To Maurice Holtze1    16 May 1890

1031, Spermacoce

1032, Spermacoce

1033, Cheilanthes

1034, Polygala2

1035, Xerotes3

1036, Typhonium

1037, Pavetta

1038, Triglochin dubium, Rbr

Knollen essbar

[Tubers edible.]4

1039, Ipomoea

Frucht erwünscht.

[Fruit wanted.]

1040, Alysicarpus

1042, Tricoryne elatior R Br

Dünne Form, soweit ich ermitteln kann, ohne Frucht von dort zu haben. Neu für N.W. Australien Sind die Blumen gelb?

[Slender form, as far as I can determine without having fruit from there. New for N. W. Australia. Are the flowers yellow?]

1044, Phyllanthus

Frucht erwünscht

[Fruit wanted.]

1045, Gomphrena

1046, Ptilotus

1047 Aneilema?5

Neu für Australien, aber vielleicht indisch. Werde die Pflanze bald genau untersuchen.

[New for Australia, but perhaps Indian. I shall critically examine the plant soon.]

1100, Caelospermum

1099, Knoxia

1098, Hibiscus6

Neu, wenigstens für Australien.

[New, at least for Australia.]

1094, Vigna vexillata, Bentham

1093, Stackhousia viminea, Smith

auch 1092

[also 1092]

1091, Phyllanthus

1090, Polygala leptalea D.C.

1089, Mitrasacme

1088, Mitrasacm

1087, Mitrasacme connata, R Br

1086, Oldenlandia galioides, FvM

 

Alysicarpus

Aneilema

Caelospermum

Cheilanthes

Gomphrena

Hibiscus

Ipomoea

Knoxia

Mitrasacme connata

Oldenlandia galioides

Pavetta

Phyllanthus

Polygala leptalea

Ptilotus

Spermacoce

Stackhousia viminea

Tricoryne elatior

Triglochin dubium

Typhonium

Vigna vexillata

Xerotes

 
1
Undated fragment, but very likely sent with M to M. Holtze, 16 May 1890, in which M says he has drawn up a list of this kind while going through a collection of plants recently received from Holtze. The specimen numbers that M gives correspond to numbers in that collection, see M. Holtze to M, 24 April 1890, Translations are included within the text.
2
The species is identified in a later fragment (90-06-00a).
3
See also M to M. Holtze, 13 June 1890.
4
Translations of M's comments are placed beneath the relevant passages, enclosed in [ ].
5
The species is identified in a later fragment (90-06-00b).
6
See also M to M. Holtze, 28 July 1890.

Please cite as “FVM-90-05-16d,” 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 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/90-05-16d