24/9/87
The Syncarpia, as you surmised, dear Mr Deane, is S. leptopetala;1 its occurrence so far S. is very remarkable, and shall be recorded under your honored name. The new sending of Tillaea makes it approach nearer T. macrantha; but as I cannot now enter on a critical study of the forms allied to each other, I would advise to keep the subject in abeyance, til I shall have in Oct. brought the "Key I" (now in print) through the press.2
Let me hope, that you will be one of the explorers of Mt Seaview3 about Christmas and New Year. It will not cost more there in time and in exertions than any other holiday tour; indeed I look on it as a picknic on a large scale. Such an excursion, (for which the track could be easily cut, as the Mt is near settlements of the Hastings4 valley) would be fruitful also to geology, as well as entomology and some other branches of zoology; a good set of bearings would be obtained and also the real height (much overrated, it seems) be ascertained5
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller
A letter to the Inspector of police at Mt Hastings would bring full advise.
Syncarpia leptopetala
Tillaea macrantha
Please cite as “FVM-87-09-24,” 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