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president's address — SECTION D. 169 



ment Botanist of Victoria. He interested himself all his life in the 

 development of the botany of South Australia, and notes of his work, 

 while he was a resident in that State, will be found referred to at p. 181. 



Herrgott. — " Report on the Plants collected during Mr. Babbage's 

 Expedition into the North-western Interior of South Australia in 

 1858." By F. Mueller. Printed by the Victorian Government. 1858. 

 Fcp., p. 21. 



A valuable report, including descriptions of a number of new 

 species. The plants were collected by Mr. David Herrgott. 



The furthest north where plants were collected was 29° 12' ; the 

 extremes of longitude, 126° 56' and 137° 56'. The route was from 

 Flinders Range, north of Port Augusta ; thence to Pernatty, west 

 of the southern portion of Lake Torrens ; west to Lake Hart ; thence 

 north to Stuart's Creek and Lake Eyre. It was fertile in botanical 

 results, and Tate appears to have overlooked the record. 



David D. Herrgott was the '' General Assistant and Botanist " 

 to Babbage's Expedition. 



The new genera discovered were three, and the new species 17, 

 while many of the plants were rare. Mueller says, " The herbarium 

 itself was compiled by Mr. David Hergott, and does credit to his skill 

 and industry." Mueller refers to Mr. Babbage's " collection " and 

 *' plants," but in the enumeration completely ignores Herrgott, and 

 in the naming of the new genera and species pointedly omits the com- 

 memoration of the collector, although the names of other men are 

 honored. 



Herrgott was a native of Bavaria, and died in Melbourne, Decem- 

 ber 17th, 1861, in his 36th year. He was attached to Stuart's Ex- 

 ploring Expedition of 1860, when Stuart discovered the springs named 

 by him after Herrgott. 



But Hergott's (a) Springs are misspelt. The error is of long stand- 

 ;ng, e.g., " Bailliere's South Australian Gazetteer," 1866. 



Mr. Thomas Gill, I.S.O., informs me that another member of 

 Babbage's Expedition was T. Warrener. " General As-istant," and 

 the northern railway station, " Warrina," was named after him. 



Stuart. — John McDouall Stuart collected during his traverses 

 from the Finke River to the Macdonnell Range in 1860-2. The plants, 

 determined by Mueller, were published as aia Appendix to the " Journals 

 of J. McD luall Stuart " (London, 1864). Fifty-two species were 

 catalogued, and seven new species were described in " Fragm.," vols. 

 II. and til. (32 from the Larapintine (b) region). 



Giles. — Ernest Giles made five expeditions, described in his work, 

 *' Australia Twice Traversed," and all were more or less in South 

 Australian territorv. He made a sixth expedition in 1882. 



{a) Spelt " Herrgott " C. Hope Harris, op. cit., but the man's name spelt 

 " Herrgolt " by Mueller, perhaps through a slip, 

 (6) See below, p. 183. 



