The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [I have just read the accompanying note from Baron von Mueller. Can you tell me for his information whether the two species of ¶ Nymphaea ¶ extend to the northern rivers of New South Wales? Mr. B...

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89.06.00

Plant names

Nymphaea gigantea
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Nymphaea stellata
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Woolls, 1889-06. 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/1880-9/1889/89-06-00-final.odt>, accessed May 6, 2026

Letter not found. For the text given here, see W. S. Campbell (1935), pp. 80-1. Campbell introduced it by: 'In June 1889, Dr Wm. Woolls wrote to me'.

[I have just read the accompanying note from Baron von Mueller. Can you tell me for his information whether the two species of Nymphaea extend to the northern rivers of New South Wales? Mr. Bentham records N. gigantea from the Clarence, and joins N. stellata with it, but you will see that the Baron regards them as distinct, and as easily distinguished.]