18y2 to about 1838. — James ]?ackhouse during these years 

 collected extensively in Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, 

 Western Australia, N.S. Wales, and Moreton Bay; many plantg 

 of the latter locality, however, are said to have been collected and 

 given to him by Sir Wm. McArthur. Backhousia, Hook, and 

 Harv., a genus of Myrtacese is named after this collector. 



1833. — Dr. J. Milligan for several years collected Tas- 

 manian plants. His name is given by Dr. Hooker to a species of 

 the Australian heath family, Draropliijlluni MiU'ujani, Hook. 



In this year, 1833, Richard Cunningham was appointed 

 Colonial Botanist of N.S. Wales, and while out collecting with 

 Sir Thos. L. Mitchell's expedition in 1835, was killed by the 

 natives. 1833 was also the year that Baron Charles von Hiigel 

 made his collection of West Australian plants. Mullinedia 

 HueyeUana , TuL, is named after him. 



1837. — Capt. (now Sir) George Grey, assisted in collecting 

 the plants of Australia by his expeditions on the west coast, when 

 he secured many rare species. One of the beautiful Darling 

 peas bears his name, Siiainsuna (rrei/ana, Lindl. 



1837. — In this and during the few following years. Dr. 

 Bynoe, who was with Capt. Wickham and Capt. J. Lor t- Stokes, 

 collected botanic specimens on Dupuch Island, the Abrolhos, 

 the Victoria River, Bass' Straits, as well as in N.S. Wales, all of 

 "which were sent to Sir Willuim Hooker for determination. 

 Acacia Bijnoeana, Benth., is named after him, and (jricviUea 

 Wkk/iaiiiii, Meissn., is dedicated to Capt. Wickliam. 



1838. — John McGilli^Tay, of Sir Gordon Bremer and Capt. 

 Blackwood's Expedition, collected herbarium specimens at 

 Port Essingtou. About this time, and for some years after, a 

 Mr. Armstrong was resident Collector in the same locality for 

 the Kew Herbarium. The following plants bear the names of 

 the above collectors — < 'uclihxix'miuin (TiUirrm, Benth., and 

 Euphorbia Ay)nstrun<jian<(, Boiss. 



1838. — Dr. Ludwig Preiss about this time made a larjj^e 

 collection of Swan River plants, travelling for this purpose, for 

 some time, with J. Drummond. The specimens collected by him 

 were described bj' various botanists, and published in two volumes 



