The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [ ¶ Casuarina dimorphic ¶ . — Dr. Masters exhibited a specimen received from Baron von Müller, in which a portion had developed sharp-pointed leaves exactly similar to the pointed- leaved form of Juni...

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93.10.00b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society, 1893-10 [93.10.00b]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-10-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society held on 14 November 1893, Gardeners' chronicle, 25 November 1893, p. 660. The letter is dated to early October as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been exhibited at that meeting.

[ dimorphic . — Dr. Masters exhibited a specimen received from Baron von Müller, in which a portion had developed sharp-pointed leaves exactly similar to the pointed- leaved form of , which is often dimorphic in the same way. Mr. Henslow mentioned that these changes are paralleled by the -leaved forms of , which grow at great altitudes in New Zealand, and observed that analogies seemed to suggest varying degrees of drought or moisture as likely to be the direct cause of the different kinds respectively.]