The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Forest Board Office, ¶ Adelaide. 16/4/80. ¶ Dear Sir Ferdinand ¶ ¶ The enclosed specimen is from Wirrabara Forest. ¶ The tree grows from 12 to 16 ft. in height in long thin sticks not thicker than o...

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Physical location:

GRG 16/3/1 Conservator of Forests letter press copy book, p. 406, Woods and Forests Department, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide. 80.04.16

Plant names

Eucalyptus odorata
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Preferred Citation:

J. Ednie Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-04-16. 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/1880-9/1880/80-04-16-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Forest Board Office,

Adelaide. 16/4/80.

Dear Sir Ferdinand

The enclosed specimen is from Wirrabara Forest.

SA.

The tree grows from 12 to 16 ft. in height in long thin sticks not thicker than ones arm. The bark at base somewhat persistent but near the top it decorticates in long ribbons: the old bark is black and the new somewhat of a red colour. By the inhabitants the tree is called "Black Mallee" and "Peppermint Mallee"

Is it a variety of E. odorata .

Yours very truly

J. E. Brown

[Sir Ferd. Mueller]