From Ferdinand von Mueller to Walter Gill   [Aug 1890]

100,

Solanum ellipticum, R. Brown

99,

Pterostylis rufa, RBrown

98,

Microtis porrifolia, RBrown

97,

Prasophyllum patens, R. Brown

96,

Erechthites quadrifida,1 DeCandolle.

95,

Helichrysum apiculatum, De Candolle

94,

Erechtithes2 lacerata, FvMueller

93,

Pterostylis praecox, Lindley.

92,

Chara

91,

Erysimum lasiocarpum, F.v.M

90,

Daucus brachiatus, Sieber.

89,

Velleya paradoxa, RBrown

88,

Picris echioides, Linné.

87,

Scaevola microcarpa, Cavanilles

86,

Leptorrynchus3 elongatus, De Candolle

85,

Erechthites hispidula, De Candolle

84,

Cotula australis, J. Hooker.

83,

Trifolium glomeratum, L.

82,

Scirpus riparius, Sprengel

81,

Solanum simile, F. v Mueller

With regardful remembrance

Ferd. von Mueller

Chara

Cotula australis

Daucus brachiatus

Erechthites quadrifida

Erechthites hispidula

Erechtithes lacerata

Erysimum lasiocarpum

Helichrysum apiculatum

Leptorrynchus elongatus

Microtis porrifolia

Picris echioides

Prasophyllum patens

Pterostylis praecox

Pterostylis rufa

Scaevola microcarpa

Scirpus riparius

Solanum ellipticum

Solanum simile

Trifolium glomeratum

Velleya paradoxa

Erechtites quadridentata?

Erechtites?

Leptorhynchos?

None of these specimens has a collection date more precise than 1890 in the list in AVH (accessed 19 February 2022); all are from Wirrabara Forest. However, it is possible to infer a probable date. Gill's house at Wirrabara was auctioned on 9 August as he was 'leaving for Adelaide' (Laura standard (SA), 8 August 1890, p. 2). Record numbers 104 and 106 collected in the south-east of SA, several hundred kilometres from Wirrabara, are dated to 24 and 28 August 1890. It is therefore improbable that the plants here were collected later than very early August, which would enable M to respond by the end of the month.

Please cite as “FVM-90-08-00,” 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/90-08-00