The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: university of Sydney. ¶ Second Year, Medicine and Science. ¶ Monday, December 12, 1887. 2 to 5 p.m. ¶ Botany. ¶ Professor Stephens. Baron Von MUELLER, ¶ 'E' deleted and umlaut marks added above 'U' in...

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RBG Kew, Library, 7/17-23, Opuscula miscellaneous 1878-89, item 15. 87.12.00c

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Examination paper, University of Sydney, 1887-12 [87.12.00c]. 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/1880-9/1887/87-12-00c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

The item is a single printed sheet. Date stamped 'Royal Gardens Kew 6 Feb 1888'. Annotated in pencil by M at top of sheet: 'Physiologic & anatomic phytology belong to an other section of the examinations'. See H. Barff to M, 8 November 1887. The questions are published in B88.14.04.

university of Sydney.

Second Year, Medicine and Science.

Monday, December 12, 1887. 2 to 5 p.m.

Botany.

Professor Stephens. Baron Von MUELLER,

'E' deleted and umlaut marks added above 'U' in a different ink from that used by M in the marginal annotation.

k.c.m.g.

Asterisk, after K.C.M.G., and marginal annotation in ink by M: 'Honorary Examiner'.

1. Give an accurate description, with illustrative drawings or diagrams, of the flower and fruit of wheat, ; also explain, from the botanic point of view, the process of raising wheaten dough by the addition of yeast.

2. Set down (on blank diagrams, supplied herewith) the positions of the various parts which constitute the flower of — , , , , , , , , , ; and add such explanatory notes as you may deem required.

3. Enumerate the principal East-Australian genera of the , with their popular names, and give an exact account with some delineation of one species from any of the genera of this order.

4. Draw out such a diagnosis of each of the following orders as will distinguish it from all others: , , , , , .

5. Define in like manner each of the following genera — , , , , .

6. Give a plain account, with drawings, of the genus , with particular reference to its foliage, flowers, and fruit; further, state on what ground Captain Dampier's congeneric plant was called , and adduce reasons for its true systematic affinity.

7. Explain the real structure of what is commonly called the seed of (Buckwheat), Fig, Parsley, Sunflower, and native Fan Palm [Livistona (Corypha) Australis].

8. Describe the development of a Peach, from the opening of the flower to the germination of its seed.

9. Give a short botanic account of the vegetable esculents known as — Water-cress, Girasol (or Jerusalem) Artichokes, Globe Artichokes, Sweet Potato, and Taro; further, of the drugs — Coca, Rhubarb, Senna, Peruvian Bark, and Chiretta; finally, of the condiments — Sweet Bay, Cinnamon, Mustard, Cloves, and Ginger.