To William Woolls   13 September 1886

13/9/86.

 

The Melaleuca, of which you just sent the fruit, dear Dr Woolls, has nothing to do with M. Leucadendron. It is near M. parviflora Lindl, which may extend round to Port Jackson1 naturally, though rare there.

Unfortunately I have mislaid the only flowering specimen; so I must beg of you, to write a few lines to Mr Dean,2 asking him to post me a flowering specimen, also to give an account of the particular locality of growth, height of plant bark &c. I will then give the plant its exact systematic place.

Trusting you & your kind Lady are enjoying your mountain travels, I remain regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller.3

 

Melaleuca Leucadendron

Melaleuca parviflora

 
1
NSW.
2
Henry Deane.
3
Woolls forwarded M's letter to Deane with the annotation: 'Please write to the Baron — Excuse me — I am on the move'. See also M to H. Deane, 14 November 1886.

Please cite as “FVM-86-09-13a,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/86-09-13a