Document information

Physical location:

GRG 19/391, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide. 91.00.00g

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Nicholas Holtze, 1891 [91.00.00g]. 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/1890-6/1891/91-00-00g-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

1
Undated fragment. Nicholas Holtze is identified as correspondent, rather than his father Maurice Holtze, since M consistently wrote to Nicholas in English whereas he always used German when writing to Maurice. All the specimens listed that have been found in MEL were collected in the NT and are dated to 1891; the item is dated on that basis. Nicholas probably sent the specimens after Maurice moved to Adelaide in mid-1891 and Nicholas succeeded him as curator of the Darwin Botanic Garden.
1288,
Breweria

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1287,
Cajanus cinereus

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1286,
Scaevola

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1285,
Abutilon Fraseri

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, Hooker
1283,
Petalostylis labicheoides

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1282,
Sida

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1281,
Carissa Brownii

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the narrow-leaved form
1280,
Mirbelia oxyclada

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2
MEL 2091518 has M's label identifying the specimen as
Mirbelia oxyclada

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, with a collector's label, 'W. Holtze, Powells Creek, 1891, no. 1280', i.e. Waldemar Holtze, the brother of Nicholas, who is known to have collected botanical specimens while serving as a telegraph operator at Powells Creek. Several other specimens besides the Mirbelia were collected by Waldemar at Powells Creek; none appear to have been collected by Maurice Holtze.
1279,
Hibiscus microchlaenus

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1278
Solanum

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. This and the two others just sent cannot be named safely , unless ripe berries are also available.
3
See M to N. Holtze, 3 October 1891, where M tentatively identifies it as
Solanum

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ellipticum RBr.
1277,
Eucalyptus aspera

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1217,
Hibbertia

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1216,
Adiantum lunulatum, Burmann