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From Ferdinand von Mueller to George Story   2 July 1874

Morton's Hotel,

Milswyn Str.

S Yarra

2/71/74

I am just working on the Xyrideae & allied plants, dear Dr Story, for the 7th vol. of the flora of Australia.2 Would you with your usual goodness get me kindly a few fruitheads well ripe of the Xyris near you.3 Perhaps there are 2 species in your vicinity.

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller

Xyrideae

Xyris

1

7 over 6.

2

Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7. M's treatment of Xyrideae and allied plants, worked up before specimens were sent to Kew for Bentham, is in B74.08.01, pp. 203-14. See Lucas (2003) for an analysis of M's working habits in preparing material for Bentham.

3

Although there are three (undated) specimens of Xyris operculata collected by Story in MEL (MEL73497, MEL73503 and MEL73494), no collector is mentioned in the account in B74.08.01, p. 204 to support the statement that it grows well in many Tasmanian regions.

Please cite as “FVM-74-07-02,” 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/74-07-02