158 J. H. MAIDEN. 



Mueller described a number of Fitzalan's plants, and he 

 is commemorated by the following interesting species: — 

 Gardenia Fitzalani F.v.M. = Randia Fitzalani F.v.M.; 

 Psychotria Fitzalani Benth.; Eulophia Fitzalani F.v.M.; 

 Ficus Fitzalani Miq. = ?; Eria Fitzalani, Dendrohium 

 Fitzalani. Mr. Fitzalan told me that he collected for 

 Mueller until the completion of Bentham's "Flora Aus- 

 traliensis." 



Lieut. Smith was a marine surveyor borrowed by the 

 Queensland Government from one of H.M's. surveying 

 ships then in Sydney Harbour. Mr. Fitzalan's account of 

 the expedition appeared in the "Brisbane Courier" of 1st 

 September 1861, and in the Sydney papers a little later. 



The latter was born 12th July, 1830, at Londonderry, 

 Ireland, son of an architect who died young, and was trained 

 in the gardens of the Earl of Enniskillen, and at Veitch's 

 of London. He came out to Victoria in 1849 and had com- 

 missions to bring out certain plants. He first came to 

 Geelong, where the merchants of that town were then 

 beginning to form homes, and he laid out places, also in 

 Melbourne. He went to Queensland on 6th December, 

 1859, establishing a seed and plant shop in Edward Street, 

 Brisbane. (It is worthy of mention that F. M. Bailey went 

 into the same class of business in the same street, two 

 years later). Port Denison (Bowen) then (1862) became 

 his headquarters, of which he was one of the pioneers. He 

 principally collected here, and formed a large nursery 

 garden and made excursions to the unknown bush at 

 intervals. It was his local reputation which caused him 

 to be selected as Collector to Lieut. Smith's Expedition. 

 He knew Morrill or Murrells (recovered from the natives, 

 see (6), p, 383), and composed some lines on his adventures, 

 particulars of which he received from Morrill himself. He 

 told me that at one time he often broke into verse. He 



