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GRG 19/391, State Records of South Australia, Adelaide. 91.10.03

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Nicholas Holtze, 1891-10-03. 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/1890-6/1891/91-10-03-final.odt>, accessed June 5, 2026

3/10/91
Your Fringlily, 1310, dear Mr Holtze, is
Thysanotus chrysanthereus

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. Is it an annual? Could you ascertain this by pot-culture? Are the anthers always yellow? 1300 Solanum Could I get a specimen with ripe berries also? Is it a dwarf plant?
1278. Solanum ellipticum? RBr The fruit must prove it
1284 Solanum also ripe berries needed and notes on height
I have given a note in the proceed. of the Linnéan Soc. of N.S.W on
Hypoestes moschata

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under your father's and my united authority.
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In B92.05.04, p. 474, M noted under Hypoestes floribunda: 'Messrs. M. and N. Holtze, as also Mr. W. Carr-Boyd, found inland some distance from Port Darwin a Hypoestes, which in the eighth edition of the "Select Plants for Industrial Culture and Naturalisation" [B91.09.01, p. 529] received the name H. moschata, on account of the powerful musk-odour, which pervades the whole plant. Whether it can systematically or only industrially be distinguished from H. floribunda may best be ascertained by observations and comparisons in free nature.'
If you have some more seeds of it, I should be obliged. I will soon give you further information on your plants.
Always regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller
The dedication to Earl Kinore
2
Earl of Kintore. See M to N. Holtze 9 September 1891. No plant named for Kintore or his family name, Keith-Falconer, has been found in APNI.
shall be attended to.
Seeds of the blue-flowering droseraceous plant,
Byblis liniflora

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would be particularly valuable.