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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper   25 Apr 1886

103 Logania ovata RBr (Kleine Var)

Ostermorgen.1

Indem ich mir alle Erholung während der Festtage entziehe, lieber Herr Tepper, versuche ich einige Freistunden zu erhaschen, um meinen Correspondenten gerecht zu werden.

Bis jetzt habe ich wenig an Neu Guin. - Pflanz. arbeiten können, doch sind die Austellungs-Arbeiten für London beendigt!

102. Scheint mir aus den beblätterter Asten von Hibbertia Billardierii u aus einer anklebenden Blume von Thomasia petalocalyx zu bestehen.

Im Frühling liessen sich gewiss noch viele Orchideen u Annuelle finden.

Mit bestem Grusse der

Ihre

Ferd. von Mueller.

103 Logania ovata RBr (small variety)

Easter morning

Avoiding all relaxation during the holidays, dear Mr Tepper, I am trying to snatch some free hours to do justice to my correspondents.

Up to the present I have been able to work little on New Guinea plants, but the exhibition work for London2 is finished!

102. Seems to me to consist of the leafy branches of Hibbertia billardierii and of an adhering flower of Thomasia petalocalyx.

In the spring certainly many orchids and annuals will yet be found.

With best greetings

your

Ferd. von Mueller.

Hibbertia billardierii

Logania ovata

Thomasia petalocalyx

1

The letter is dated to 1886, as the date of collection of Tepper's Logonia, MEL 75458 is given as 1 March 1886 in AVH. In 1886 Easter fell on 25 April, and the letter is dated accordingly.

2

Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886.

Please cite as “FVM-86-04-25,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/86-04-25