To Baron Sir. F. Von Mueller
Melbourne
My Lord
The Pimelea no 321 is growing in the Goolwa1 scrub-land about four or five miles from here — in the same place where I gathered "Pultenaea densifolia" — By same post I send a whole plant which is the average size, though I saw a few from fifteen to eighteen inches high, but these were straggly. This Pimelea is growing very freely for about two miles along the Railway line between here & Goolwa, you will find some seeds of it in the parcel, and perhaps a few ripe ones amongst them.2
I thank you for lists of names of plants duly received, also seeds of Euchlaena mexicana
Yesterday I was conversing with a farmer, whose farm is in Hindmarsh Valley about 9 miles from here — he told me he grew "Euchlaena luxurians" last year from seeds obtained from the Central Ag Bureau, his plants attained a height of 10 feet in about ten months, but did not flower — I said the valley would perhaps not be as favourable for its full development as open land — He has accepted a few of your seeds, and will try again, we3 will also grow it here to compare the localities.
I do not know when is the best time to sow the seeds —
I am yours respectfully
Jessie L. Hussey
Port Elliot4
2/12/94
Euchlaena luxurians
Euchlaena mexicana
Pimelea
Pultenaea densifolia
SA.
Pimelea husseyana was exhibited by M at a meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria (Victorian naturalist, vol. 11 (1894), p. 122), but although Tate (1895), p. 81, cited the name as 'F.v.M., m.s.', M never published it. On the un-numbered specimen dated to '1894' M's label has 'Pimelea | Flowers quite white' (MEL 55867). Pimelea husseyana is, however, the name in M's hand on his label on both MEL 55972 and MEL 55871 which also has his draft description under that name. It is probable that the name Tate was citing was included in a list of new SA plants supplied by M. Ewart (1921), pp. 230-1, published a formal description retaining M's name based on Hussey's specimens.
The version given by Kraehenbuehl (1981a), p. 395, has 'he'. The Kraehenbuehl version also differs in punctuation, including having an ellipsis instead of '—' between 'did not flower' and 'I said the valley'.
SA.
MS found with a collection of Pimelea husseyana (MEL 55868), now filed as P. phylicoides (AVH, accessed 4 August 2024).
MS annotation by M: 'Answ 4/12/94 F.v.M.'; letter not found. (Notes with the record for MEL 55868 say that the letter was removed from that specimen; however, a photocopy is now with each of MEL 55872 and 55871.) There are ten specimens collected by Hussey at MEL, four with the record number 321; the nine with dates were collected between 1894 and 1895. Record number 321 is also used for a specimen identified at MEL as P. glauca.
Please cite as “FVM-94-12-02,” 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