No. 303/82
WOODS AND FORESTS.
South Australia.1
Memorandum
From CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS, forest board office, adelaide. |
To Baron Fed. Von Mueller. K.C.M.G. Govt. Botanist. Melbourne. |
Subject: — Eucalypts from Port Lincoln.
My dear Baron.
I have just returned from a visit to the Port Lincoln district.
About 15 or 20 miles west from Pt. Lincoln, growing on a light sandy ironstone soil upon a western aspect I found Eucalypt No 1 enclosed. It attains a height of about 12 ft: is of Mallee character, smooth bark, and stiff upright habit. I found it in one place only. Please name it.
Euc. Santalifolia (No 2) I found within ½ a mile of Port Lincoln.
Euc. Corynocalyx is abundant between Port Lincoln and Marble Ranges towards Mt. Drummond.
Yours very truly
J. E. Brown.
14/9/82.2
Eucalyptus Corynocalyx
Eucalyptus Santalifolia
MS bears, between these words, the insignia of the Government of SA.
Brown returned to Adelaide from Port Lincoln per steamer Royal Shepard on 11 September 1882; see 'Shipping news', Evening journal (Adelaide), 12 September 1882, p. 2.
MS has been cut in half. The top section was found with a specimen of Eucalyptus angulosa (MEL 1607401), while the second section, commencing ‘Euc. Santalifolia’, is pasted on to a specimen sheet of Eucalyptus diversifolia, ssp. diversifolia (MEL 1502148). Also attached to this sheet is a note by M: ‘Euc. cosmophylla N. 2 Port Lincoln’.
Please cite as “FVM-82-09-14a,” 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