WOODS AND FORESTS.
South Australia.1
Memorandum
From CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS, forest board office, adelaide. |
To Baron F. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G. Govt Botanist, Melbourne. |
My dear Baron,
May I trouble you to favor me with the names of the two Eucalypti, specimens of which I enclose:
No. 1. I found growing on sandy ridges in the South East; a low spreading tree with somewhat dense foliage; in patches along with the Stringybark.
No 2 — a large tree growing along with E. Rostrata in the swamps at Mt. McIntyre near Mt. Gambier.2 Has a rough and apparently persistent bark.
Please refer to the numbers when you write. Apologising for troubling you.
I am
My dear Baron
Yours very truly
J. E. Brown3
Eucalyptus Rostrata
The insignia of the Government of SA is included in this letterhead.
SA.
The second specimen is accompanied by one of M's Herbarium labels on which he has written: 'Eucalyptus Stuartiana, F.v.M. Near Mt Gambier with E. rostrata in swampy ground. J. E. Brown'.
Brown's letter has been cut in half. The top half, down to and including the details of No. 1, was found with a specimen of Eucalyptus obliqua (MEL 704019), the lower half, commencing with the details of No. 2, with a specimen of Eucalyptus viminalis (MEL 1615426). Both halves have been annotated by M: 'May 1881'.
Please cite as “FVM-81-05-00,” 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