Document information
Physical location:
MEL 31297,National Herbarium of Victoria,Royal Botanic GardensMelbourne. 74.00.00aPreferred Citation:
Annie Richards to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1874 [74.00.00a]. 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/1870-9/1874/74-00-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026
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Note found with a specimen of
Euc
a
lyptus youngiana
(MEL 31297). The note is not dated. It is assigned to 1874 on the basis of an associated note in the hand of J. H. Willis: 'Probably collected in 1874, before Police Trooper Thomas Richards guided Ernest Giles
to Oldea in 1875'. In his published description (B76.01.01, p. 5), M cites 'Richardson' as the collector, but this is probably an error as M's label for the specimen with which the present note is associated names the collector as Richards, and no other specimen collected by someone named Richardson before the description was published has been found. M's published location reference for the 'Richardson' specimen, 'sinus marinum Fowler's Bay versus' [bay of the sea towards Fowler's Bay], also seems to be at odds with the specimen label, which gives the location 'North of Fowlers Bay'.
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Ooldea Soak, SA.
I beg'd these for you, but they are such poor things I fear they will be of no use.
Should we be here next winter will try to get some good specimens.
A. F. R.