Ferdinand von Mueller

11/5/90.

In the quietness of the Sunday, dear Professor, I again turned to plants of yours, and have described the Calotis as new under our united authority.

1

M's description of Calotis latiuscula was published in B90.14.03, p. 107.

The Eriocaulon is probably E. nigricans, but as the Herbarium is distant from my working place, I have not yet compared the authentic specimens there; it is not closely allied to E. spectabile. I will send for the needful specimens, and let you know the result of the comparison.

2

M and Tate named but did not describe Eriocaulon graphitimum as a new species in B90.14.03, p. 106; in Tate (1895) the name, still without description, is E. graphitinum with the authority given as 'F. v. M. and Tate, m.s.'; and In Tate (1896), p. 180, it is again listed without description with the authority 'F. v. M. and Tate'. No MS on this species has been found, or a publication with a description by M and Tate; see Ewart & Davies (1917), p. 67, where it was described acknowledging M and Tate as authority for the name.

I will try also, to make out the Tribulus; it is most vexacious and time-loosing, to have to work on specimens without fruit, when any one in Tietkens's party could have had fruit of such a plant at any time. This seems to close the examination of the plants of his expedition, unless among the few, first sent, some are still left detached. I am reminded just now of what I wished to have mentioned before, — my regret, not having conducted you and others through the herbarium, while you were here as Memb. of the Austral Association.

3

The second Congress of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science was held in Melbourne in January 1890.

It was a mere oversight. I only finished the Adress in January,

4

i.e. M's presidential address to the Congress; see B90.13.01.

as I was so long kept in elaborating Sir W. Macgregor's Highland-plants.

5

B89.13.11.

I had however given instructions, that any one from the Austral Assoc should have special attention You can however understand, what my feelings may have been, when the Members went to the bot Garden to see, what mainly were my treasures! There of course no one of the employees would have a single word of praise for me .