The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 10/9/90 ¶ ¶ Your plant 103 ¶ is very interesting, dear Mr Gill, as it has not been found in Victoria before, and may now be regarded almost or perhaps quite a Victorian plant also. It is the male of...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M33, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.09.10

Plant names

Didymotheca thesioides
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Styphelia virgata
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Walter Gill, 1890-09-10. 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/1890-6/1890/90-09-10-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

10/9/90

Your plant 103

Filed as Gyrostemon thesioides, MEL 0589865, dated '1890'.

is very interesting, dear Mr Gill, as it has not been found in Victoria before, and may now be regarded almost or perhaps quite a Victorian plant also. It is the male of , J. Hooker. Kindly say, whether you found it near Mosquito-Creek, which Watercourse rises in Victorian territory. Perhaps you would also let me know, how many miles from the boundary you found it, and whether it is very local.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.

The other plant is , Labillardière,

The only specimen of this species collected by Gill at MEL is undated but has collecting number 102 (MEL 2096501).

a species of frequency.