From George Day1    October 1878

Dear Baron,

I enclose 9 fragments of plants — to suit post only, as I am too far from any P. O.2 to send larger specimens.

No 1. is commonly known as Mulga; it occurs here as well as at Cobar Height 20 to 25 feet high

No 2. An evergreen Perennial with glaucous aromatic leaves.3 height — 5 feet. Flowers — October.

Cobar & here.

— 3. spreading shrub with aromatic leaves & corymb[o]se yellow flowers, — September it blooms. 6 feet high

Cobar only

4. shrub 5 feet high flowers about September — Cobar & here

5. malvaceous plant 18 inches high; flowers — October. Cobar & here.

6. prickly Solanaceous plant height: — 4 feet. flowers October

Cobar & here

7 — slender malvaceous plant height 8 inches — flowers October

Cobar & here

8 — narrow leaved Acacia (occurs) here height 6 feet. Flowers August.

9 — Red flowered plant — myrtaceous perhaps. height 3 feet. flowers October. gathered 70 or 80 miles south of Cobar in a creek.

I now conclude, by having

the honor

To remain,

Dear Baron,

your humble

servant,

George P. Day

 

address

Trida Station

near Mossgiel

New South Wales

The next remission will include some plants from here.

G. Day

 

Acacia

 
1
MS annotation by M: 'Answd 18/10/78'. See M to G. Day, 18 October 1878.
2
Post Office.
3
MS annotation interlined by M: 'Prostanth striatiflora'.

Please cite as “FVM-78-10-00,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/78-10-00