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RB MSS M59, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 82.10.24Preferred Citation:
J. Ednie Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-10-24. 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/1880-9/1882/82-10-24-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026
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MS found with a specimen of
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
(MEL 1611955). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 27/10/82 FvM'. Letter not found, but see to J. Ednie Brown to M, 7 November 1882. MS bears the insignia of the Government of SA.
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From
CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS,
Woods and Forests Department,
adelaide,
24/10/82.
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To
Baron Fred. Von Mueller K.C.M.G.
Govt Botanist.
Melbourne.
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SUBJECT:—
Euc. Obliqua.
My dear Baron,
On looking up matters
re
Euc.
Obliqua
the other day I found that the matured fruits of this tree as shown in your "Eucalyptographia",
do not at all correspond with the fruits of our Stringybark on the Mt Lofty hills.
Will you kindly let me know what is the reason of this difference. Is the S. A. tree
only a variety of the species?
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B79.13.11, Decade 3. Concerning
E. obliqua, M wrote: 'The "Stringybark-tree" of South Australia and Tasmania, but in Victoria more generally called the "Messmate-tree,"
on account of its resemblance to E. macrorrhyncha, which in our colony passes mostly
as Stringybark-tree.'
I found the enclosed specimen along the
Clare
hills the other day. It is the Stringybark and is the same as this tree at Mt Lofty:
is it not?
Apologising for thus troubling you.
I am
My dear Baron
Yours very truly
J. E. Brown.
Eucalyptus
obliqua