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RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 78.05.13a

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Preferred Citation:

William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-05-13 [78.05.13a]. 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/1870-9/1878/78-05-13a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of
Wedelia

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indet. (MEL 2169904), collected by Woolls, 1878. MS annotation by M: 'Answ 1[8]/5/78'. Letter not found.
Richmond
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NSW.
May, 13 /78
My dear Doctor,
I have forwarded by steamer a small parcel of the fruits of Capparis Mitchellii from the Namoi.
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Namoi River, NSW. See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 15 March 1878 (in the edition as 78-03-15a); W. Woolls to M, 13 May 1878 (in this edition as 78-05-13a); and M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 17 May 1878.
Some of them are some what bruised.
I have enclosed in the parcel for your determination a specimen of the
Wedelia

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so common here,
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See W. Woolls to M, 1 April 1878.
& also one of Sinapis . Is the latter S. arvensis ? It grows amongst wheat. The third specimen is, I think, Atriplex semibaccata , which I find grows on the Hawkesbury, as well as the Cudgegong
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Hawkesbury and Cudgegong Rivers, NSW.
near Mudgee. I never saw this plant near Sydney or Parramatta.
I forget whether I mentioned to you that
Cannabis

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(the common hemp) has been introduced & grows wild here.
Fumaria

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(fumitory) now occurs from Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains.
Will you kindly tell me whether the Hibiscus from which the Rosella jam is made, is H. Sabdariffa ?
Yours very sincerely
W. Woolls.
Baron F. von Mueller
&c&c&c
Melbourne