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85.10.00b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Cornish, 1885-10 [85.10.00b]. 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/1880-9/1885/85-10-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 17, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'A new saltbush from Central Australia', South Australian register, 8 October 1885, p. 5.
[Mr. W. H. Cornish, Trigonometrical Surveyor, has received from Baron Von Mueller, K.C.M.G., his opinion on the new saltbush from Central Australia.]
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The article continues by reproducing the text of B85.09.01, presumably supplied to the newspaper by Cornish. This includes a formal description of the new species of saltbush, which M named Bassia Cornishiana in Cornish's honour. See also the specimen at MEL 101443.