(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

career:

Accompanied the expedition of the British surveying ship ‘Alert’ (1878-82), under command of Capt. Sir G. Nares (itiner. etc. cf. sub R.W. Coppinger) and subsequently was appointed successor of the former.

He was commemorated in Dicliptera maclearii Hemsl.

Collecting localities:

In H.M.S. ‘Flying Fish’: Christmas Island (Dec. 1886-Jan. 1887).¹ The ship operated in Banka Strait (N of the Minahassa in N. Celebes) in Aug. 1885 and June 1886 (cf. sub S.J. Hickson).

collections:²

Herb. Kew [K]: 23 nos from Christmas Island; nearly all botanical specimens collected were destroyed by insufficient drying.

literature:

(1) cf. Letter from Christmas Isl., dated Jan. 13, 1887 (Nature 36, 1887, p. 13, with introd. by W.J.L. Wharton l.c. p. 12-13), and ‘General report on the collections of H.M.S. Flying Fish’ (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 508 seq.).

(2) W. T. Thiselton Dyer: ‘Note on the flora of Christmas Island’ (Nature 36, 1887, p. 78).

W. Botting Hemsley: ‘Report on the botanical collections from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, etc.’ (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 25, 1890, p. 351-362).

photo gallery: