The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [ ¶ Plant Specimen ¶ .— Anxious, Wahring. ¶ Vic. ¶ — Your specimen is a Solanum, or belongs to a closely ¶ allied ¶ genus, but is very different from the Deadly ¶ ¶ Nightshade. "Anxious" should ha...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1896-05 [96.05.00d]. 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/1890-6/1896/96-05-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 30 May 1896, p. 5.

[ Plant Specimen .— Anxious, Wahring.

Vic.

— Your specimen is a , or belongs to a closely allied genus, but is very different from the Deadly Nightshade. "Anxious" should have forwarded a more complete specimen. Professor Dunal, so far back as 1852,

Dunal (1852).

distinguished about 900 distinct species, and many have been added since. In Australia, Baron von Mueller informs us, 53 well marked species are known; hence the difficulty to name one from insufficient material.]