176 president's address — section d. 



He was born November 13tli, 177?>, at Chalons-sur-Saone, France, 

 and died at Paris, March 14th, 1826. Besides his long voyage of 

 circumnavigation (1800-7), in which he visited Australia, Timor, Java, 

 etc., from 1816-22 he visited India. Bourbon, Cape of Good Hope, &c. 

 In 1823-4 he visited Brazil and British Guiana. 



His name is commemorated by Leschenaultia, R. Br., a genus of 

 GoodeniacecB, which includes Latouria, De Vriese, also named after 

 Jieschenault. 



Species named after him include — 



Hemistemma LeschenauUii, DC. = Beyeria Leschenaultii, Baill.= 

 Beyeria opaca, F. v. M. ; Indigofera Leschenaultii, DC. = ? ; Calythrix 

 Leschenaultii, Schau. ; Beyeria Leschenaultii, Baill. =: B. opaca, F. v. M. 



[Anselme Riedle was head gardener (jardinier-en-chef) in Baudin's 

 Expedition. He died at Timor, October 21st, 1801. Cycas Riedleyi, 

 Gaudich. ( = Macrozamia Fraseri, Miq.), was named after him. 



Antoine Sautier was gardener (gargon jardinier) of this expedi- 

 tion, and died at sea, November 15th, 1801. 



Antoine Guichenot was also gardener. I have no further details 

 concerning him.] 



ScHOMBUEGK, EiCHARD. — Bom at Fribault, Saxony, 1811 ; died 

 at Adelaide, 1890. Portrait in the Museum of the Botanic Garden, 

 Adelaide. 



He was from 1865 Director of the Botanic Garden of Adelaide, 

 and did much to bring them to their present fine condition. He con- 

 cerned himself little with pure botany, but wrote several papers and 

 larger works on economic botany. There is a list of some of his works 

 in " Gill's Bibiiographv," p. 40. Others not mentioned therein are — 

 "Tobacco Culture" (Adelaide), 1872. 8vo. "Papers read (chiefly 

 on Economic Botany)," Adelaide, 1873. 8vo. " The Grasses and 

 Fodder Plants . . ' . . in South Australia " (Adelaide), 1873, 8vo. 

 (Another issue), ibid., 1874. 8vo. " On the Grasses and Fodder 

 Plants of South Australia " (supplement South Australian Gazette, 

 January 15th), Adelaide, 1874. 4to. " The Flora of South Australia " 

 (from the " Handbook of South Australia "), Adelaide, 1875. 8vo. 

 " Botanical Reminiscences of British Guiana," Adelaide, 1876. 8vo. 



" On the Urari : the deadly arrow-poison of the Macusis, an 

 Indian tribe in British Guiana," Adelaide, 1879. 4to. 



For biographical references see " Mennell," p. 404. 



Sealey (? Sealy), Edmund Grey. — Younger son of John Sealy, 

 of Bridgewater (? South AustraHa) ; lived from 1861-63 at Hugh's 

 Wells, Sandergrove, near Strathalbvn, South Australia, and died 

 October 31st, 1864, aef., 41. 



" For nearly half a century from the date of the visit of the second 

 v)f the two memorable expeditions Kangaroo Island was unvisited by 

 any collector or scientific observer. Between the years 1849-51, 



