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Physical location:

RB MSS M1, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 78.03.04c

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Thomas Cheeseman to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-03-04 [78.03.04c]. 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/1870-9/1878/78-03-04c-final.odt>, accessed August 15, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of
Poranthera

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microphylla (MEL 2311968). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 15/3/78'. Letter not found.
Auckland Museum.
Auckland, March 4th 1878
Dear Baron Mueller
May I ask the favour from you of critically examining the enclosed specimens of an Euphorbiaceous plant, which I lately gathered in the Upper Maitai Valley, Nelson? I suppose that it must be placed near the Australian genus
Poranthera

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, from which, however, it appears to differ in habit and in the opposite leaves. From want of books and specimens I am not in a position to determine whether it fits in with any described genus, although I suspect that it is distinct. I am a little interested with it as Forster's Euphorbia glauca is the only member of the order hitherto recorded from New Zealand.
Yours very faithfully
T. F. Cheeseman