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J. Nernst for many years collected for Baron Mueller in 

 Southern and Northern Queensland. DJearin Xernstii, F.v.M., 

 a showy Composite, bears his name. 



Thos. Tate, the botanic collector of Hann's Northern 

 Expedition in 1872, collected a number of specimens which 

 were forwarded to the Kew Herbarium, that Mr. J3eutham might 

 examine them for his work ou the tiora then in progress. 

 Finding no plant named after this collector, I have given a 

 lately-received plant of that district his name, Pri'iuna Tateana. 



For some years past Professor R. Tate and J. G. 0. Tepper 

 have collected specimens of the South Australian flora, the new 

 species being described by Baron Mueller, who named a very line 

 Grass-tree, A'aidlion/urx Tateami, after Professor Tate ; and a 

 European specialist has named a " Pond-weed," PataiiKu/eton 

 Teppi'ii, A. Benn., after Mr. Tepper. 



M. Schultz, in the early years of the Port Darwin Settle- 

 ment, made large collections of the plants of that district, which 

 were forwarded by Dr. R. Schomburgk to Kew. Ciotun 

 Schultzii, Benth., is named m honour of the collector. The 

 work of plant collecting in this district has since been carried 

 on by M. Holtze, and the specimens have been determined 

 by Baron Mueller, who nsbvaeilPoIi/tilthia Holtzcana in his honor. 



C. French and his son, both of the Government Botanist's 

 department, Melbourne, have done much towards collecting the 

 Victorian plants, all of which have been determined by Baron 

 Mueller. The Composite, Hclipteruin Ftemlni, is named after 

 them by Baron Mueller. 



D. Sullivan made a collection of the indigenous plants 

 growing in the vicinity of the Grampians, the fresh species 

 being named by Baron Mueller. The Victorian Mosses — to 

 which he has paid particular attention, being determined by that 

 renowned specialist, C. Mueller, of Germany — Duranuia SulUrani, 

 CM., is named after him. 



Thos. Shepherd, formerly of the Darling Nursery, but of 

 late, until the time of his death, agricultural editor of the Toicn 

 and Countn/ Joniiutl, was an assiduous collector of the New 



