Syd1 Jan. 3. 1872.
My dear Sir,
I am glad that the Cryptostylis erecta reached you in safety.2 The next time you favor me with a note I should be obliged by your telling me whether the plants sent by me have reached you generally in an available state — I mean such a state as enables you to make the best use of them. — I have frequently as suggested by you endeavoured to get plants sent down by parties in the far interior — but I have not met with much success. — I send you a dry specimen (as it was sent to me) of what I take to be a Richea — but which I do not see described in the Flora.3 I regret to send you so imperfect a specimen — but such as it is you may be able to say whether or not it is new. — I cannot identify it with any described Dracophyllum or Richea and it seems to me to have the Corolla of the latter genus. It was found at the Fitzroy Falls [Sultan] Forest 90 or 100 miles South of Sydney and about 30 miles from the sea at a height of over 2000 feet in swampy ground. — I add a Lyperanthus elliptica4 which I believe Mr. Fitzgerald has also sent to you. He is answerable for the name.5
I remain my Dear Sir
Yours very truly & obliged
Edwin Daintrey.
Baron von Mueller
&c &c &c
Crypostylis erecta
Richea
Dracophyllum
Lyperanthus elliptica
Sydney.
No earlier letter to or from Daintrey has been found, but the Daintrey specimen of Cryptostylis erecta (MEL 2150832) is dated 1871.
Bentham (1863-78); Richea and Dracophyllum were treated in Vol. 4 (1868).
Lyperanthus ellipticus?
Almost certainly Robert Fitzgerald, who had special interest in orchids.
MS found with a specimen of Dracophyllum secundum (MEL 2064680).
Please cite as “FVM-72-01-03,” 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