president's address — SECTION D. 179 



Whittaker. — " Who has sent valuable collections from Port 

 Adelaide " (e) ' 



I regret I have no biographical details concerning him. (Was he 

 a resident of Robe ?) 



Drosera Whittakeri, Planch, was named in his honor. 



WiLHELMi, Carl. — " Notes on some edible and useful Australian 

 plants in a letter from Mr. Carl Wilhelmi, of the Botanic Gardens, 

 Melbourne, Victoria, from a letter addressed to the editor of the Argus, 

 Melbourne." (Hook., Journ. Bot. IX., 265, 1857.) The letter is 

 dated April, 1857. He refers to his travels in Port Lincoln in 1851 and 

 1854. 



He was Acting Director of the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, during 

 Mueller's absence on the North Australian Expedition (1855-6). 



He was assistant in the Melbourne Herbarium as late as 1864. 



He wrote an important paper entitled " Manners and Customs of 

 the Australian Natives, in particular of the Port Lincoln district " 

 (Trans. Roy. Soc. Vic, 1860, 164-20.3). His collections from the Port 

 Lincoln district, where he acted as Assistant Protector of the Abori- 

 gines, are often referred to in the " Flora Australiensis." 



The biographical details known to me are very sparse. He was 

 a native of Dresden, Germany, and he returned to that city about 

 1864, where he kept a seed shop. He was alive in 1S72, but he died 

 since ; I do not know in what year. 



The following species bear his name : — 



Lasiofetalum Wilhelmi, F. v. M. = L. dasi/phi/Uum, Sieb. ; Acacia 

 Wilhelmsiana. F. v. M. ^ A. calamifolia, Sweet, var. Wilhelmsiana ; 

 Verticordia Wilhelmii, F. v. M. 



Woods, Tenison, J. E. — The Rev. Juhan Edmund Tenison- Woods 

 was born in London November 15th, 1832, and he died in Sydney, 

 October 7th, 1889. He arrived in Tasmania in 1855, and was ordained 

 priest in Adelaide in 1857. He does not seem to have contributed 

 botanical papers to the Philosophical Institute of Adelaide or Royal 

 Society of South Australia, although he communicated important papers 

 to both of them. Yet this naturalist, in the widest sense, possessed a 

 considerable knowledge of Australian botany, and, as far as South Aus- 

 tralian is concerned he contributed many specimens from the Tatiara 

 country, which are referred to in the " Flora AustraUensis." 



For a number of years, although he travelled a good deal, his 

 headquarters were in Sydney, and I had the honor of his acquaintance, 

 and often noted the breadth of his knowledge of the Australian flora. 

 He certainly advanced South Australian botany. 



There is an excellent sketch of his life and biblioeraphv of his 

 works in Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W. (2) IV., 1.301-9. See also 

 "Mennell," p. 521 ; Britten and Boulger, p. 185. 



Leucopogon Woodsii, F. v. M., and Angophora Woodsiana, Bail., 

 are named after him. 



(e) Hooker, " Introd. Essay Fl. Tas." 



