posted on 2023-11-22, 22:49authored byFerdinand von Mueller
The discovery of the medicinal Vervain in Tasmania, though not unexpected, is of double interest, inasmuch as this plant adds a natural order to the flora of the Island. This Verbena is rather widely, although not copiously, distributed through South-Eastern Australia, but not yet found in New Zealand, where however it may have been overlooked, as it has been for so long a time in Tasmania
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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25
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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..