The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 21/9/82. ¶ ¶ It was a lapsus calami, dear Mr Dyer, when I wrote Eupatorium ¶ instead of Euryngium. ¶ I remember quite well from the Kew Report that you referred the beautiful new fibre to Euryngium...

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RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1882-90, f. 31. 82.09.21a

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Eupatorium
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Thiselton-Dyer, 1882-09-21 [82.09.21a]. 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/1880-9/1882/82-09-21a-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

21/9/82.

It was a lapsus calami, dear Mr Dyer, when I wrote

See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 6 June 1882 and notes thereto.

instead of .

Eryngium?

I remember quite well from the Kew Report that you referred the beautiful new fibre to , several stately species of which genus I used to cultivate in the bot. Garden.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.