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Physical location:

RB MSS M198, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 84.03.08

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Otto Tepper to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1884-03-08. 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/84-03-08>, accessed September 11, 2025

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MS is written on a scrap of paper bound between pp. 512-3 of the bound volume of letters.
8.3.84
To Baron von Mueller per "Adelaide"
1 Waddy Yorkes Pen.
2
Yorke Peninsula, SA.
1 round Boomerang, Nuriootpa
3
SA.
1 Fungus interior of Euc. viminalis
1 box Polypora Clarendon
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Tepper was living at Clarendon, SA, at this time; Polypora are bryozoans, so presumably Tepper meant a collection of
Polyporus

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species, fungi.
1 single, white, Mt Lofty Ranges,
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SA.
E. obliqua
1 parcel Sandarac
2 Resin of Grasstree (4angulat
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Abbreviation for quadangulata (i,e. the grass tree
Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata

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)? There is no closing bracket.
1 Gum
Acacia pycnantha

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1" " retinodes
1 Kino E. leucoxylon
1 " " obliqua
1 spec. Lichens of stems of Mel. uncinata
Sent to Baron at his request
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See M to O. Tepper, 12 February 1884 and M to O. Tepper, 26 February 1884.
but heard no more of the matter.
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M did eventually acknowledge the material; see M to O. Tepper, 27 May 1884 (in this edition as 84-05-27a).