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Physical location:

RB MSS M20, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 83.05.26c

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Preferred Citation:

Ralph Tate to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-05-26 [83.05.26c]. 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/1880-9/1883/83-05-26c-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Pteris tremula (MEL 2153127).
May 26. 1883
My Dear Baron.
Your note re occurrence of
Pteris arguta

Search for Pteris arguta in

at Streaky Bay
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SA.
to hand.
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See M to R. Tate, 22 May 1883.
Mrs Richards gave me a specimen which I named P. jucisa ,
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No publication of P. jucisa has been found (APNI, accessed 5 April 2023).
from my S. East example, of which I enclose a pinna that you may identify it with P. arguta . If it be that species then I have no specimen of P. jucisa.
I have reason to suspect that the Streaky Bay plant has been planted, because the position of the mansion of a squatter having some connection with the South East accords with the station given by Mrs. Richards for the fern.
I have an additional species of Pultenaea from Kangaroo Id
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Kangaroo Island, SA.
represented by an old fruiting specimen only; it appears to come near P. hibbertioides , the young branches are viscid. I must send you the specimen for inspection
Yrs very truly
Ralph Tate