Johann August Ludwig Preiss (1811-1883) in Western Australia

Abstract

A sh o rt account is given of P reiss's stay in W estern A u stra lia fro m 1838 to 1842, based m ainly on letters w ritten by Preiss and his con tem p o raries during th a t period. Som e glim pses of his p ersonality are seen and his association w ith Jam es D ru m m o n d (1 7 8 4 -1 8 6 3 ) is briefly m entioned. P reiss's estim ate o f the qu an tities of his various collections is re p rin ted (p. 8 ). L etters are reproduced relating to the purchase of a set o f P reiss's b o tan ical collections now housed in the h e rb ariu m o f T rin ity College, D u b lin (T C D ). A sam ple of P re iss's han d w ritin g (p. 10) m ay assist zoologists as well as botanists in assigning specim ens to his collections. H e rb a ria know n to contain specim ens fro m Preiss are listed (p. 8 ). T ables are given show ing the publication dates and a su m m ary of the contents of P lan tae P reissianae (ed. J.G .C . L eh m an n ) 1844- 1848 (pp. 12-15). Som e fu rth