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Owed his botanical training to Sir William Macarthur, of Camden 

 Park, N.S.W., whose nephew he was. He occupied his time chiefly on 

 Queensland stations, and collected for Mueller and for others. A 

 number of plants collected by him are i-eferred to in the " Flora Aus- 

 traliensis" and the "Fragmenta." 



There is an account of some of his botanical discoveries, from the 

 pen of the late Rev. Dr. Woolls, in Hort. Mag., Sydney, v. 127 (1868), 

 =ind rhe following account is given of a man concerning whom little is 

 IrriOAvn, and who did much to advance a Iviiovv'ledge of Queensland 

 botany four decades ago. Specimeas aie extant iroiu him from Herbert 

 Creek (Broadsound). 



Amongst those who have contributed to the advancement of botanical 

 science in Australia, the name of Mr. Edward Macarthur Bowman should be 

 remembered with gratitude, for (says the "Sydney Mail") the specimens 

 which he collected in North-east Australia have proved highly serviceable to 

 the learned authors of the " Florii Australiensis." In the introduction to the 

 first vohime of that work Mr. Bentham expresses his obligation to Mr. 

 Bowman for his collections in Queensland ; and Baron F. von Mueller, in a 

 recent letter, characterises him as a most disinterested collector, who will be 

 much missed. This indefatigable naturalist was the discoverer of Ptychosperma 

 Alexandres, one of the most splendid palms in Australia, a figure and description 

 of which will be found in the fifth volume of Baron Mueller's "Fragmenta." 

 He was also the first to collect Ricinocarpus BotV7nanii, Pimelea Bowmanii, 

 and many other interesting plants ; and it was principally through his 

 exertions that the properties of Gastrolohium r/randifiorum, the Poison Pea of 

 the Flinders, were investigated. . . . For some years past he resided 

 in various parts of North-east Australia, devoting much of his leisure time to 

 the collection of new and rare plants, and corresponding with Baron von 

 Mueller and other scientific gentlemen in the Australian colonies. (" Gardeners' 

 Chronicle," 1873. p. 177. based on an article in the " Sydney Mail," by E-ev. 

 Dr. Woolls.) 



He is commemorated by the following species : — Eucalyptus 

 Bowmanii, F.v.M. ; Eremoplnla Bowmani, F.v.M. ; Bendrohium 

 Bowmanii, Benth ; Pimelea Borvmani, F.v.M. ; JRicinocarptis Bow- 

 mani, F.v.M. ; Cyperus Bowmani, F.v.M. 



Brown, Robert (1773-1858)— 



Travelled much along coastal Queensland, 1800-4, and described 

 m.any Queensland plants. "Botanicorum facile princeps." See (6). 



Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839) — 



King's Botanist and Superintendent, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 

 See (6). Discoverer of the Darling Downs. See Hon. Arthur Morgan's 

 paper (Proc. Roy. Geog. Soc. Austral. Q.). An eminent botanist who 

 hotanised much in the Moreton Bay district and South Queensland 

 generally. 



Dietrich, Amalie — 



This lady collected lai-gely between x6Q>?j and 1873 for the 

 Museum Godetfroy. of Hamburg, Germany. Specimens collected by 

 her are extant from Rockhampton, Port Mackay, Lake Elphinstone, 

 Gladstone, Brisbane River, Curtis Island, and other places. 



