From Ferdinand von Mueller to John Bufton   [Sep 1892]

This gathering of yours is all the more remarkable, as no species of Calotis had before been noticed in your island.1

Calotis

Rodway (1903) does not include the genus; no specimen from Tasmania is included in any of the collections reported by AVH.

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Tasmanian plants', Mercury (Hobart), 1 October 1892, p. 3. It is introduced by 'A plant new to Tasmania has been found by the Rev. J. Bufton, F.S.Sc., Carnarvon. It was first discovered by Baron Von Mueller some 40 years ago in Victoria, and named by him Calotis anthemoides. The Baron writes :—.'

Please cite as “FVM-92-09-00g,” 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/92-09-00g