18/2/88
The Eucalypt, of which you sent a branchlet, dear Mr Dunn, is E. obliqua, the very species, on which the genus Eucalyptus was founded exactly 100 years ago.
Regardfully
Your
Ferd von Mueller
Eucalyptus obliqua
Microfilm copy, Australian Joint Copying Project, Miscellaneous (M) Series, Reel M1689, E. J. Dunn papers.
Please cite as “FVM-88-02-18b,” 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