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From Leonard Rodway to Ferdinand von Mueller   1 Aug 1892

Hobart,

Aug 1st /92.

Dear Baron,

I enclose a small sprig of a Rhamnacous sent me from the main land near Schouten Island.1 Unfortunately there were no flowers nor fruit & I send it in the hope that is foliage may be sufficiently characteristic to enable you to name it. I have failed to identify it amongst our native dogwoods.

With regard to the orchid I have referred to as intermediate between P.2 concinna & P. praecox. I founded my opinion not only on the difference of the leaves & elongated & contracted labellum but also on the upper lobe of the column wing. In P. concinna this is comparatively long & in P. praecox short & in the varieties of P. concinna with an elongated & contracted labellum the upper lobe of the column is exactly that of P. praecox

Yours faithfully

L Rodway.

P. S. I have had in the past many varieties of P. nana but unfortunately did not make records of them at the time but hope to do so when it comes into flower again.

LR

Pterostylis concinna

Pterostylis nana

Pterostylis praecox

1

Off east coast, Tas.

2

Pterostylis here and below.

3

MS found with a specimen of Lasiopetalum macropyllum (MEL 236341). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 5/8/92'. Letter not found.

Please cite as “FVM-92-08-01,” 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/92-08-01