From Ferdinand von Mueller to Jessie Hussey   [Mar 1896]

534. Aster axillaris, F.v.M.

In this the Rayflowers are hardly developed.

532. Eriochilus autumnalis R. Brown

530. Exocarpos spartea, R. Br.

if this is the shrubby desert-species with weeping branches

531. Exocarpos

No fruit

Under what circumstances does this species occur?

With regardfullness your

Ferd. von Mueller

Aster axillaris

Eriochilus autumnalis

Exocarpos spartea

Item is a typescript, transcriber unknown, prepared ca. 1977 from an original MS in the State Library of South Australia, Adelaide.

M's names match, or are synonyms of, the names used at MEL (AVH, accessed 4 August 2024; APC, accessed 5 September 2024). Hussey specimens with these numbers are dated to March 1896, except 531 which is dated to year only. The list is dated to March 1896 as the earliest it could have been sent.

Please cite as “FVM-96-03-00h,” 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/96-03-00h