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RSA/B.13(4), Royal Society of Tasmania Archives, Hobart. 74.02.05

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Thomas Roblin, 1874-02-05. 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/1870-9/1874/74-02-05-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

5/2/74.
A few days ago, dear Mr Roblin, I have already forwarded the few additional notes, which I had to offer to my last contribution towards the literature of Tasmanian plants.
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B74.13.05.
Now to day I got the plants so thoughtfully collected by Mr Blyth
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W. C. Blyth.
and so obligingly forwarded by you.
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See T. Roblin to M, 2 February 1874.
It will encourage Mr B. when I state, that one of his plants is entirely new for Tasmania, namely
Polypodium membranifolium

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. R. Br. It may have been overlooked on various localities as a form of P. Billardierii, altho' it is quite distinct. This shows, that collections of any extent even from the Tasmanian lowlands would render us acquainted with many rare species of your island yet, though hitherto burried in obscurity. Hence I have always been anxious to start amateur-collectors in any locality, as only with united action of many the vegetation of any part of the globe can be exhaustively collected.
Mr Blyth's collection contains also the following plants, which give us a new locality.
Restio complanatus

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Bauera rubioides var. pleniflora
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This variety name is not listed in APNI (accessed 13 July 2021).
Senecio velleyoides

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Patersonia glauca

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.
Please tell me, where abouts "Honeywood" is situated.
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Near Brighton, Tas.
My library is partly packed up, since my Department became ruined; so I have no access to a good Tasmanian map at this moment. Since Mr Blyth with such praiseworthy eagerness wishes to help in the exploration of the Tasmanian vegetation, I would suggest a good search over the alps also at Port Davey in the autumn, where in the alps he might discover among many other new material the fruit of
Donatia

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. The swamps & Rivers ought to yield also yet many rare rushes, sedges &c, besides waterplants even among the minute
Lemna

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e .
Mr Stephens
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Thomas Stephens?
would be well able to say, whether the fern-tree, seen by him near Circular Head differs in its stems and fronds from the one occurring at Port Esperance (and I think Port Davey). Any fragment of the frond with spores I would gladly examine.
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