From Ferdinand von Mueller to Maurice Holtze   [1889]

971 Indigofera
983 Smithia capitata, Desvaux
982

Smithia

In Frucht. Könnte ich Blumen bekomme? Ist diese Pflanze dort wirklich heimsch?

[In fruit. Could I get flowers? Is this plant really indigenous there?]

981. Crotalaria Cunninghami,1 R Brown.
980

Fruchttragende Exemplare erwünscht.

[Fruit-bearing specimens wanted.]

979 Habenaria
978 Pimelea punicea R Br
977 Crotalaria
976 Elephantopus scaber Linné
975 Triumfetta
974 Hibiscus cannabinus L
973 Psoralea
972 Desmodium
968

Arundo Phragmites L. var. Roxburghii2

Ist dies Rohr immergrün, oder stirbt es jährlich ab?

[Is this reed evergreen, or does it die off annually?]

9743 Ophiurus corymbosus,4 Gaertner
944

(Samen erwünscht)

[Seed wanted]

943, Panicum
942, Limnophila gratioloides, R Br.
941

Monochoria

Neu, wenigstens für Australien. Ist diese immer so schmall5-blättrig? Was ist die Blüthenfarbe Könnte ich mehr Ex. in Blüthe u ganz reife Früchte bekommen?

[New, at least for Australia. Is this always so narrow-leaved? What is the colour of the flowers? Could I get more specimens in flower and fully ripe fruits?]

940 Crotalaria linifolia L.fil
939 Coelospermum reticulatum, Bentham
938 Eriosema Chinense, Vogel
937 Habenaria
936 Hakea
985 Ipomoea diversifolia, R Br
984 Ipomoea dissecta, Willdenow

Arundo Phragmites var. Roxburghii

Coelospermum reticulatum,

Crotalaria Cunninghami

Crotalaria linifolia

Desmodium

Elephantopus scaber

Eriosema Chinense

Habenaria

Habenaria

Hakea

Hibiscus cannabinus

Indigofera

Ipomoea dissecta

Ipomoea diversifolia

Limnophila gratioloides

Monochoria

Ophiurus corymbosus

Panicum

Pimelea punicea

Psoralea

Smithia capitata

Triumfetta

C. cunninghamii?

Variety name not found.

Collection number duplicated; no Holtze specimen with that collecting number is listed for MEL in AVH and no Holtze Ophiurus of any date has been found.

Ophiurus corymbosa?

schmal.

Undated fragment. MEL does not hold specimens with record numbers, 936, 938, 939, 972 and 974. The specimens with the remaining record numbers at MEL carry an 1889 date, with no details of the month (AVH, accessed 2 June 2022). The next highest number in Holtze's sequence, 986, was included in the large set sent near the end of April 1890 (see M. Holtze to M, 24 April 1890), and specimens in that set are dated 1890. The size of that consignment, and M's reaction to it in M to M. Holtze 16 May 1890, makes it unlikely that other collections were sent earlier in 1890, and this item is therefore dated to 1889.

Please cite as “FVM-89-00-00r,” 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/89-00-00r