The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Brisbane ¶ Sep 8. 1876 ¶ Dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I almost blush to send you so well marked a plant as the enclosed, but I cannot make up my mind satisfactory about it; it grows near the banks of a saltwater ...

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RB MSS M51, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 76.09.08

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Eugenia Smithii
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Eugenia myrtifolia
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Preferred Citation:

Charles Prentice to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1876-09-08. 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/1870-9/1876/76-09-08-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

Brisbane

Sep 8. 1876

Dear Baron,

I almost blush to send you so well marked a plant as the enclosed, but I cannot make up my mind satisfactory about it; it grows near the banks of a saltwater (inland) creek; perfectly glabrous, except it is lasianthous, with four extended scarcely didynamous stamens, the regular calyx of , and the irregular flowers of or , and the habit and general appearance of Duboisia —

MS found with a specimen of boninense subsp. australe (MEL 1545784).

Is the Eugenia I formerly enclosed Smithii, or myrtifolia? in either case the leaves are smaller (uniformly) than the description. With a renewed apology

I am

Yours sincerely

Ch. Prentice

The Baron Von Mueller

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Και Τα λοιμα (= and the rest, i.e. etcetera).