The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 16/6/81 ¶ ¶ Your plants are, dear Bonney, ¶ 1, Hibiscus Sturtii, Hooker ¶ 2, Solanum eremophilum, F.v.M. ¶ 3, Lepidium, in bud only....

Document information

Physical location:

ML MSS 259/1, Frederic Bonney papers, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 81.06.16b

Plant names

Hibiscus Sturtii
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Indigofera brevidens
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Lepidium
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Solanum eremophilum
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederic Bonney, 1881-06-16 [81.06.16b]. 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/1880-9/1881/81-06-16b-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

16/6/81

Your plants are, dear Bonney,

1, , Hooker

Annotation: 'Mauve flower whitish leaf near Sturts Waterhole Depot Glen'.

2, , F.v.M.

Annotation: 'Red prickles on leaf solanum found near Mt Murchison Station'.

3, , in bud only.

Annotation: 'Edible herb favorite of natives cooked in oven by them. Saw it at [...] cooking'.

4, , Bentham.

Annotation: 'with pea like flower'.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.