Document information

Physical location:

MEL221157, National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 89.05.00b

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Alexander Hamilton, 1889-05 [89.05.00b]. 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/1880-9/1889/89-05-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS in M’s hand attached to specimen sheet of Cassinia sp. Dated to May 1889 on the basis of what appears to be Hamilton’s reply, A. Hamilton to M, 16 May 1889, that used to be filed in this specimen folder. M’s museum label is also attached to the specimen sheet: ‘Cassinia Theodori Arcuata F.v.M. | A. Hamilton’.
84., F.v.M. This plant was only found by Dr Leichhardt before, who obtained it at the sources of the Gwydir.
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Gwydir River, NSW.
Under what circumstances does it occur at Mudgee? To what hight attains the plants? Is it a mountain-plant? Could a good supply of specimens be obtained?
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For a published version of this letter fragment, see A. Orchard (2017), p. 359.