W. G. Milne collected in South Africa (1852–1853) and in a later expedition in West Africa (1862–1866), where he was forced to sell his clothes when his funds ran out and walked naked for some two hundred miles. He died in Creek Town, Old Calabar (Nigeria).[1]
The Times of London mentions in its 14 March 1866 edition that "Professor Milne, the celebrated botanist, has commenced the ascension of the Cameroons mountains".[2]
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^The Times (London, England), Wed, 14 Mar 1866, page 12 as seen on Newspapers.com on 26 March 2023.
^Perry, Lily M. (1950). "The genus Freycinetia in Fiji". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 31 (2): 208–213. JSTOR 43781362.
A.E.Orchard (1999) 'A History of Systematic Botany in Australia', in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS.
January 01, 1970
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