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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM.
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Allan Cunningham.] 5.1.COASTAL EXPEDITIONS.
Allan Cunningham, the great botanical explorer of Australia, was born at Wimbledon, near London, in 1791.

He received a good education, his father intending him for the law; but he preferred gardening, and obtained a position under Mr.Aiton, at Kew.

In 1814 he went to Brazil, where he made large collections of dried specimens, living plants, and seeds.