To Henry Deane   2 February 1887

2/2/87.

 

That is a singularly remarkable Prasophyllum, the one just sent by you, dear Mr Deane; the resupinated lower calyx-lobes are proportionately even longer than those of P. rufum and P. Archeri; I am glad, that Mr Fitzgerald will do justice to your plant in his splendid work; as the colors are not gay, P Deanei1 must have been much overlooked, though doubtless many rare or local species of plants are doomed to annihilation through the progress of tillage.

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller

 

I still think, that additional water-plants may yet be found in the Paramatta R.2

 

Prasophyllum Archeri

Prasophyllum Deanei

Prasophyllum rufum

 
1
Deane reported this letter at a meeting of the Linnean Society of NSW held on 23 February 1887 when he exhibited a specimen of the orchid and discussed its affinities ( Proceedings of the Linnean Society of News South Wales, New series, vol. 2, p. 142). Fitzgerald published Prasophyllum deanianum in Fitzgerald (1875-94), vol. 2, part 3 (March 1888).
2
Parramatta River, NSW.

Please cite as “FVM-87-02-02,” 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/87-02-02