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From Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller   28 Oct 1887

Brisbane

Oct 28th 1887

Dear Baron

I am just looking over a few plant specimen received from Mr F H Hann of Lawn Hill Burketown way1 and find two or three fragments of Goodenia Chambersii F v M so send you two of the best as probably you have not even as good.

The Compositae I gathered on Taylor's Range near Brisbane is it not Cassinia compacta F. v. M.?

and is the Solanum your S. carduiforme Fragm, 1 163?2

In haste

your very truly

F M Bailey3

Cassinia compacta

Compositae

Goodenia Chambersii

Solanum carduiforme

1

Qld.

2

Error for vol. 2, p. 163 (B61.05.02)?

3

MS annotation: 'Atripl stipitat'. In Bailey’s letter-register, the subject-matter of this letter is given as ‘Re new pl. for Qld’ (Herbarium Department, letters & packets despatched, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane).

Please cite as “FVM-87-10-28,” 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/87-10-28