74 J. H. MAIDEN. 



3. Cunningham, Allan. "Narrative of a survey of the 

 intertropical and western Coasts- of Australia,... 1818 and 

 1822," by Captain Philip P. King, r.n., f.r.s., 2 vols. 1827. 

 At vol. ii, 497, are "A few general remarks on the vege- 

 tation of certain coasts of Terra Australis, and more especi- 

 ally of its north-western shores," by Allan Cunningham. 

 Cunningham's remarks, which are of course valuable, for 

 the most part consist of general sketches of the various 

 families. The collecting places are stated, (they were all 

 coastal) but it would appear that the plants, as a collection, 

 were not described until Bentham undertook that work for 

 the "Flora Australiensis." See p. 76. 



4. "Beagle," (H.M.S.). During 1838-1841, Captains 

 Wickham and Lort Stokes in H.M.S. "Beagle" began and 

 completed an important series of coastal surveys on the 

 North-west coast, discovering the Fitzroy and Adelaide 

 Rivers. 



The "Voyage of the Beagle" is quoted for a few speci- 

 mens in the "Flora Australiensis." Captain Lort Stokes' 

 work, "Discoveries in Australia, with an account of the 

 coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage 

 of H.M.S. "Beagle," in the years 1837-43." (2 vols. 1846), 

 contains but few references to plants the Gouty-stemmed 

 tree, Adansonia, (n, 116) being an important exception. 



Dr. Benjamin Bynoe, the Surgeon, (see my " Records of 

 W.A. Botanists ") made some valuable collections, which 

 went to Kew and were seen by Bentham for the "Flora 

 Australiensis." Bentham sometimes gives the quotation 

 Bynoe. 



5. Grey, George. "Journals of two Expeditions of dis- 

 covery in North West and Western Australia, during the 

 years 1837, 38 and 39," (2 vols. 1841), contain few incidental 

 references to plants, but the Natural History Appendices 



