The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Burwood ¶ July 2/90 ¶ My dear Baron, ¶ ¶ Can you kindly tell me whether the enclosed specimen from our Northern Districts is ¶ Cleistanthus ¶ ¶ Cunninghamii ¶ ? ¶ ¶ The other 2 valved fruited pla...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.07.02c

Plant names

Cleistanthus Cunninghamii
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Sloanea
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Preferred Citation:

William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-07-02 [90.07.02c]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-07-02c-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

MS found with a specimen of Elattostachys nervosa (MEL 2251956). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 4/7/90'. Letter not found.

Burwood

NSW.

July 2/90

My dear Baron,

Can you kindly tell me whether the enclosed specimen from our Northern Districts is Cleistanthus Cunninghamii ?

The other 2 valved fruited plant is , I think the tree you named in good feeling towards me.

M named woollsii in B88.04.03, p. 171.

Many thanks for your last descriptions

Yours very sincerely

W. Woolls