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From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Hector   6 Apr 1895

6/41/95.

A young Worker at the Berlin-University, dear Sir James, writes to me for a specimen of Hectorellea2 caespitosa and of Aciphylla Dobsoni.3 He seems to be engaged on some phyto-geographic work, but he has not stated, for what particular purposes he needs these two plants. Should you have a specimen to spare of each, I shall be glad to forward the two to Berlin.4

Let me hope that you are happy and well!

Ferd von Mueller

Aciphylla Dobsoni

Hectorellea caespitosa

1

4 over 5.

2

Hectorella?

3

Letter not found. The 'young worker' was probably Ludwig Diels (1874-1945), who in Diels (1897) listed the distribution of Hectorella caespitosa and Aciphylla dobsoni (both p. 274).

4

MS annotation by Hector: 'Ansd. Very difficult to get but will keep the matter in view if any officer visits the [several words illegible] JH'.

Please cite as “FVM-95-04-06a,” 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/95-04-06a