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From William Archer to Ferdinand von Mueller   8 Feb 1868

[I have no specns of Dianella Archeri: it may be only a remble var,1 tho' Dr H.2 thinks it worthy of a specc posn.3 I heard lately from Mr Bentham, who adopts my views abt hairs, in connn4 with Olearia &c. — pubd in Lin. Soc. Journ. of 1859 or 60.5]

Dianella Archeri

Olearia

1

remarkable variant?

2

Joseph Hooker, described in J. Hooker (1860) vol. 2. p. 58. Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7, p. 14, considered it 'scarcely even a distinct variety'.

3

specific position.

4

connection.

5

W. Archer (1861), read 1 March 1860. Bentham (1863-78), vol. 3, p. 464 'adopted the main sections proposed by Archer'.

6

Letter not found; item is an entry in Archer's book of letter-abstracts, dated 8 February 1868.

Please cite as “FVM-68-02-08,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/68-02-08