To Alexander Hamilton   May 1889

84., F.v.M. This plant was only found by Dr Leichhardt before, who obtained it at the sources of the Gwydir.1 Under what circumstances does it occur at Mudgee? To what hight attains the plants? Is it a mountain-plant? Could a good supply of specimens be obtained?2

 

Cassinia Theodori

1
Gwydir River, NSW.
2
For a published version of this letter fragment, see Orchard (2017), p. 359.

Please cite as “FVM-89-05-00b,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/89-05-00b