The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [The circumspect Mr. Tepper alludes moreover ¶ Referring to Tepper (1884). ¶ to a larger kind of "lerp" to be found on ¶ Eucalyptus gracilis ¶ , E. uncinata and E. Leucoxylon; and in a letter, dated...

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82.01.00a

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Eucalyptus Leucoxylon
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Eucalyptus gracilis
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Eucalyptus rostrata
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Eucalyptus uncinata
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Eucalyptus viminalis
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Preferred Citation:

Otto Tepper to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-01 [82.01.00a]. 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/1880-9/1882/82-01-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Letter not found; The text given here is from the entry for in Decade 10 of Eucalyptographia (B84.11.02), where M discusses the origins of the so-called manna associated with the species.

[The circumspect Mr. Tepper alludes moreover

Referring to Tepper (1884).

to a larger kind of "lerp" to be found on , E. uncinata and E. Leucoxylon; and in a letter, dated Jan. 1882, he speaks also of a coccoid insect, a species of Lecanium, which is concomitant to the viscid sweet sap under the bark of branchlets of E. viminalis and E. rostrata, ants in quest of this sweetness following the mellaginous track.]