The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 18/7/82 ¶ ¶ Herewith, dear Mr Tepper, some new publications. I must investigate your last plants by day, because I am writing these lines at a late night hour. ¶ ¶ In the revision of the Acacias for...

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RB MSS M198, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 82.07.18

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Acacia lanigera
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Acacia papyrocarpa
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Otto Tepper, 1882-07-18. 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/82-07-18>, accessed September 11, 2025

MS annotation by Tepper: 'Reply 6.8.82'. Letter not found.

18/7/82

Hiermit, lieber Herr Tepper, einige neue Druckblätter. Ihre letzten Pflanzen muss ich bei Tage untersuchen, denn diese Zeilen schreibe ich in einer späten Nachtsstunde.

Bei der Revision der Acacien für den Census haben auch die meisten von Ihnen, welche noch nicht gemustert waren, die Revue passirt. Ich habe eine Liste der Addenda aus allen SA späteren Sammlungen an Hr Prof Tate gesandt, 11 Arten für S.A. bisher neu; von diesen kommt A lanigera auf Sie allein.

Ich gebe Ihnen hier die Nummern [I give you the numbers here] deleted.

Mit bestem Grusse

Ferd. von Mueller.

407 mag A papyrocarpa sein. Solche ist nur aus R.Br.'s Sammlung bekannt. Ihre ist leider ohne Frucht. Könnte solche um Weihnacht durch Ihren Nachfolger herbeigeschafft werden.

richtig von Ihnen erkannt.

Besten Dank für

811 , A Cunn.

18/7/82

Herewith, dear Mr Tepper, some new publications. I must investigate your last plants by day, because I am writing these lines at a late night hour.

In the revision of the Acacias for the census, the majority from you that were not yet reviewed have also passed the review. I have sent a list of addenda from all of the later South Australian collections to Professor Tate, 11 species up to now new for South Australia; of these A. lanigera comes from you alone

In this paragraph, 'census' must refer to the update of the SA census being prepared for publication as Tate (1882), not to M's B83.03.04 in which is not shown as occurring in SA in either the main entry, p. 43, or the 'Additional annotations', p. 142. Nor is its range extended to SA in any of the 'annual supplements', B84.03.06 and following. It is listed as being in SA in B89.12.03, p. 74. It is included in Tate (1882), p. 86, acknowledging Tepper as the collector.

With best greetings

Ferd. von Mueller.

407 may be A. papyrocarpa. It is known only from Robert Brown's collection.

Described in Bentham (1863-78), p. 338, from a specimen in the herbarium of Robert Brown (1773-1858) that was collected by him in March 1802 (Brown (2001), p. 160, n. 55).

Yours is unfortunately without fruit. Could it be obtained at Christmas by your successor.

Tepper had moved from the school at Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula, SA, to Clarendon, south of Adelaide, in August 1881.

is correctly recognised by you.

Best thanks for

811 A. Cunn.