166 president's address — section d. 



gardeners. Peron's work treats in the most cursory way of the plants. 

 The expedition was at Terre d'Endracht (Shark's Bay, W.A.), Terra 

 de Witt (North- West Australia), Terre d' Edels (also W.A.), and March 

 29th to May 8th, 1802, Terre Napoleon (including much of South Aus- 

 tralia and Grant's and Flinders's discoveries). 



Hooker (q) says — ■" They formed large collections, which are now 

 in the Jardin des Plantes. They were collected principally on the 

 islands of the north-west and west coasts in Tasmania and New South 

 Wales. They were net published in a connected manner, but they 

 gave rise to various papers in the " Memoires du Museum " and " An- 

 nales du Museum," by Desfontaines and others." (r) 



As to the plants collected on Baudin's Expedition, Tate remarks 

 (with especial reference to Kangaroo Island) — " Latour Leschenault 

 . . . . sojourned off Kingscote from January 7th to February 

 1st, 1803, and he tells us that, " the island is sandy and without rivu- 

 lets, that the vegetation is beautiful, and the plants very varied. I 

 have discovered a great number of new species." (s) 



F. Peron, the zoologist to the expedition, and the author of the 

 narrative, writes — " At the head of this grand bay (Nepean Bay) there 

 are forests which appear to extend far awav toAvards the interior, and 

 which are composed of different species of Eucalyptus, Banhsia, Pheba- 

 lium, Acacia, Casuarina, Metrosideros, Lejytospermum, Styphelia, Con- 

 cilium, Dio<>ma, Hahea, Embothrium,'" &c., &c. (t). 



From the narrative of the expedition it is uncertain if other oppor- 

 tunities were offered for collecting plants than during the long stay 

 in Nepean Bay, unless it were at Hog Bay. Leschena\ilt botanised 

 at other parts of the Australian coasts, but the collection as a whole 

 remains unpublished up to the present day. Desfontaines made a few 

 selections from the West Australian plants gathered on this expedition ; 

 but, with few exceptions, not any of the Kangaroo Island plants were 

 described, though doubtless all have been identified. Mr. Bentham 

 examined ma,ny of the plants of Baudin's expedition in the Paris 

 herbarium for the " Flora Australiensis," but from that collection only 

 two species are recorded for Kangaroo Island — Eucalyptus incrassata, 

 erroneously attributed to Labillardiere, who was never on the island, 

 and Acacia dodonni folia. Leschenault (u) cites a few species, which he 

 had observed on Kangaroo Island. A species of Nicotiana, which grows 

 on the sands by the seashore, is certainly N. suaveolens. " A Melaleuca, 

 with long filiform leaves," is doubtlessly M. uncinata, and " another, 

 with yellow flowers," is probably M. sguarrosa. " Many new species 

 of Eucalyptus.'" " A very pretty species of Anthericum " (perhaps 

 Athropodium laxum or Bulbine semiharhata). " A plant of the order 

 Irideae " (this is in all probability Sisyrinchium cyaneum, which grows 

 abundantly about Kingscote). " A new species cf Solanum " (>S. 

 simile is the only species excepting the European S. nigrum known to 



(q) " Introductory Essay to the Flora of Tasmania," CXVIII. 



(r) Including Adrien de Jussieu. (s) " Peron's Voyages," Vol. II., p. 366. 



(t) Op. cit, Vol. I., p. 76. [u) Of. cit.. Vol. IT., p. 366. 



