The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [In the early part of November 1890 my attention was directed, by a letter from Mr. L. Rodway, of Hobart, ¶ to his discovery of a remarkable plant, parasitic on the extreme roots of Aster argophyl...

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90.11.00a

Plant names

Aster argophyllus
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Leonard Rodway to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-11 [90.11.00a]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-11-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1890 (1891), p. 232 (B91.06.03).

[In the early part of November 1890 my attention was directed, by a letter from Mr. L. Rodway, of Hobart,

Letter not found.

to his discovery of a remarkable plant, parasitic on the extreme roots of , and from his notes it was evident that this plant

M described Thismia rodwayi in B90.12.01.

would at all events be new for the records of the indigenous vegetation of Tasmania.]

See also M to J. Agnew, November 1890 (in this edition as 90-11-00c).