To Baron von Mueller
Melbourne
My Lord
When writing to you about the blue orchid this week1 I forgot to tell you (and in justice to Mr Ashby2 I should tell you) that he said he showed me the orchid, but I cannot remember it, and what hurt me most was that he took the rare plant away, while he left the commoner ones with me to send to you —
Yesterday afternoon I collected more specimens of the Cotula no 456, and also a few seeds, and this afternoon I went for more specimens of Cotula no 465 growing amongst the rocks, and might be the same species as 456, but it does not grow as tall, or erect, and seems not so robust as no 456 which grows on lower quaggy land, and further from the sea — Both these plants are growing near my home, so I can easily send more specimens, or information.3
With kind regards
Yours Sincerely
Jessie. L. Hussey
Port Elliot4
5/10/95
Cotula
Letter not found.
Edwin Ashby.
These Cotulas were previously discussed in J. Hussey to M, 25 September 1895 (in this edition as 95-09-25a).
SA.
MS found with a specimen of Cotula vulgaris var australasica (MEL 2159523); the record number is given as '[?]456' in the entry for this specimen (AVH, accessed 4 August 2024).
Please cite as “FVM-95-10-05a,” 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