William Colenso

17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899

**William Colenso** (17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) FRS was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician. He attended the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and later wrote an account of the events at Waitangi.

• An Account Of Visits To, And Crossings Over, The Ruahine Mountain Range, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
• A description of a few lately-discovered rare indigenous ferns
• A description of a few more newly-discovered indigenous plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand
• A description of a species of Orobanche (supposed to be new) parasitical on a plant of Hydrocotyle
• A description of four new ferns from our New Zealand forests
• A description of some new indigenous New Zealand forest ferns
• A description of some newly discovered phaenogamic plants
• A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous phaenogamic plants, being a further contribution towards making known the botany of New Zealand
• A description of some newly-discovered cryptogamic plants, being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand
• A description of some newly-discovered indigenous plants, being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand
• A description of two new ferns and one new Lycopodium, lately detected in our New Zealand forests
• A list of fungi recently detected and collected in the Bush District, county of Hawke's Bay; being a further contribution to the indigenous flora of New Zealand