The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ It appears from thy letter of 12/2mo ¶ that I have not yet made out the Euphorbia chamesyce ¶ of wh thou wished more spms & to know under what circumstances it is found

Document information

Physical location:

C7, DX19, Cotton/Story papers, Archives, University of Tasmania, Hobart. 68.02.00

Plant names

Aotus
Search for Aotus in
Euphorbia chamesyce
Search for Euphorbia chamesyce in
- This website
- Australian Plant Name Index
Gentiana montana
Search for Gentiana montana in
- This website
- Australian Plant Name Index
Tetratheca
Search for Tetratheca in

Preferred Citation:

George Story to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1868-02. 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/1860-9/1868/68-02-00-final.odt>, accessed May 9, 2026

It appears from thy letter of 12/2mo

MS is a draft. See M to G. Story, 12 February 1868, on the basis of which the present item is dated to later in February 1868.

that I have not yet made out the

Euphorbia chamaesyce?

of wh thou wished more spms & to know under what circumstances it is found — I am at a loss to know the plant — Two plants occur to me as likely to be allied to Euph the one which I set down without examinat[io]n to be a Gentian only found on a marsh on the Apsley

Apsley River, Tas.

& differing in many respects from the Genta Mta

common on our hills

And a stellate flowg

flowering.

herb on stony ground growing under & &c. both were sent I think