Hunter, ascended the eastern 

 bank of the Kemp-Welch River and pushed forward with the 

 intention of going to the top of the range between Mt. Brown 

 and Mt. Obree, an ideal not fully realised. They are reputed 

 to have collected a large series of specimens. I can find very 

 few references to Hartmann's specimens — only a few by 

 Mueller (" Descriptive Notes ") and Bailey (" Queensland 

 Agricultural Journal "). Possibly the main bulk are still 

 l5dng undetermined in the National Herbarium at Melbourne. 



In 1889 Sir William MacGregor ascended the Owen 

 Stanley Range to its highest point (Mt. Victoria, 13,121 feet), 

 and collected an important series of specimens from the higher 

 altitudes. These were described by Baron Mueller in " Trans- 

 actions of the Royal Society of Victoria," vol. i, pp. 1-45. It 

 constitutes one of the most important contributions to our 

 knowledge of the flora of the territory. During his term of 

 office as Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, Sir William MacGregor 

 collected a number of specimens of plants. These were deter- 

 mined by Mueller and recorded in various papers, largely as 

 appendices to the Annual Reports of British New Guinea. 



In 1895-6 H. Tryon visited British New Guinea, as an 

 emissary of the Queensland Department of Agriculture, for the 

 purpose of procuring varieties of sugar-cane for cultivation in 

 Queensland. Tryon spent about 4^ months in the territory 

 and brought back to Queensland 65 varieties of sugar-cane 



