From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls   [June 1889]

[I have just read the accompanying note from Baron von Mueller. Can you tell me for his information whether the two species of Nymphaea extend to the northern rivers of New South Wales? Mr. Bentham records N. gigantea from the Clarence, and joins N. stellata with it, but you will see that the Baron regards them as distinct, and as easily distinguished.]

Nymphaea gigantea

Nymphaea stellata

Letter not found. For the text given here, see W. S. Campbell (1935), pp. 80-1. Campbell introduced it by: 'In June 1889, Dr Wm. Woolls wrote to me'.

Please cite as “FVM-89-06-00,” 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/89-06-00