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From Brabazon Casement to Ferdinand von Mueller   [1887]

Trial Bay River

New South Wales1

To Baron Von Mueller

Dear Sir

Enclosed please find a specimen of the N.O.2 Violaceae with lower petal large & yellow also a[no]ther varety with leaves different

I believe them to be specimens of Ionidium but Dr Wools3 does not mention any with yellow petals

Not having access to any large volume on Australian Botany

I should be obliged if you could let me know the names of these plants

I remain

yours truly

B. N. Casement MB

[per] surgeon

Trial Bay River

Ionidium

Violaceae

1

Macleay River? MS annotation by M: 'near Gladstone'.

2

Natural Order?

3

Woolls?

4

MS found with a specimen of Hybanthus enneaspermus ssp. 'stellarioides' (MEL 27077), 'coll. Dr Casement, McLeay's River, NSW, 1887'.

Please cite as “FVM-87-00-00g,” 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/87-00-00g