To Walter Gill   12 October 1888

12/10/88

 

The plants, just received from you, dear Mr Gill, are:

2,

Claytonia calyptrata, F.v.Mueller

6,

Thysanotus Patersoni, R.Brown

3,

Tillaea verticillaris, De Candolle.

5,

Senecio odoratus, Hornemann

4,

Gnaphalium luteo-album, Linne

1

Mitrasacme paradoxa, RBrown.

I would advise, to send more copious specimens at any future time; as occasionally I would need to dissect them, and should require a fair supply then. Besides, I preserve the specimens from any sender here for record of locality in the bot musuem.

Yours

Ferd. von Mueller

 

Look well for water plants (floating or submerged) if even quite minute. Novelties may yet be among them and other minute weeds; they are as valuable when in fruit (even if shrivelled,1 as when in flower.

 

Claytonia calyptrata

Gnaphalium luteo-album

Mitrasacme paradoxa

Senecio odoratus

Thysanotus Patersoni

Tillaea verticillaris

 
There is no closing bracket.

Please cite as “FVM-88-10-12a,” 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 28 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/88-10-12a