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South Coast of Australia; New Zealand ; California; Tahiti 

 iiml M;u-<|iirs;»x; Philippine-*, \rv, Ireland: i-'ruiully Islands; 

 Levuka (Fiji); Chatham Island (N.Z.); Malay Peninsula. 

 The expedition visited Sydney. 



Decaisne, Joseph (1807-1882). Born at Brussels 7th 

 March, 1807. He went to Paris, and in 1824 was attached 

 to the Jardin des Plantes, becoming, in 1832, assistant 

 naturalist for rural botany under A. de Jussieu and began 

 the publication of interesting works, which, in 1847, opened 

 to him the gates of the Academy of Sciences. In 1818 he 

 was appointed to the chair of Statistical Agriculture in the 

 College de France, and succeeded M. de Mirbel, in 1850, 

 as professor of "Culture" in the Museum. He was after- 

 wards President of the Academy of Sciences and Director 

 of the Jardin des Plantes. He died at Paris 8th February, 

 1882. 



A distinguished botanist, who rose from the position of 

 a simple gardener to be leading botanist in France, it is 

 doubtful whether his reputation will so much be based on 

 his botanical monographs as on his admirable pomological 

 works. He worked at the plants of the " Venus " and 

 "Astrolabe and La Zelee" expeditions. 



For accounts of him see Flore de Serves, Tome 19, p. 29 

 (1873) with portrait, and Gardeners' Chronicle. 18th 

 February, 1882, p. 215. 



The following Australian plants commemorate him :— 



Eucalyptus Decaisupjina, Bluine; Tabernatnontawt D^aisnri, 

 A. DC. = •• Benth.; Ctuuarina DeeauntanOj 



7. 1837-40. 'Astrolabe and " Zelee, commanded by 

 . Dumont d' Urville. 



The commander was unfortunately killed near Paris in 

 he year 1812, as has already been stated, so that lie was 



