WCP3800

Letter (WCP3800.3717)

[1]

Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne.

May 11th 1909

L[ieutenan]t. Col[onel]. D[David]. Prain1, I.M.S [Indian Medical Service], F.R.S. [Fellow of the Royal Society] &c [etc].

Dear Sir,

I have just received a small collection of 18 species of seeds from the Huon District S.[outh] W.[est] of Tasmania, but without any names, botanical or local.

I send herewith a good sample of each, with capsules and leaf-fragments whenever available, and shall be much obliged if you will have them named for me as nearly as you can, returning me a list with the [2] numbers I have put to each packet corresponding to those I have reserved. There is one separate which I suppose to be a Banksia2 (2 cones sent), making the 18th.

I am hopes[sic] [hoping] that among them some few may be of use to you for cultivation.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3] 1. Leptospermum Scoparium3, Forst4.

2. Diplarrhena [Diplarrena] Moraea5, R. Br6.

3. Aotus7 or Oxylobium8.

4. Helichrysum9.

5. Aotus10.

6. Prostanthera Lasianthos11, Lab12.

7. Astelia? 13

8. Lomatia Tinctoria14, R. Br15.

9. Dianella16.

10. Pittosporum bicolor17, Hook18.

11. Coprosma19.

12. Daviesia umbelllulata20, Sm21.

13. Not identified.

14. Leguminosa22.

15. Patersonia23.

16. Leguminosa24.

17. Cassytha25.

18. Banksia australis26, R. Br27.

1
Sir David Prain (1857 — 1944), a Scottish Botanist.
2
Banksia is a genus of an Australian wildflower of the family Proteaceae.
3
Also known as the Manuka, Manuka Myrtle, Tea Tree, New Zealand Tea Tree or the Broom Tea Tree. This plant is a native to New Zealand and Southeast Australia.
4
Forst is used here to indicate the author of this botanical name to be Johann Georg Adam Forster (1754 — 1794), a German naturalist, botanist, ethnologist, travel writer and journalist.
5
Commonly called a White Iris, this plant is a member of the Iridaceae family
6
Author abbreviation for Robert Brown (1773 — 1858), a Scottish Botanist, Paleobotanist and Taxonomist.
7
Often called Golden peas, this is an Australian flowering plant and part of the legume family Fabaceae.
8
This is a flowering plant from the Fabaceae family and is often known as the Shaggy Pea.
9
This Genus of plant is part of the Sunflower family Asteraceae.
10
See endnote 7.
11
A large shrub or small tree also known as Victorian Christmas Bush, Coranderrk or Geringdah.
12
Author abbreviation for Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (1755—1834), a French naturalist noted for his descriptions of Australian flora.
13
A genus of rhizomatous tufted perennials in the family Asteliaceae.
14
An Australian evergreen flowering plant in the protea family Proteaceae.
15
See endnote 6.
16
A monocot genus of flowering plant commonly called flax lilies and part of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae and sub-family Hemerocallidaceae.
17
This is a shrub or small tree from the family Pittosporum known as the Banyalla.
18
Author abbreviation for Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) an English systematic botanist, organiser and botanical illustrator.
19
A genus of 108 species in total, and part of the Rubiaceae family.
20
A flowering plant in the family Fabaceae named in honour of the Welsh Botanist Hugh Davies.
21
Author abbreviation for Sir James Edward Smith (1759-1828), English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.
22
Part of the family Fabaceae but commonly called the legume, pea or bean.
23
A genus of the Iridaceae family this plant is named in tribute to the first Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales, William Paterson. This plant is commonly called Purple flag.
24
See endnote 22.
25
This is an obligately parasitic vine in the family Lauraceae.
26
Also known as the Silver Banksia this is a species of woody shrub in the family Proteaceae.
27
See endnote 2.

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Transcribed by Adams, Christina [2012-10-10] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP3800,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3800