State School
Reedy Creek1
26 June 1883
Baron F. Von Mueller
Melbourne
Sir
Would you kindly tell me the common and the Botanic name of enclosed plant. It grows on Reedy Creek and has a small blue flower. The herb is esteemed by the people here as a cure of Dysentry
Also the common and the Botanic name of the potato like tuber from which the enclosed piece is cut. It grows under the surface of the ground and has no visible stem
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient servant
Chas Jenkin
Vic.
Please cite as “FVM-83-06-26,” 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