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RB MSS M46, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 83.02.28a

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William Woolls to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-02-28 [83.02.28a]. 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/1880-9/1883/83-02-28a-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

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MS annotation by M: 'Answ 3/3/83 F.v.M.' Letter not found.
2
MS found with a specimen of Myoporum bateae (MEL 1545764).
Richmond
3
NSW.
Feby 28 /83
My dear Baron,
I have to thank you for the concluding portion of your valuable Census. I find from the Summary that the number of species now known does not reach 10,000!
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B83.03.04; see p. viii.
Do you wish me now to notice this work in any of the Papers?
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An unsigned short review appeared in Sydney morning herald, 21 March 1883, p. 4; a longer but also unsigned review giving more details and discussion of the principles underlying M's arrangement of the species was published in the related weekly Sydney mail, 31 March 1883, p 581.
I have sent to Mudgee
6
NSW.
for a specimen of Lindsaya trichomanoides .
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See W. Woolls to M, 12 February 1883.
If I get one, I will forward it.
I enclose a fragment of a Myoporum which Shepherd found at Bega.
8
NSW.
It seems to be M. serratum but you will see that the stamens protrude from the corolla.
I am still in trouble, but live in hope.
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See W. Woolls to M, 12 February 1883.
Yours very sincerely
W. Woolls