Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M6, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.11.06

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Johann Eckert to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890-11-06. 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/90-11-06>, accessed September 11, 2025

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Letter recorded as having been found with a specimen of
Glossostigma

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elatinoides, Wimmera [Vic], 1892. However, the specimen cannot now be identified.
Kirchheim via Minyip
6.11.90.
Sehr geehrter Herr Baron!
Die Zeichnung der einzelnen Theile u deren Beschreibung, werde ich am nächsten Montag schicken. Ich habe gestern ein sonderbares Glied der
Glossostigma

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aufgefunden. Die gewünschte Isoetes Drummondi werde ich Ihnen auch nächste Woche in guter Quantität zukommen lassen. Ist heute noch nicht trocken genug.
Mit bestem Gruss
Ihr dankbarer
J. P. Eckert.
Reife Frucht von Zygophyllum glauces. schicke ich Montag mit. Helipter. exiguum muss 12 Meilen weit holen komme aber vielleicht nächste Woche hin; drgl. Brach. Chrysoglossa.
Kirchheim via Minyip
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Vic.
6.11.90.
Very esteemed Baron!
I will send the drawing of the various parts and their description next Monday.
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No such letter has been found.
Yesterday I found a strange member of the
Glossostigma

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. I will also let you have a fair amount of the desired Isoetes drummondi
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Isoetes drummondi

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next week. It is not yet sufficiently dry today.
With best greetings
Your grateful
J. P. Eckert.
I will enclose ripe fruit of
Zygophyllum glaucescens

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next Monday. Must get
Helipterum exiguum

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from 12 miles away, may perhaps get there next week, the same with Brach. Chrysoglossa.
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Brachyscome chrysoglossa.