Allan Cunningham’s Timor collections
ORCHARD, A.E. AND ORCHARD, T.A.
The visits of Allan Cunningham to Timor in 1818 and 1819, at the conclusion of Lieutenant Philip Parker King’s first and second survey voyages to the north coast of Australia, are summarised, and surviving collections held in the Natural History Museum herbarium and the herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew are listed. The significance of the various labels found on these sheets is discussed.
