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From Fred Turner to Ferdinand von Mueller   10 Dec 1890

Department of Agriculture.1

Botanist's Branch.

Sydney, Decmbr 10th 1890

Baron F. Von. Mueller. Ph. D. & MD.

Government Botanist,

Victoria,

Is this a form of Chenopodium auricomum or is it a new species? It differs from my specimen of C. auricomum and is a much lower growing plant. It was collected at Bourke2 by our collector Mr Helms.

yours very truly,

Fred Turner.

Chenopodium auricomum

1

MS bears the NSW coat of arms.

2

NSW.

3

MS annotation by M: 'Answ 13/12/90'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-90-12-10d,” 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/90-12-10d