The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [ ¶ Galls on Leaves of Galium sp ¶ . — Dr. Masters showed from Baron von Mueller some curious cylindrical larva cases, or galls, on the leaves of an Australian species of Galium, or Asperula. The leav...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society, 1879-02 [79.02.00b]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-02-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society held on 25 March 1878, Gardeners' chronicle , 29 March 1878, p. 410. The letter is dated to February 1878 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been considered at that meeting.

[ Galls on Leaves of sp. — Dr. Masters showed from Baron von Mueller some curious cylindrical larva cases, or galls, on the leaves of an Australian species of , or . The leaves were replaced by cylindrical, blackish, thick-walled tubes covered with stout hooked bristles, the unaffected leaves being all but destitute of such appendage. The specimen was referred to Mr. MacLachlan.]