[In bringing together such information, as we possess, on the saccharine secretions of Eucalypts, I should not pass the experiences of the very observant Mr. T. Stephens, M.A., Inspector of Schools of Tasmania, who wrote from Hobart in Feb. 1881, that the "Manna" is to be regarded as a simple exudation from the bark of Euc. viminalis; for although it is there brought out sometimes by the puncturing of the Eurymela Spectrum, it comes often spontaneously from the twigs, where the bark is fissured and weak.]
Eucalyptus viminalis
Letter not found. The text given here is from the entry on Eucalyptus viminalis in M's Eucalyptographia, B84.11.02, where he discusses the origins of the so-called manna associated with the species.
Please cite as “FVM-81-02-00c,” 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