This can only be named in a group of allied species from ripe fruits.
553. Lepidosperma3
This has ripe fruit, but the roots are wanting. I will try to make it out by comparison.
552. No root, no fruits.4
Possibly this rush may occur in two states of flowers.
550. Patersonia longiscapa, Sweet5
The dwarfer P. graminea occurs probably also near you.
548. Thomasia petalocalyx, F.v.M.
(Seeds very acceptable) rare
558. Brachycome diversifolia, Fischer & Meyer
557. Claytonia calyptrata J. Hooker
Some closely allied species occur; they are all easily distinguished by their ripe seeds, which therefore are also desirable for this par-
559. It is impossible to make out these kinds of cruciferous plants in the absence of ripe fruit
561. Is this a water plant.6
Can you find fruits? Please float out freshly a specimen as it does not resoak well.
560. Thelymitra
Will examine it carefully. What is the color of the fresh flowers?
Always regardfully your
Ferd. fon Mueller.
Brachycome diversifolia
Claytonia calyptrata
Lepidosperma
Patersonia graminea
Patersonia longiscapa
Thelymitra
Thomasia petalocalyx
This number is not used for Hussey specimens at MEL.
This number is not used for Hussey specimens at MEL.
This number is not used for Hussey specimens at MEL.
This number is not used for Hussey specimens at MEL.
This number is not used for Hussey specimens at MEL.
This number is not used for Hussey specimens at MEL.
Item is a typescript, transcriber unknown, prepared ca. 1977 from an original MS in the State Library of South Australia, Adelaide.
Of the Hussey specimens with these numbers at MEL, M's names match the names used at MEL or are a synonym (AVH, accessed 4 August 2024; APC, accessed 6 September 2024). Record number 548 is dated June 1896 and no. 560 as September 1896; numbers 557 and 558 are undated. The item is dated to September 1896 as the latest that it could have been sent.
Please cite as “FVM-96-09-00h,” 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