246. Kennedya prostrata, R. Br.
with white petals.
245. Pimelea spatulata Labill.
You will likely find there also the allied P. linifolia and P. collina.
218. Hormosira banksii, Decaisne1
Best thanks for your kind and thoughtful letter. With regardful remembrance your
Ferd. von Mueller.
250. This little fung is a Geaster, of which genus several species occur also in Australia.2 I will give the full name after careful examination. Is it rare?
Geaster
Kennedya prostrata
Pimelea collina
Pimelea linifolia
Pimelea spatulata
Number used twice in Hussey collection at MEL: Hormosira banksia, undated, and Olearia axillaris dated 1894. The number is also used for Hormosira banksia in M to J. Hussey, 1894 (in this edition as 94-00-00b).
Number not used in Hussey collection at MEL.
Item is a typescript, transcriber unknown, prepared ca. 1977 from an original MS in the State Library of South Australia, Adelaide.
Names used by M match, or are a synonym of, the names used in MEL (AVH, accessed 4 August 2024; APC, accessed 17 September 2024). The dated specimens are recorded as July 1894, thus this is the earliest that the letter could have been written.
Please cite as “FVM-94-07-00f,” 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