The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ Like a cotton bush growing in gully of ranges – specimens sent some time back you asked for flower & fruit of it ¶

Document information

Physical location:

MEL 86988, National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 79.00.00

Preferred Citation:

Frederic Bonney to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879. 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/1870-9/1879/79-00-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Note attached to a sheet holding a specimen of Justicia bonneyana, named by M for the collector Frederic Bonney (B82.04.03, p. 74). The sheet includes M's specimen label: in M's hand, 'Justicia Bonneyana F.v.M.' and in another hand, 'Lower Darling River | F. Bonney | 1879'.

Like a cotton bush growing in gully of ranges – specimens sent some time back you asked for flower & fruit of it

Letter not found.

– Thought rare

MS annotation by M: 'Justicia Bonneyana | FvM | Near Mt Murchison | 1879'.