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Physical location:

RB MSS M4b, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 91.04.12a

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Preferred Citation:

Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1891-04-12 [91.04.12a]. 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/91-04-12a>, accessed September 11, 2025

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MS found with a specimen of
Thismia

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rodwayi (MEL 224473).
April 12/91
The Camp,
Sunningdale.
My dear Baron
I have little doubt but that your Rubiaceous plant has dimorphic flowers, & that you will find the explanation of it in Mr Clarke's paper in the Journal of the Linnean Society XVII. 159 &311.
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C. B. Clarke (1880), C. B. Clarke (1880a). M to J. Hooker, 22 February 1891, enclosed a specimen about which M was doubtful, but that specimen has not been found.
I have this morning received your account of the Tasmanian
Thismia

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B90.12.01.
- it is really like a dream: surely any preconceived idea of that genus turning up there would have been scouted by every reasoning botanist who heard it. Had it been found fossilized only it would have revolutionized the former climate of the southern hemisphere!
Vy sincerely yr
Jos D Hooker.