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Physical location:

No. 553, folder 28, series 4, MS 610 Deane family papers, National Library of Australia, Canberra. 93.12.25a

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Henry Deane, 1893-12-25 [93.12.25a]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-12-25a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Christmas 1893.
In reply to your enquiry,
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Letter not found.
dear Mr Deane, let me say, that
Diuris tricolor

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I know only by name, as our late friend never distributed any dried specimens of his Orchids.
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Robert Fitzgerald; see a similar comment in M to H. Ridley, 28 August 1890 (in this edition as 90-08-28a).
Diuris abbreviata

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is fairly well described in the Fl. Austral. VI, 329. I chose that species-name in contrast to that of D. elongata, more recently passing a
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as?
D. punctata, because the lower calyx-lobes (not really sepals) are proportionately short. It is not known to exist in Vict.
All through December I had much extrawork in my Office, including adjudication of a lot of examination papers in public Departments as an honorary duty.
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See M to O. Tepper, 12 November 1893, in which M writes that he would be serving as examiner for the Education Department and for the Melbourne Veterinary College. He was also examiner for the Ballarat School of Mines; see M to A. Berry, 17 December 1893.
It was impossible, to give up time to the naming of the last plants from your NW.,
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See also M to H. Deane, 14 October 1893.
but it will now soon be done. However nothing of importance was among the Specimens. Still good has been done by awakening the attention of Officers of yours for the Native flora. If all would only bring what they think quite uncommon
With best festive greeting your
Ferd von Mueller