To Maurice Holtze1    January 1887

649. Santalum Frucht u Notiz über Farbe der Blüthe erwünscht

[Fruit and note on the colour of the flower wanted].

650. Salsola Kali L

651 Habenaria2

Welche Blüthenfarbe.

[What is the flower colour?]

652. Wedelia (Speciesname später)

[(species name later)].

653. Smilax australis, R Br

654. Ixora, Frucht erforderlich. [Fruit requisite.]

655. Morinda citrifolia, Linné & 612

656. Geodorum pictum, Lindley.

609 Grewia (Frucht erforderlich) [(fruit required)]

610 Leucocarpon obscurum, Richard.

611. Adenanthera pavonina, L

613 Acacia Frucht erwünscht mit reifen Samen3

[Fruit wanted with ripe seed.]

Auch von mehreren anderen Acacien ist die Hülse mit Samen noch unbekannt, u doch geben diese die besten Merkmale für specifische Unterschiede.

[Also of several other Acacias the pods with seeds are still unknown, and yet these provide the best characters for specific differentiation.]

639 mir neu; möchte gern die Blüthen sehen.

[New to me; I would like to see the flowers.]

640 Goodenia purpurascens R Br.

641. Clerodendron inerme R Br

642 Helicia Australasica F.v M.

Ich fand diese Pflanze 1855 am Victoria Fluss. Die Frucht (reif) ist noch immer unbekannt.

[I found this plant at the Victoria River in 1855.4 The fruit (ripe) is still unknown.]

643 Cynodon

644  neu. Frucht mir reifen Samen nöthig für system. Bearbeitung dieser Pflanze.

[New. Fruit with ripe seed necessary for a systematic treatment of this plant.]5

645 Frucht erforderlich. [Fruit required.]

646. Dodonaea lanceolata FvM

647 Mimusops parvifolia, R Br

648 Asclepiadeae

 
 

Acacia

Adenanthera pavonina

Asclepiadeae

Clerodendron inerme

Cynodon

Dodonaea lanceolata

Geodorum pictum

Goodenia purpurascens

Grewia

Habenaria

Helicia Australasica

Ixora

Leucocarpon obscurum

Mimusops parvifolia

Morinda citrifolia

Salsola Kali

Santalum

Smilax australis

Wedelia

1
Undated fragment. The reference to no. 613 in M to M. Holtze, 7 January 1887, shows that this list must be dated earlier than that. It is dated here to very early January as the latest that it could have been sent.
2
See M to M. Holtze, 31 August 1890.
3
See M to M. Holtze, 7 January 1887.
4
As botanist to the North Australian Exploring Expedition, 1855-6.
5
See M to M. Holtze, 12 March 1887.

Please cite as “FVM-87-01-00a,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/87-01-00a