12/11/90
The Acacia N. 173, dear Mr Gill, is probably a form of my A. microcarpa with phyllodes more curved than usual; but to be sure about the specific position, it would need to obtain ripe fruits later in the season.
The Eucalyptus N. 180 is E. amygdalina in a very narrow-leaved form, so far as can be judged without my seeing well-developed flowers. It gives a new locality for S.A. If the anthers should not be kidney shaped, it would be an other species. The leaves are thicker than in the var. linearis of Dehnhart,1 and more resemble those of E. cneorifolia and particularly E. angustissima.
Acacia microcarpa
Eucalyptus amygdalina
Eucalyptus amygdalina var. linearis
Eucalyptus angustissima
Eucalyptus cneorifolia
In B80.13.14, Decade 5, under E. amygdalina, M wrote:
E. linearis (Dehnhardt, Rivista Napolitana i. 3, p. 173 anno 1839) seems merely to indicate a variety, remarkable for the extraordinary narrowness of its leaves, but neither flowers nor fruits occur in the authentic specimen, preserved in the collection of Baron Cesati, who kindly placed samples of Dehnhardt's original plants at my disposal.
However, no formal reduction of Dehnhardt's species to a variety name of E. amygdalina has been found (APNI, accessed 10 February 2021).
MS ends without valediction at the bottom of the page.
Please cite as “FVM-90-11-12,” 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