BY J. H. MAIDEN, F.L.S. 21 



See " Contributions Towards a Flora of Van Die- 

 tmen's Land, from Collections sent by R. W. Lawrence, 

 Ronald Gunn, and Thomas Scott, Esqs." (" Comp. 

 B'Ot. Mag." i., 272.) I have also the reference to a 

 paper b}- Lawrence " On the Flora of the "Western 

 Mountains of Van Diemen's Land " (" Bot. Miscel- 

 laneous," 2 vols., 1825-1844), ibut I have not been able 

 to trace the work. See also (6). 



Fie is commemorated by the following species : — 



Correa Lawrenciana, Hook ; Cryptandra Lawrencii, 

 Hook, f.:=:Spryidium Lawrencii, Benth. ; Sida Law- 

 rencea, F. v. M.-^Plagianthus spicatus, Benth. ; Heli- 

 chrysum Lawrencella, F. v. M. ; Monemios Lawrencii, 

 Hook. f.=zr:Microseris Forsteri, Hook. f. ; Pterygo- 

 pappis Lawrencii, Flook. f; Scorzonera Lawrencii, 

 Hook, f.— rrMicroseris Forsteri, Hook. f. ; Libertia Law- 

 rencii, Hook. f.=L. pulchella, Spreng. ; Podocarpus 

 Lawrencii, Hook. f.-T-_P. alpina, Br. ; Orthotrichum Law- 

 rencei, Mitt (a moss). 



LHOTSKY, JOHN ( ). 



Was for some time in Tasmania as a Government 

 Medical Ofificer, and made botanical observations in 

 that colony, and also in New South Wales. See (2). 



MEREDITH, LOUISA ANN, Mrs. (nee Twamley), 

 (1812- ). 



Born at Hampstead, near Birmingham, on 20th Julv, 

 1812. 



On 1 8th April, 1839, married her cousin, Charles 

 Meredith, and shortly afterwards came out with him to 

 the Meredith home at " Cambria," near Swansea, Tas- 

 mania, now rich in historical associations. 



The father of John Meredith, Esq., brother-in-law 

 of the above of " Cambria," whose hospitality I enjoyed 

 some years ago, was the first white man to land on the 

 adjacent beach in 1821 or 1822. 



She was the author of " My Home in Tasmania," 

 with landscape illustrations by the Bishop of Tasmania 

 (Dr. Nixon) and the author ; " Some of My Bush 



