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Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, SA. 82.02.26

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1882-02-26. 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/1880-9/1882/82-02-26-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

26/2/82
I write a few lines, dear Professor, to tell you that I have described your new Phyllanthus from the Bundaleer-Range
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North of Clare, SA.
as P. Tatei, and that the description will appear in the March-Number of the Southern Science Journal.
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M described Phyllanthus tatei in B82.03.02, p. 55.
My sister, the widow of Dr Wehl, has just sent me the
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FvM from Rivoli-Bay;
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SA.
it is new for your list. It is a stately plant. The main-object of writing to you is this . I have just learnt from Mr Burkitt,
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Probably John Burkitt (c.1834-1909), but MEL holds a series of NT specimens of numerous species collected 1881 and attributed to his brother W. C. Burkitt; there is no bamboo specimen at MEL attributed to a Burkitt.
that there on the Rivers near Port Darwin
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NT.
a second species of Bamboo occurs; — the one is rarer than the other; one spiny the other not; one not so tall as the other. You may be so fortunate, to find the flowers and seeds of both !
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Tate was about to visit the Northern Territory in company with a group of South Australian parliamentarians.
I draw your attention also once more to the Palms &
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there. Bring kindly a complete leaf of each, ♂ & ♀ flowers & ripe fruits. Of course they cannot be just put into paper, but should be tied into a bundle, in canvass, or sacking, each species by itself
With best salutation to you & your colleagues
Ferd. von Mueller.
It is just now important for me to know, whether the
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near Port Darwin is the same as the one from the East coast!