History of Systematic Botany in Australasia. Proceed- ings of a symposium held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988. Publ. 1990. illustr. V,326 p. 4to. hard cover.

From the contents: Australian herbaria/ Australian botanists andcollectors (Botanical contributions overlooked: the role andrecognition of collectors, horticulturists, explorers and others in theearly documentation of the Australian flora/ Early impressions of thevegetation of the Sydney region: exploration and plant use by the FirstFleet Officers/ William Baeuerlen - a 'circumspect and zealous'collector/ etc.)/ New Guinea botany (Explorers, institutions and outsideinfluences: botany north of Thursday/ Mary Strong Clemens: a botanicalcollector in New Guinea (1935-1941)/ New Zealand botany (The botanicalcollections of John Buchanan F.L.S./ A comparison of the approach totaxonomic botany by T.F.Cheeseman and L.Cockayne)/ Algae (The leanlegacy of freshwater phycology in Victoria)/ Bryophytes (Type specimensof bryophytes in Australian herbaria)/ Fungi/ Cultivated plants/Botanical art/ Bibliography.- Good second hand copy. As new.