The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: THE UNIVERSITY, ¶ ADELAIDE ¶ . ¶ July 20, 1883 ¶ My Dear Baron, ¶ ¶ I am so interested in the identification of the enclosed small, annual composite, that I send it to you at once (as it will carry s...

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Physical location:

RB MSS M20, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 83.07.20

Plant names

Elachanthus
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Preferred Citation:

Ralph Tate to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1883-07-20. 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/1880-9/1883/83-07-20-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS found with a specimen of Dimorphocoma minutula (MEL 721813). MS annotation by M: 'Answ 24/7/83 F.v.M' (in this edition as 83-07-24a). The folder also has M's draft description and a copy of the printed description, B83.14.02.

THE UNIVERSITY,

ADELAIDE .

July 20, 1883

My Dear Baron,

I am so interested in the identification of the enclosed small, annual composite, that I send it to you at once (as it will carry safely) rather than it should wait for the rest of the collection

I fail to place it generically though it seems to me to come near to differing from it in its herbaceous involucral bracts, and in the capillary denticulate bristles in addition to the chaffy scales The circumferential florets about 8; the disk florets about 4 apparently sterile.

Habitat. Barren stony ground Mount Parry, Aroona Range

I give the name Aroona Range to the line of elevated ground bounding Lake Torrens on the N. E. extending from the latitude of Beltana, in a n.n.w. direction, through Mt Deception, Aroona Mountain, Termination Hill, & Mt Nor' West.

Await with anxiety your opinion

Yrs very truly

Ralph Tate