Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.10.10

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-10-10. 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/1890-6/1890/90-10-10-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of
Aphanopetalum resinosum

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(MEL 262984).
Burwood
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NSW.
Oct 10 /90
My dear Baron,
The flowers of
Cryptandra amara

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are white (dull white) & downy, but they change to a reddish brown colour when dry. I have noticed this also in several of the white Epacrids.
When I was lately walking in the bush near Brownlow Hill,
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I came upon a fine specimen of Aphanopetalum resinosum , covering the butt of a Spotted Gum (E. maculata )
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Eucalyptus maculata

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for about 20 feet, the upper part being a mass of white flowers. It was a very pretty object. By the way Bentham described it as sometimes a tree .
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Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2, p. 441: 'Stated by some to be a tree of 30 to 40 ft., by others described as a tall straggling or climbing shrub'.
This is incorrect. It is a climbing or straggling shrub
Thanks for seeds
Yours very Sincerely
W. Woolls