The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [9]/1/95 ¶ ¶ The Loranthus, sent by you, dear Mr Rupp, was first described from West Australian specimens by Prof Miquel of Leyden as Loranthus Melaleucae, fully 50 years ago. Subsequently it was fou...

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Cardamine eustylis
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Eucalyptus microtheca
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Geijera parvifolia
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Haloragis odontocarpa
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Kochia
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Loranthus Melaleucae
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Loranthus pendulus
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Muehlenbeckia Cunninghami
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Zygophyllum glaucescens
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Montague Rupp, 1895-01-09. 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/1890-6/1895/95-01-09-final.odt>, accessed May 7, 2026

[9]/1/95

The Loranthus, sent by you, dear Mr Rupp, was first described from West Australian specimens by Prof Miquel of Leyden as , fully 50 years ago. Subsequently it was found out, that it could not be specifically separated from L. pendulus, though that species, when growing on Eucalypts has longer leaves and flowers. Several "Misletoes" alter much according to the host, on which they live.

See B77.08.01, p. 28, and Barlow & Weins (1977).

The other plant, send by you, is in its larger form, called by Prof Lindley G. pendula.

Am much beholden to your thoughtful attentiveness of sending me a list of the plants, seen by you on the lower Lachlan-country.

NSW. Rupp spent from November 1894 to February 1895 at Hay, NSW, from where he sent plants to M for identification. List not found.

I was only once there 1878, and my stay for want of time and having then only recovered from a severe illness could only be brief. If you are still there and could obtain some specimens of , they would be valuable for foreign interchanges. I obtain some new localities from your list which shall be recorded under your honored name in my works.

With regardful remembrance your

Ferd. von Mueller

I could utilize seeds of , ,

M. Cunninghamii ?

any Atriplex and , Acacia aneura, Euc microtheca .