14/8/83.
Best thanks, dear Prof. Tate, for the specimens. I could make for the first time now some notes on Zygophyllum Howittii. — About Euxolus I am not sure, as the fruit is not ripe. The Asters need a careful revision from now much augmented material. I hope soon to have leisure for giving attention to them. The Euphorbiacea = Phyllanthus rigens J.M.1 Mutanie Range2 is almost within S.A boundary.
Your Aster glandulosus is not referable to Labillard. plant. — Aster exiguifolius I must have overlooked as S.A. among the supplementary specimens of my accumulated collections of later years.
The Moss is a Funaria.
The Minuria, now received = M. Candollei var integerrima. The other Composite is Pluchea Eyrea.
You will still be in time for minute annuals during your trip next; as you have facilities to go now long distances in short time, you might get to a new bot. area inland.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller
Aster exiguifolius
Aster glandulosus
Euphorbiacea
Euxolus
Funaria
Minuria Candollei var integerrima
Phyllanthus rigens
Pluchea Eyrea
Zygophyllum Howittii
Please cite as “FVM-83-08-14,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/83-08-14