The Miscellaneous Botanical Works of Robert Brown The Miscellaneous Botanical Works of Robert Brown 2 Volume Set Series

The botanist Robert Brown (1773?1858) is regarded as one of the most significant figures in the advancement of plant science in the nineteenth century. After studying at Aberdeen and Edinburgh, he made the acquaintance of Sir Joseph Banks via William Withering, and in 1801 was appointed as naturalist on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia. Brown made extensive collections of animals and minerals, but his 3,400 plant specimens from Australia, Tasmania and Timor were the foundation of his work for the rest of his life, as an active member of the Linnean Society, as Banks's librarian, and as an under-librarian in the British Museum. This two-volume collection of his 'miscellaneous botanical works', edited by John J. Bennett, Brown's assistant at the British Museum, was published in 1866?7. It has not been possible to reissue the accompanying quarto volume of plates. Volume 2 contains 'Systematic Memoirs' and 'Contributions to Systematic Works'.

Preface; Part III. Systematic Memoirs: 1. Plants called Protaceae; 2. The Asclepiadeae; 3 Woodsia, a new genus of ferns; 4. The natural family of plants called Compositae; 5. Three new species of plants found in China; 6. Lyellia, a new genus of mosses; 7. The structure and affinities of Cephalotus; 8. Limnanthes, a new genus of plants; Part IV. Contributions to Systematic Works: 1. Genera et species plantarum Cruciferarum; 2. Genera et species plantarum Leguminosarum; 3. Genera et species plantarum Myrtacearum; 4. Genera et species plantarum Compositarum; 5. Genera et species plantarum Orchidearum; 6. Genera et species plantarum e variis familiis; 7. Dr Richardson's botanical appendix to Franklin's 'Voyage to the Polar Sea'; 8. Names of and notes on Indian plants; 9. Notes and observations on Indian plants; 10. Extracts from Plantae Javanicae Rariores; 11. Contributions to The Botanical Magazine; 12. Contributions to The Botanical Register; 13. Names of plants; 14. Short contributions to various works; Index of subjects to Volume 2; Index of names and plants to both volumes.