The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Muellerville ¶ 8th February 75. ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ The plant broken to fragments in my envoiee of the 16th December last, and supposed to be discovered here, during my absence, is a Brazilian plan...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 75.02.08

Plant names

Cassia Brewsteri
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Ryssopterys timorensis
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Stigmaphyllon ciliata
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Preferred Citation:

Anthelme Thozet to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1875-02-08. 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/1870-9/1875/75-02-08-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Muellerville

Thozet's property at Rockhampton, Qld.

8th February 75.

My dear Baron,

The plant broken to fragments in my envoiee of the 16th December last, and supposed to be discovered here, during my absence, is a Brazilian plant: .

S. ciliatum?

I willingly reechoed the report of being indigenous, after comparing it with our .

Notwithstanding my careful watching, the fruits of my Peak Down Cassia have been, again, this year eaten by grasshoppers, I send you the remains of one; it will afford you to notice that the Peak D. Cassia, instead to be 1 f.

foot.

long and almost cylindrical like in your , is flatened and not above 5 in. long. Should this beautiful Cassia turns new, could you kindly name it in honour of Sir Charles Nicholson?

Toujours

your most affectionate

friend

A. Thozet