The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 15/3/79. ¶ ¶ Allow me to ask you, dear Mr Buchanan, ¶ whether you can spare me a perfect specimen of Rumex flexuosus. I have the plant only in an imperfect state from Prof Kirk ¶ with no ripe fruit...

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Physical location:

A644, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 79.03.15

Plant names

Calostrophus
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Hypolaena
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Rumex dumosus
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Rumex flexuosus
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to John Buchanan, 1879-03-15. 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/1870-9/1879/79-03-15-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

15/3/79.

Allow me to ask you, dear Mr Buchanan,

John Buchanan (1819-1898).

whether you can spare me a perfect specimen of . I have the plant only in an imperfect state from Prof Kirk

Thomas Kirk.

with no ripe fruit, & like to see, whether R. dumosus of Australia is specifically distinct from it.

From the enclosed you will see, that can not be superseded by .

Enclosure not found but almost certainly B79.13.14, which was presented in November 1877 to the Royal Society of Tasmania; see p. 117 (where is misspelled as Calorophus).

Regardfully your

Ferd von Mueller