The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 16/11/82 ¶ ¶ I am glad of the change, made by you, dear Prof Tate, in the name of the Trymalium. ¶ ¶ Pomaderris is a good genus; but Trymalium passes into Cryptandra and so Spyridium. ¶ ¶ I hope yo...

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Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, SA. 82.11.16

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1882-11-16. 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/1880-9/1882/82-11-16-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

16/11/82

I am glad of the change, made by you, dear Prof Tate, in the name of the .

See also R. Tate to M, 31 October 1882, M to R. Tate, 4 November 1882 (In this edition as 82-11-04a), and M to R. Tate, 9 November 1882. M and Tate published a description of the new in B82.14.02 as T. Wayae in honour of the then president of the Royal Society of SA, the colony's Chief Justice, S. J. Way.

is a good genus; but passes into and so .

I hope you will feel pleased with the results of your journey.

Tate, with J. Ednie Brown, had travelled to the south-east of the colony, arriving in Mt Gambier on 13 November 1882 (Border watch, 18 November 1882, p. 2).

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller.