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ML MSS.562, Letters to E. P. Ramsay 1862-91, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 82.10.02b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1882-10-02 [82.10.02b]. 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/82-10-02b>, accessed September 11, 2025

2/10/82
I forgot to mention, dear Mr Ramsay, in my letter this morning,
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M to E. Ramsay, 2 October 1882 (in this edition as 82-10-02a).
that the "Seagrasses" or rather oceanic
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are not at all well known from N. S. W. They are not numerous in kind, but very interesting in Structure of their generally minute flowers & fruits, the latter often much concealed. Moreover they form marine pastures for fish & other animals of the ocean, and are thus of interest to the Zoologists Thus the Dugong migrates to the various submarine pastures in season; but I never was able, to get a specimen of the "Dugong Seagrass", though it abounds in some of the shallow Bays of East Australia.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.
In this way we two might do something together.