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From Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson   29 Apr 1894

29/4/94.

The introduced weed N. 7, dear Mr Williamson, is probably the American Amarantus1 retroflexus. Your specimen is too fragmentary for exact examination.2 Can you send fuller samples? Do not forget the seaweeds.3

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller.

N 1 = Datura stramonium L

Could more of N. 2 be obtained?

Amarantus retroflexus

Datura stramonium

1

More usually Amaranthus.

2

See M to H. Williamson, 14 May 1894.

3

See M to H. Williamson, 19 April 1894 (in this edition as 94-04-19b).

Please cite as “FVM-94-04-29,” 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/94-04-29