The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Neilborough ¶ 14th October 1880 ¶ Dear Sir ¶ ¶ With great respect I thank you for the valuable information contained in your kind note of the 10th inst. ¶ ¶ Herewith, I beg to enclose specimens of a...

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RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 80.10.14

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Eucalyptus
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Preferred Citation:

Richard Nancarrow to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1880-10-14. 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/1880-9/1880/80-10-14-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

MS found with a specimen of baueri (MEL 717038). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 15/10/80'. Letter not found.

Neilborough

Vic.

14th October 1880

Dear Sir

With great respect I thank you for the valuable information contained in your kind note of the 10th inst.

Letter not found.

Herewith, I beg to enclose specimens of a pretty little yellow orchid, and a small shrub — which, I think, must be a .

Both of them are confined to the Whipstick Scrub

Near Neilborough.

and both are rare — that is to say rare in this district —

Prior to the present season I had only met with one or two examples of the shrub during all my extensive rambles through the Whipstick but a few days ago I discovered quite a little colony — twenty or thirty plants at least within a radius of fifty yards — all of them half hidden underneath the bushy clumps of a dwarf . I found four or five plants of the white-flowered variety.

The little orchid is also scarce — or rather, it appears to be confined to limited areas. Hitherto I have only found it on two low hills — the slopes of which are strewed with the debris of outcropping quartz-reefs and coarse gritty sandstones. It grows in open sunny spots among thick beds of Baeckia diffusa and other dwarf shrubs

After a wet winter it comes up in tolerable profusion — but in very dry seasons I have sought for it in vain. Will you kindly tell me its name and also that of the (?)

If more specimens of either or both would be of use to you — I shall feel great pleasure in procuring as many as you may require — And if you should be desirous of having a separate collection of the flora of that singular isolated tract of sterile country known as the Whipstick Scrub — the habitat of the Leipoa ocellata

Lowan, also known as Mallee Fowl.

and other mallee-haunting birds — I shall be happy to make it and proud to be able to render you some little service

I have the honor to be

Dear Sir

Yours very respectfully

R H Nancarrow

Baron Von Mueller CMG &c &c