ROBERTO BROWNIO, 



BRITANNIARUM GLORIiE ATQUE ORNAMENTO , 



TOTAM BOTANICES SCIENTIAM 



INGENIO MIRIFICO COMPLECTENTI, 



PJLANTARUM NOViE HOLLANDLE 



SCRUTATORI DILIGENTISSIMO, 



D. D. D. 



AL. DE HUMBOLDT. G KUNTH. AM. BONPLAND. 



EARLY BOTANICAL EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA 



The magnitude of Robert Brown's contribution to knowledge of the 

 Australian flora as collector and investigator becomes evident when 

 set against what was known about Australian plants down to the end 

 of 1805, the year of his return to England from Australia. 



The botanical exploration of Australia may be said to have begun in 

 1699 when the one-time buccaneer William Dampier (1652 — 1715), 



