cerning South America. The Australian Hijdvttnot ///<• 

 llonplandi A. Rich. = ? commemorates him. 



Jussieu, Adrien de (1797-1853). Born 23rd December, 

 1797, died at Paris 29th June, 1853. Professor of Botany 

 at the Jardin des Plant rs 1820, professor at the Sorbonne, 

 1845. Described some of the plants brought home by 

 Baudin's Expedition together with some from other Aus- 

 tralasian expeditious, in the following: — 



(1) " Considerations sur la famiile des Euphorbiacees." (M6m- 



oiresdu Museum cT hist, not, x, 1823) pp. 39. 



(2) " Memoires sur les Rutacees " etc. (M< : ,n. Mus. Hist. Xat. 



Par., xii), Paris, 1825, 4to pp. 160, 16 tab. 



(3) " Monographic du genre Phebalium/' ( M.'m. de la Soc. d' 



hist. nat. de Paris, tome ii, 1825) pp. 13, 3 tab. 



(4) " Memoires sur la groupe des Meliacees." (Mem. du Mus. 

 t? hist, nat, xix, 1830) 152, pp. 12 tab. 



3. 1817-20. "Uranie and "Physicienne," commanded 

 by Louis de Freycinet 



This expedition visited Port Jackson and Gaudichaud 

 was the first French botanist of these expeditions to 

 botanise in the Blue Mountains and Bathurst, which he did 

 on a brief journey, with the assistance of Cunningham and 

 Fraser. The botanical works of this expedition are not 

 numerous, but they include Gaudichaud's fine work (as 

 principal contributor) and a splendid folio atlas of 120 plates, 

 including some Australian plants. 



Following is a title-page :— 



'• Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi . . . et 

 conformement aux instructions de Son Exc. M. le Vicomte du 

 Bouchage, . . . execute sur les Corvettes de S.M. VUranie et la 

 Phyeicienne pendant les annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Publie 

 sms les auspices de Sun Exc. M. le Comte Corbiere, _. . . pour la 

 partie historique et les sciences naturelles, et de 8. Exc le Comte 



