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others, and was an ardent horticulturist. He was Chair- 
man of Trustees of the Public Library, Member of the 
Legislative Council, one of the founders of the Linnean 
Society of New South Wales, and for many years its 
honorary treasurer. A sympathetic account of his work 
will be found in Proc. Linn. Soc., N.S.W., xxxii, 6 (1907) 
by the then President of the Society, Mr. Thomas Steel. 
He is commemorated in Adenochilus Nortoni, Fitz., a 
rare Blue Mountain Orchid. 
Paterson, William (1755-1810). Born Montrose ?; died 
on voyage from Australia, 21st June, 1810. Colonel, F.R.S., 
1798, F.L.S., 1797. InSouth Africa 1777-9. ‘°‘ Narrative of 
Journeys,’ 1789. Lieut.-Governor of New South Wales, 
1800-1810. Collected in South Africa and Australia. 
Plants in Herb. Mus. Brit., Brown, Prodr. 303; Hooker’s 
Flora of Tasmania, cxxiv; Lasegue, 278, 446; Cottage 
Gardener, viii, 329, etc.; ix, 3 (1). He collected plants 
and seeds for Sir Joseph Banks, see Hist. Rec. iv, 229, 417; 
vi, 768. He co-operated with Péron. He collected Huca- 
lyptus manna and reported on it. He was for a consider- 
able time Lieut.-Governor at Port Dalrymple (Launceston, 
Tasmania), where he collected and made botanical obser- 
vations. The Paterson River, N.S.W. was named after 
him by Governor King. See quotations from his journal of 
explorations in the Hunter River district in Hist. Rec. iv, 
450. For many particulars concerning him see vol. ii of 
this work. He is commemorated in the genus Patersonia, 
R.Br., also in the species :— 
Hibiscus Patersoni, DC., Hibiscus Patersonius, Andr., Lagunea 
Patersonia, Bot. Mag.,all synonyms of Lagunaria Paterson, Ait.; 
Caladenia Paterson, Br.;' Centrolepis Patersoni, R. et 8S. = C. 
strigosa, R. et S. var. Patersoni; Desvauxia Patersoni, Br. = 
Centrolepis strigosa, RK. et S. var Patersoni; Lomaria Patersoni, 
Spreng.; Stegonia Patersoni, Br. = Lomaria Patersoni, Spreng.; 
Thysanotus Patersoni, Br. See my forthcoming “ Life of Sir 
Joseph Banks.” 
