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South Wales plants. The curious little orchid, whose leaf so 

 closely resembles a grain of wheat, is named after him a» 

 Bulbophi/llitm Sheplierdii, F.v.M. 



It may here be remarked that where Baron Mueller is said 

 to have determined the specimens, the phanerogains only are to 

 be understood, he having wisely forwarded all the Musci and 

 following Orders of Cryptogams to European specialists. 



Some have devoted special attention to the lower cryptogams. 

 The Rev. F. R. M. Wilson, of Kew, Victoria, works at the lichens 

 alone, and of these plants has a most extensive collection of 

 Australian species. 



R. D. Fitzgerald, of Sidney, has paid particular attention 

 to the orchideous plants of Australia, and has in course of pub- 

 lication an elaborate illustrated work on the subject. Ew/cnia 

 FitzijerahU, F.v.M., and Bail., bears his name. 



Mrs. ]\Iartin, nee F. M. Campbell, the enthusiastic 

 mycologist of Victoria, has perhaps exceeded all others in that 

 colony in the work of collecting, describing, drawing, and for- 

 warding specimens of fungi to Europe for final determination. 

 In tlie early part of her career she sent her specimens to Messrs. 

 Berkeley and Broom, but now for some years she has forwarded 

 them to Dr. M. C. Cooke, who it may be observed is now 

 engaged upon a monograph of the Australian fungi. This lady 

 has done good work also in collecting the Victorian mosses and 

 other plants. The mosses, OrthotricJnwi CampheUiir, CM., and 

 Ctnnpi/Iiijnis Martinid', Broth., as well as several fungi, bear her 

 name. 



Some interesting Queensland ferns have been found and 

 their descriptions published by Dr. Prentice in European pub- 

 lications. Pnniruiii Prcntkfaiuuii has been so named as a mark 

 of respect for this gentleman's knowledge of and interest in the 

 grasses and ferns. 



Having now briefly noticed, step by step, the most promi- 

 nent of the botanists and collectors who have assisted in working 

 out the Australian flora generally, we shall now confine our 

 observations to Queensland only. In 1873, I collected along the 



