IN TIMOR, 4D7 



"VT, — Ppodomtjs Tlorm TiafORENSIS ; compiled in the Botanical Department 

 of the lirtiish Musewn. 



Tlio flora of Timor m one of j^reat intereftt, but only very limiiecl 

 herlmria cxiBt of it. In preparing tho followinj^ sketch of tho chjef 

 col lections inatlo in the island I am greatly indebted for assistance to 

 Mr. IL N. -Ridley. 



In 1699-1700 DAarriER yisited the islands; the few plants hecolltjcted 

 there wore tksi rilied by Ray, 



AVhen in 1787, the Jimnty, under Captain Bligh, was conveying 

 hread-fniit trees from Otaheite to tho l\'est Indies, tho crew mntinied, 

 and the captain, together with David Nelson, liotanifit of the espedi- 

 tJon, and nineteen others of the crew were cast adrift in an open l»oat, 

 near the Friendly Islands. They made their way (3G0O miles) to Timor, 

 where Nelson died in 17t>9. The plants he collected in tho island are 

 in the British Mufyjiun. 



In Octoher 1792, CHniSTOPHEn SMirn and James Wiles collected a 

 nnmber of plants in Timor, on their way from Otaheite in the ship 

 Fromdtnoty nnder Captain Bligh. They took also from Timor and other 

 Malayan islands varionB nscfnl plants to introduce together with the 

 brea<i-fniit trees, into the West Indies. Tho plants collected in this 

 expedition are also in the British Musenm. 



In 1803, RiEDL^, SAUTtER^ and CxtricHELVOT, gardeners attacheti to 

 the exjwdition of the vessels NntumUfih jind (h'fxjraphc, under Captain 

 Handin, visited tho island. The expedition started from France in 

 1801, and reached Timor in 1803. The plants were descrihed by Do 

 Oaisne in the Nmvelkn Aunahs du Museum iCHisfoire Nufurvlfe, and are 



8 reserved in the Herl>arium Deleasort and in the Paris, British, and Kew 

 tosenms. 



In April of the same year Egbert Bkown stopped at the island for a 

 short time on his return from the Iter Austral iense. He remained in 

 the uei^hlK)urhcKxl of Con pang, West Timor, and made a collection of 

 considerable extent, containing many plants of extreme interest. These, 

 together with a manuscript list of their native names, are in the her- 

 baurium of the British Museum, and a set is also in tho Vienna herbarimn 

 to which they were presentetl by Ferdinand Bauer, the comjtanion of 

 Kohci-t Brown in his travels. 



In the end of 1818, GAunionAm) visited Timor in tho voyage of the 

 Um}iif , and in the ' Voyage do !'Uranie,' chapter viii., gives an account 

 of the ifiUuid and its products. 



In 1818-1819, CAinTAtN King visited the island with Allan CuN?fiNG- 

 EAM, who made a eniflll but most iutercRting collection of plants, which, 

 with the mannscript account of his travels, are preserved in the British 

 Museum. 



In 1832, Reikwaudt returned to Enrope Trith his collections, which 

 are in the Leydcn Museum. 



In Septem^>er 1825, Captain Ddpebrey in the voyage of the CoquUh 

 visited ("oupang in West Timor. 



i n 1828, 2I1PPEL went in the expedition under Dr. Maklot in tho Triton 

 and //is, to the islands, and collected a niiml>er of plants, which are 

 preserved iu the TTerharium I)elc.'*sert, Paris. 



In 1831. J- B. Si'ANOonK, the Dutch Ttesident, made explorations in the 

 west of the island, and sent his eol lections to Holland. The jjlants were 

 published in Uooker's ' Companion to tho Botanical Miecellany,' vol. 1, 

 and ' Linniea/ vol. xv. 



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