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Physical location:

RB MSS M16, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 79.07.17

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Patrick O'Shanesy to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-07-17. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/79-07-17>, accessed September 11, 2025

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MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus leptophleba (MEL 1610557). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 31/7/79 FvM'. Letter not found.
Cometville
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Qld.
July 17 1879
Dear Baron Mueller
I have much pleasure in sending another small collection which may be interesting to you.
Thanks for the name of Persoonia falcata , which I took to be an
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I enclose some ripe fruit of Eucalyptus n. 3016, which you say is E. crebra as far as you can make out without ripe fruit;
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See also P. O'Shanesy to M, 15 April 1879.
it is quite distinct to that species. The bark on the lower part of the trunk is dark and persistent, and very often breaks up into small pieces (similar to that of E tesselaris ), the bark on the upper part of trunk and branches is white and smooth. I enclose flowers of E . citriodora as requested, and a young shoot of shame,
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same?
which is very apt to mislead.
New plants are now very rare but I may soon be going up to the neighborhood of the Drummond range
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Qld.
where something interesting may be found.
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In the event, O'Shanesy found the Drummond Range very disappointing from a botanical point of view; see P. O'Shanesy to M, 20 May 1880 (in this edition as 80-05-20a).
I am Dear Baron
Yours Sincerely
P. A. O'Shanesy