Delessert (1845) p. 271-275, 430-432. Bull. Soc. Science* 

 Sonne f-t Loire, it, (18s 4) p. 123 - 158, cum indice operum (n v.). 

 Fritz. Tltes. ii ed p. 182 ; Cat. Sc. Pap.,m, p. 967, vi, p. 712, xn, 

 p. 442." 



In Western Australia, t 'ape Leschenault, near the Moore 

 River, and Lesi'henault Kstuary near liunbury are named 

 after him, while the remarkably beautiful Goodeniaceous 

 genus Lescheimultia bears his name, also Hemistanma 

 Lcschciuuritii, DC. = Bcyeria Leschcnaultia, Bail!. = B. 

 o/»/cfl, F.v.M.; ImlirjofeniLexcheiMiiltia,DO. = ?;C<iluthvix 

 Leschenaultii, Scbauer. 



Desfontaines, Rene Louiche (1752 - 1833). Born at 

 Tremblay in Brittany, 14th February, 1752, died at Paris, 

 lGtli November, 1833. In 1786 he was appointed professor 

 of botany in the Jardin lies IHantes, and was several times 

 Director of the Natural History Museum, at Paris. Kl.-.-t.'d 

 iu 1783 to the Academy of Sciences, he contributed many 

 valuable papers to its Transactions, among them Ids 

 celebrated memoir on the structure of moncotyledons, 

 1796 (1). 



Works which specially interest Australians are :— 

 Pari-.. 1792, 4to. 



The genera Fmitaiirsia and Loniclic/t were dedicated to 

 him. Line and stipple engraving, ad viviutn 1821, by 

 Ambroise Tardieu. Bust (in an oval), face three-quarters 

 to the right. [See Plate 5.] (1) 



