From John Johnstone to Ferdinand von Mueller   12 Mar 1872

Eltham1

School 371

Mar. 12 /72

My dear Sir,

Will you kindly permit me to ask you if the enclosed is the Sebaea Ovata or not I have gathered it in the same place, but the flower is not yellow.

If you will kindly remember I had the honor to ask you before and on 22/11/712 I received your kind reply as to the Sebaea Ovata and through the very valuable information you then afforded me, I have I believe saved the life of the parent of one of my pupils in a very severe case of Dysentery.

Is the accompanying a tonic and also antidysenteric

Your very grateful servant

Jno. F. Johnstone

The Baron Von Mueller

&c &c &c &c

Sebaea ovata

Vic.

Letter not found.

MS found with a specimen of Centaurium tenuiflorum (MEL 708231).

Please cite as “FVM-72-03-12,” 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/72-03-12