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From Robert Fitzgerald to Ferdinand von Mueller   23 Sep 1889

AUSTRALIAN CLUB1

23 Sep 89

Dear Baron

I have sent you, in a box, specimens of Tecoma for comparison one is from Howes Island2 In it the leaves are always serrate and as it were varnished, and the flowers are borne upright not pendent. The other is our common form of Australis

Yours truly

Robt D Fitzgerald

Tecoma Australis

1

Sydney.

2

i.e. Lord Howe Island.

3

MS found with a specimen of Pandorea pandorana (MEL 2255520). MS annotation by M: 'Answ. 25/9/89 F.v.M.' Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-89-09-23,” 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/89-09-23