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From William Macdonald to Ferdinand von Mueller   28 Nov 1892

Kempsey.1 November 28th 92

My Dear Baron

Herewith under separate cover please receive branchlets as per margin2 poor specimens but the best I have of the kind.

No 212

 Flindersia Australis?

213 —

 a kind of rush grass?

214 —

 a Myrtus like Metrosideros?

215 —

 a Mellaleuca3?

216 —

 a Celtus4?

217 —

 like Sarcopetalum?

218 —

Sideroxylon Australe?

Note The stye5 of this Sideroxylon projects before the flower opens so that it cannot be fertilized by the stamens of its own flowers?

Yours faithfully

Wm MacDonald

Baron Sir F Von Mueller K.C.M.G

Melbourne.

Celtus

Flindersia Australis

Mellaleuca

Myrtus

Myrtus Metrosideros

Sarcopetalum

Sideroxylon Australe

1

NSW.

2

The marginal notes are the numbers given with the specimens.

3

Melaleuca?

4

Celtis?

5

style?

6

MS found with a specimen of Rhondomyrtus psidioides (MEL 2193409).

Please cite as “FVM-92-11-28,” 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/92-11-28