Hobart,
Nov 16th /90.
Dear Baron,
Herewith result of a whole days search, one flower one bud & pieces of rhizome also portion of root of Olearia argophylla with starchy nodules.
I presume plant belongs to Cytinaceae branch of Rhizogens.1
Yours Faithfully
L Rodway
Cytinaceae
Olearia argophylla
Rhizogen
Rhizogens were a proposed class of flowering plants growing on the roots of other plants (OED); see also Lindley (1847).
MS found with a specimen of Thismia rodwayi (MEL 224473), collected by Rodway at Derwent (Mt Wellington), Tas, November 1890. MS accompanied by M's diagnostic notes and description and a pencil drawing of the flower of the specimen, and an envelope marked: 'Botanic Specimen only Baron F Von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c &c. Government Botanist Melbourne. From L. Rodway.' The post office stamps are indistinct.
The species was described in B90.12.01, pp. 115-6.
Please cite as “FVM-90-11-16,” 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