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From Peter Goyen to Ferdinand von Mueller   20 Feb 1880

Office of the Southland Board of Education.

Invercargill1 Feby. 20th 1880

Dear Sir, —

I send a specimen of an Olearia that does not answer to any species described in Hooker's Handbook.2 I found it growing abundantly out of the cliffs between Orepuki and the Waiau River. It grows from 3 to about 7 or 8 feet high, and appears to be confined to the cliffs. Will you please kindly examine it, and let me know whether it is a new species or only a variety of one of the known species?

Yours truly,

P. Goyen.

Dr Mueller,

Melbourne.

Olearia

1

NZ.

2

J. Hooker (1864-7).

3

MS found with a specimen of Olearia avicenniaefolia (MEL 2306580). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 1/3/80'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-80-02-20,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-02-20