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The Loranthus, sent by you, dear Mr Rupp, was first described from West Australian specimens by Prof Miquel of Leyden as Loranthus Melaleucae, fully 50 years ago. Subsequently it was found out, that it could not be specifically separated from L. pendulus, though that species, when growing on Eucalypts has longer leaves and flowers. Several "Misletoes" alter much according to the host, on which they live.1 The other plant, send by you, is Geijera parvifolia in its larger form, called by Prof Lindley G. pendula.
Am much beholden to your thoughtful attentiveness of sending me a list of the plants, seen by you on the lower Lachlan-country.2 I was only once there 1878, and my stay for want of time and having then only recovered from a severe illness could only be brief. If you are still there and could obtain some specimens of Cardamine eustylis, they would be valuable for foreign interchanges. I obtain some new localities from your list which shall be recorded under your honored name in my works.
With regardful remembrance your
Ferd. von Mueller
I could utilize seeds of Zygophyllum glaucescens, Muehlenbeckia Cunninghami,3 any Atriplex and Kochia, Acacia aneura, Euc microtheca Haloragis odontocarpa.
Cardamine eustylis
Eucalyptus microtheca
Geijera parvifolia
Haloragis odontocarpa
Kochia
Loranthus Melaleucae
Loranthus pendulus
Muehlenbeckia Cunninghami
Zygophyllum glaucescens
Please cite as “FVM-95-01-09,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/95-01-09