The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ You will be glad to hear that Mr Wilkinson, ¶ of the Geological Survey, has recently found, at Cape Otway, ¶ ¶ Cyathea medullaris ¶ and ¶ Aspidium hispidum. ¶ The latter Fern had previously n...

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65.02.10

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Aspidium hispidum
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Cyathea medullaris
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Berthold Seemann, 1865-02-10. 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//letters/1860-9/1865/65-02-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Correspondence. Discovery of and in Australia', Journal of botany, vol. 3, p. 193 (B65.06.01).

You will be glad to hear that Mr Wilkinson,

Charles Smith Wilkinson.

of the Geological Survey, has recently found, at Cape Otway,

Vic.

and . The latter Fern had previously not been met with out of New Zealand, and Cyathea is a genus entirely new to the Australian flora.

Yours, etc.,

F. Mueller.

Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Feb. 10, 1865.