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RB MSS M27, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 88.00.00aPreferred Citation:
James Garland to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1888 [88.00.00a]. 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/1880-9/1888/88-00-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
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Not all specimens listed are now present at MEL. All of those numbered 2-36 inclusive that were retained are dated to the year 1888; the remainder are dated 1887. However, Garland
re-used numbers, presumably in different consignments; for example, there are three
collections at MEL with his number 1, however the one from Wagga was collected in
1887. The list is therefore dated to 1888 as the earliest that M could have responded.
Many of the specimens are recorded in AVH under redetermined names or synonyms of
the names given here.
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NSW.
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MS annotation by M: 'Betw Murrumbidgee & Lachlan R'. Garland had left many gaps in
his list; it appears that someone else added their thoughts before the list was sent to M, who
then completed the identifications. Parts written by M are in in
bold.
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1.
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Aster
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2.
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Grevillea?
parviflora! (Local name "pin-bush")
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3.
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Stylidium Graminifolium!
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4.
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Chenopodium microphyllum FvM
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5.
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Myoporum debile RBr
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6.
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Aster
microphyllu
s
Vent
(Sifting bush)
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7.
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4
'Halgania cyanea (Lindley)' entered in pencil in an unknown hand after: '? Solanum' which has been deleted.
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8
5
8
deleted and replaced by
9
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Grevillea
?Floribunda! & 9
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9.
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Grevillea
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floribunda RBr
added by M; the entire entry has then been crossed out and M has written in the margin:
'9 (bis) Halgania cyanea Lindley'.
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10.
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Diuris
maculata Sm
purple
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11.
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Cryptandra
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tomentosa Lindley
in M's hand has been crossed out.
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12.
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Stipa semibarbata RBr
(a large coarse apparently useless grass)
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13.
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Danthonia penicillata FvM.
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14.
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Goodenia
hederacea
Sm.
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15.
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Goodenia
hederacea Sm (var)
unless the fruit be d
ifferent
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16.
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Cheiranthera
linearis Cunn.
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17.
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Helelichrysum
lucidum, Henkel
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Helelichrysum
in an unknown hand;
lucidum, Henkel
added by M.
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18.
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Helipterum
inc
anum
D.C. var auriceps.
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19.
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Helichrysum semipapposum D.C.
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20.
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Helichrysum obcordatum D.C.
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21.
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Marianthus procumbens Bth
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22.
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Phyllanthus thymoides, Sieber
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23.
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Styphelia rufa, FvM
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24.
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Dillwynia!
9
?Floribunda
added in an unknown hand.
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25.
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Isotoma axillaris
Lindley
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26.
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Calythrix tetragona
Labill
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27.
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Pomax umbellata, Solander
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28.
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Brachyloma daphnoides Benth.
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29.
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Dodonaea
truncatiales FvM
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30.
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Dodonaea
cuneata, Rudgr
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31.
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Phyll.
10
Phyllanthus.
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32.
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Lobelia
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Simplicicaulis
pencil addition
in an unknown hand
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33.
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Ajuga australis RBr
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34
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Cassia
eremophila, AC
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34A
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Daviesia ?Corymbosa
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?Corymbosa
pencil
led
addition
in an unknown hand.
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35.
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Pimelea
curviflora, RBr
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36.
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Melaleuca (imperfect)
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37.
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Acacia
armata, RBr
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38.
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Acacia
hakeoides, A.Cunn
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39.
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Acacia verniciflua
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?same as 41.
pencil note in an unknown hand.
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40.
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Acacia
No flower
, no fruit
40 probably A homalophylla
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40 probably A homalophylla
Marginal
pencilled
note by M.
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41.
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Acacia
verniciflua, A.Cunn
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42.
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Acacia
vomeriformis AC
(low shrub, generally interwoven with Cassytha)
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43.
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Acacia
Baileyi,
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A.
Baileyana?
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44.
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Acacia
farinosa Lindley
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45.
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Acacia
(no flower, no fruit)
(local name "Currawang", large tree)
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46.
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Acacia
montana Bentham
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47.
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Haloragis
elata A. Cunn.
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48.
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Xerotes Brownii, FvM
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49.
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?
Marianthus procumbens
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Marianthus procumbens
entered in an unknown hand.
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50.
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Styphelia (Leucopogon)
entered by M, then
crossed out.
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Wagga Wagga, NSW.
At what price would pieces of wood of some of these be obtained the size of an octavo-book?
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51.
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Pultenaea
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52.
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Dillwynia floribunda, Sm
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53.
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Gompholobium
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54.
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Brachyloma daphnoides Benth
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55.
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Anagallis arvensis, L.
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56.
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Scutellaria humilis RBr
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57.
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Hibbertia
(fruit required)
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58.
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Utricularia
dichotoma, Labill
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59.
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Arthropodium (Dichopogon) ? Strictum ! var.
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60.
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Grevillea
ramosissima, Meissner.
Will ripe fruit be accessible to you h
ereafter?
Cootamundra
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NSW.
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61.
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? Indegofera
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Indigofera
?
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62.
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Acacia
verniciflua Cunn
flower heads 3 or 4 separate in axils, two 2 nerved
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Wagga
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63.
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Legum: wiry stems, Fitz's paddock
Templetonia Muelleri, Bentham
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64.
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Viola Betonicaefolia
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V. betonicifolia
?
near Arthurs Beach
deleted
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65.
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Diuris ?Maculata — with short tails but root very spotted
To be critically compared here at leisure.
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66.
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Gobbagombalin
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A locality, now a suburb of Wagga Wagga, about 7 k N of the town centre.
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67.
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Eriostemon
myoporoides D.C. small form (E. intermedius Hooker)
Malebo Hill
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NSW.
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68.
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?Swainsonia
fruit required
Gobbagombalin Sand ridge
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69.
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Malvaceous plant, orange flowers, 3 f[…] bractioles
Modiola multifida, Moench
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70.
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Hard headed common Wagga clover.
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M's comments on nos 63, 65 and 66 are on a separate sheet but have been inserted here at the appropriate places.
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Acacia armata
Acacia Baileyi
Acacia farinosa
Acacia hakeoides
Acacia montana
Acacia verniciflua
Acacia vomeriformis
Ajuga australis
Anagallis arvensis
Arthropodium Strictum
Aster microphyllus
Brachyloma daphnoides
Calythrix tetragona
Cassia eremophila
Cheiranthera linearis
Chenopodium microphyllum
Cryptandra
Danthonia penicillata
Daviesia Corymbosa
var
mimosoides
Dichopogon Strictus
Dillwynia Floribunda
Diuris maculata
Dodonaea cuneata
Dodonaea truncatiales
Eriostemon intermedius
Eriostemon myoporoides
Euphrasia Brownii
Gompholobium
Goodenia hederacea
Grevillea floribunda
Grevillea parviflora
Grevillea ramosissima
Halgania cyanea
Haloragis elata
Helichrysum lucidum,
Helichrysum obcordatum
Helichrysum semipapposum
Helipterum incanum
var
auriceps
Hibbertia
Indegofera Australis
Isotoma axillaris
Leucopogon
Lobelia Simplicicaulis
Marianthus procumbens
Melaleuca
Modiola multifida
Myoporum debile
Phyllanthus thymoides
Pimelea curviflora
Pomax umbellata
Pultenaea
Scutellaria humilis
Stipa semibarbata
Stylidium Graminifolium
Styphelia rufa
Swainsonia
Templetonia Muelleri
Utricularia dichotoma
Viola Betonicaefolia
Xerotes Brownii