has ever equalled it for simplicity in the concise descriptions of 

 the plants enumerated in the seven volumes. Baron Mueller's 

 works on the Australian flora are far too numerous to be noticed 

 fully in this sketch. Between 1858 and 1881 he published his 

 eleven volumes of the " Fragmenta Phytographi;^ Australian "; 

 since then he has issued a " Flora of the Colony of Victoria "; 

 he has also published his " Eucalyptographia," his " Decades of 

 Acacias and Myoporaceous Plants." and " Plants of the Order of 

 Chenopodiacese." As one might expect, many plants bear the 

 name of this botanist. Tavo alone will be sufficient to draw 

 attention to here — the insignificant, leafless, epiphytic orchid, 

 TiEnioplniJlmii Mui'llfii, Lindl., and the magnificent palm of our 

 tropical scrubs, Lkiuiht Mui'llcri, Wendl. and Drude. 



Although during the earlier part of this botanist's career he 

 travelled extensively and made large collections himself, by far 

 the greater part of his work has been the determination and 

 description of specimens collected by amateurs or paid collectors, 

 or gathered during the various expeditions ; particulars regarding 

 which will now be given, although perhaps not in strict 

 chronologic sequence. 



Herbarium specimens were collected in the north-west 

 interior by an expedition conducted by H. Babbage, and in his 

 honour Baron Mueller named a genus of Chenopodiaceie Ihililunjia. 

 The plant collecting is said to have been done by D. Hergolt, but 

 I find no plant bearing his name. 



Many expeditions have been led into the unknown parts of 

 Australia by the Messrs. Gregory, and their notes have added 

 much to our knowledge of the Queensland flora ; but the most 

 valuable information was obtained and the largest number of 

 botanic specimens secured when Ferd. Mueller accompanied A. 

 C. Gregory's North Australian Exploring Expedition as botanist 

 during 1855-G. During this journey, when on the Glenelg, the 

 gouty-stemmed tree of other explorers was met with, whicb has 

 since been named Adtinsonia (-rm/orii by Baron Mueller, after 

 the leader of the expedition. The name of J. Flood, who 

 assisted Baron Mueller while on the expedition in the work of 

 collecting and preserving the specimens found, is given to 

 Htylidiuin Floodii. 



