The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ ["Subscriber" (Alexandra).—Dr. ¶ Von ¶ ¶ Mueller ¶ has been good enough to inform us that the plant you enclose is the so-called caper spurge (Euphorbia lathyris), indigenous to south Europe, a...

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69.12.00a

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Euphorbia lathyris
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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Australasian, 1869-12 [69.12.00a]. 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/1860-9/1869/69-12-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

MS not found. The text given here is from 'To correspondents', Australasian, 4 December 1869, p. 720.

["Subscriber" (Alexandra).—Dr. Von Mueller has been good enough to inform us that the plant you enclose is the so-called caper spurge ( ), indigenous to south Europe, and found also in Britain, but there only rarely. It is biennial, and never rises to a greater height than 3ft. or 4ft. It is poisonous. In Australia the plant is merely immigrated.]