The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 13/9/86. ¶ ¶ The Melaleuca, of which you just sent the fruit, dear Dr Woolls, has nothing to do with M. Leucadendron. It is near M. parviflora Lindl, which ¶ may ¶ extend round to Port Jackson ¶ n...

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Physical location:

No. 571, folder 30, series 4, MS 610 Deane family papers, National Library of Australia, Canberra. 86.09.13a

Plant names

Melaleuca Leucadendron
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Melaleuca parviflora
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1886-09-13 [86.09.13a]. 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/1880-9/1886/86-09-13a-final.odt>, accessed June 9, 2026

13/9/86.

The Melaleuca, of which you just sent the fruit, dear Dr Woolls, has nothing to do with M. Leucadendron. It is near M. parviflora Lindl, which may extend round to Port Jackson

NSW.

naturally, though rare there.

Unfortunately I have mislaid the only flowering specimen; so I must beg of you, to write a few lines to Mr Dean,

Henry Deane.

asking him to post me a flowering specimen, also to give an account of the particular locality of growth, height of plant bark &c. I will then give the plant its exact systematic place.

Trusting you & your kind Lady are enjoying your mountain travels, I remain regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller.

Woolls forwarded M's letter to Deane with the annotation: 'Please write to the Baron — Excuse me — I am on the move'. See also M to H. Deane, 14 November 1886.