Cometville1 August 20 1879
Dear Baron Mueller
I am in receipt of your kind note and am very thankful for the name of the Eucalyptus. A specimen of the trunk of this tree was cut for me by a friend a good while ago but never forwarded to me so that I do not know what it is like. I will endeavour to get it or another and let you know or send it to you. If there are any particular woods in this district of which you would like to obtain specimens send the names and I will forward them to you, you paying for Carriage only. I will try and send more samples of Eucalyptus gracilis with my next collection. I presume Thozet found it at the foot of Expedition range? Did he find anything else new or rare in that neighborhood? That was the poor man's last excursion and the one which cost him his life.2
I enclose a fragment of a Capparis from Blackwater3 which is different to any species known to me and is not described in the Flora.4 It is common also on the high sandy country westward of the Nogoa River.5 The fruit is globular and perfectly smoothe, and about 1 ½ inch diameter and on a stipes of 3-4 inches in length. I have found a handsome Grevillea in flower which I will send soon.
Yours faithfully
P. A. O'Shanesy
P.S. The enclosed Capparis is quite free from prickles on every part.
P. A. O'S
Eucalyptus gracilis
Capparis
Grevillea
Please cite as “FVM-79-08-20,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/79-08-20