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From Caleb Collyer to Ferdinand von Mueller   12 Jan 1880

Smythesdale1

12.1.80

Sir Ferd. Von Mueller

I have again to repeat my thanks to you for favours and good wishes — and to further trouble you if convenient2 —

No. 1 plant I think to be rare roots are of great size and grow in cement-like soil only its mottled flowers are attached to a stalk resembling asparagus and reaches about three feet in height.

No 2. I cannot recognize — yellow starlike floweret.

I am obediently

C. Collyer

1

Vic.

2

No other correspondence with Collyer has been found.

3

MS found with a specimen of Persoonia chamaepeuce (MEL 2178122). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 13/1/80'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-80-01-12a,” 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/80-01-12a