The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 22/10/86 ¶ ¶ I have ascertained, dear Mr Bailey, that the Melaleuca lysicephala is an ¶ Agonis ¶ , distinct from A. Scortechiniana. It can retain its specific name, as the flowerheads are more disti...

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Physical location:

ML MSS B202, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 86.10.22d

Plant names

Agonis Scortechiniana
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Melaleuca lysicephala
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Frederick Bailey, 1886-10-22 [86.10.22d]. 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/1880-9/1886/86-10-22d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

22/10/86

I have ascertained, dear Mr Bailey, that the is an Agonis , distinct from A. Scortechiniana. It can retain its specific name, as the flowerheads are more distinctly free, than in most other species of Agonis. Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

See F. Bailey to M, 27 October 1886.

When you see Mr Bryan Hooker, give him my compliments Did he get his appointment through Dr Mein's brother?

Brian Hooker was appointed Mineralogical Lecturer for the Qld Dept of Mines at Gympie, Maryborough and Bundaberg in early October 1886 (see Maryborough chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett advertiser, 8 October 1886, p. 2).