Dunrobin1
12.6.76.
Am I correct my dear Baron in naming the enclosed plant No. 36 of my collection Solanum adenophorum. F.v.M. Frag. II 162?2
The description as far as I can make it out tallies with that in Flora Aust. I. 460.3 The locality is at Head of Etheridge River on Newcastle Range.4 No. 236 which I sent you tallies I think with S. petrophilum F.v.M. in Linnea XXV. 433.5 The Calyx is prominently ribbed & is almost reduced to the five linear ribs in the fruit. This species also often has white flowers at least I judge it to be the same from its general appearance. Common here on the Etheridge.6
I could not find any fruiting specimens of No. 36 or would have gathered them. I am getting a better sort of Field Book made 19 x 12 with boards as described in Balfours "Botanists Companion.7 I find that the leather one which I carry bulges when many papers are put into it. It is common harness leather for I could not get sole leather up here. I intend to have two. As I generally have plenty of Packhorses & when out for a month I often am sorely puzzled how to carry all my specimens.
I have a dry cone of C. Cairnsiana8 which I brought with me from the Robinson9 I mean the young fruiting branches which form in a knob on the summit of the stem. Would you like to have it? I also enclose a small plant which I found on the Gilbert River.10 Flower white leaves 2 close to the ground flower on long style.
Yours truly
William. E. Armit
Cycas cairnsiana
Solanum adenophorum
Solanum petrophilum
Please cite as “FVM-76-06-12,” 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