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Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, SA. 82.10.07

Plant names

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1882-10-07. 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/82-10-07>, accessed May 5, 2025

7/10/82.
Dear Professor.
The creeping herb, found by you in the Sphagnum-bog near Mt M'Intyre,
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North-west of Mt Gambier, SA.
is
Mitrasacme pilosa

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, Labill.
All what you say about your tour interests me much, as it brings vividly to my recollection, what I saw in a still more hurried tour in 1848, when hardly any settlements existed between the Murray-River & Mt Gambier. Mr Brown's sending of E. amygdalina is also interesting.
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Tate and J. Ednie Brown had travelled to the south-east of the colony, arriving in Mount Gambier on 13 November 1892 (Border watch , 18 November 1882, p. 2).
You are sure to find someday
Atriplex crystallinum

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at high water mark. All Wolffias are arrhizous,
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i.e. without roots.
even the large species of S. W. America, and Schleiden's is by far the oldest name, and it pays just honor to Micheli, who first made known the plant from Italy.
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Wolffia

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michelii, in Schleiden (1844), p. 233.
I shall circulate your application paper
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i.e. a nomination certificate for the Royal Society of London. See M to R. Tate, 8 August 1882 (in this edition as 82-08-08a).
at once for signature to Dr Hector, Dr Haast, Prof Liversidge, Sir G. Verdon, Mr Ellery & Prof M'Coy.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller
Shall I return the paper to you after signatures have been got?