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86.12.00h

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Ferdinand von Mueller to J. Milne Curran, 1886-12 [86.12.00h]. 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/1880-9/1886/86-12-00h-final.odt>, accessed June 18, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Notes and Exhibits', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales , vol. 11 ( 1887 ) , p. 1208. The note was read by J. J. Fletcher at the meeting of 29 December 1886.
[Mr. Fletcher exhibited … for the Rev. J. Milne Curran, of Cobar,
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NSW.
a specimen of the rare plant Grevillea anethifolia, R. Br., in fruit, and read the following note from Mr. Curran. "Baron von Mueller tells me that this plant has not been collected since Cunningham found it near Peel's Range, and that until now the fruit has been unknown to botanists.
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The fruit was described in B88.07.03, p. 173.
I have met with it in only one locality in this district, a few miles west from Nymagee Copper Mine, growing on sandy soil — geological formation Devonian."]
Grevillea anethifolia