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88.02.00e

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society, 1888-02 [88.02.00e]. 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/1880-9/1888/88-02-00e-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society held on 27 March 1888, Gardeners' chronicle, 31 March 1888, p. 405. During the meeting Maxwell Masters discussed a number of unusual flowers from orchids and other species. The letter is dated to February 1888 as the latest it could have been sent to have been discussed at the meeting.
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Fuchsia?
— Baron von Mueller kindly sent a flower, in which the ovarian cavity is absent, the flower-stalk ending in a club-shaped expansion, from which are given off two stalked leaves, while the scars between their bases indicate the existence of others which have fallen off. The sepals are represented by two coloured segments, both stalked. One of the sepals is three-lobed, the central lobe oblong lanceolate and coloured like the sepals (pinkish-white), the lateral lobes shorter, broader, and coloured like the petals (purple). The second sepal is divided above the middle into two oblong petaloid lobes. Then follow three obovate stalked petals. The stamens are absent, but there is a shallow disc surrounding the base of the ovary. This latter organ is superior, one-celled, with three parietal placentas, and surmounted by three styles, coherent all the way up, with the exception of the distorted stigmas.]