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Physical location:

RB MSS M59, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 81.10.00

Preferred Citation:

J. Ednie Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-10. 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/1880-9/1881/81-10-00-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Eucalyptus cladocalyx (MEL 1609895) and dated to October 1881 on the basis of M's annotation, 'Answ 26/10/81. F.v.M.'. M's letter not found.
WOODS AND FORESTS.
South Australia.
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The insignia of the Government of SA is included in this letterhead.
Memorandum
From
CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS,
forest board office ,
adelaide .
To
Baron F. Von Mueller., K.C.M.G.
Government Botanist
Melbourne.
My dear Sir Ferdinand,
I find the Sugar Gum (Euc. Corynocalyx) leaves assume a very long and narrow form in the northern portion of the Flinders Range.
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SA.
The enclosed is taken from a tree N. E. of Port Augusta.
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SA.
Might we take this to be a distinct variety or merely a chance growth?
I send you my Annual Report 80-81.
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South Australia, Woods and Forests Department (1881). Annual progress report upon state forest administration in South Australia.
in which you will observe that I acknowledge your valuable information re our Eucalypti.
Yours very truly
J. E. Brown
P.S.
Where is "Marble Range" where you first observed E. Corynocalyx?
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Marble Range is on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula, SA, a locality M never visited. Eucalyptus corynocalyx was collected there by C. Wilhelmi; see B60.05.01, p. 43.
J.E.B.
Eucalyptus Corynocalyx