Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 76.04.24

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Alexander Paterson to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-04-24. 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/1870-9/1876/76-04-24-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Dittrichia graveolens (MEL 2073205). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 2/5/76 FvM'. Letter not found.
Botanic Road Adelaide
April 24th 1876
My dear Baron
Ingleby
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Rupert Ingleby.
and I tried to determine this plant yesterday by the account of the
Compositae

Search for Compositae in

in the Flora Australiensis,
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Bentham (1863-78), vol. 3.
without success. It is called Stinkweed here, and is said to be a great nuisance Will you with your usual courtesy favor us with its name.
Very truly Yours
Alex. S. Paterson
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See also A. Paterson to M, 9 May 1876 (in this edition as 76-05-09a).