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From Leonard Rodway to Ferdinand von Mueller   9 Feb 1891

Hobart

Feb. 9th/91.

Dear Baron

Herewith all the flowering sprigs of Rubus gunnianus I could obtain on Mt. Wellington yesterday The corolla is in every instance white. Many of the flowers bore no stamens & then the carpels were tolerably numerous usually about 10.

In those flowers that bore stamens the carpels present were usually from 2 to 4 & in nearly every instance abortive.

Yours Faithfully

L Rodway

P.S. Nearly all the specimens I send are stameniferous, but three or four are female only.

LR.

PPS. I also enclose proof of your treatise on Thismia1 & am urging on the copy.

Rubus gunnianus

Thismia

1

B91.06.03, in which M described Thismia rodwayi; see notes to M to J. Agnew, November 1890 (in this edition as 90-11-00c).

2

MS found with a specimen of Rubus gunnianus (MEL 237200). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 13/2/91'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-91-02-09,” 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/91-02-09