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Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, SA. 83.12.07a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1883-12-07 [83.12.07a]. 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/1880-9/1883/83-12-07a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

7/12/83.
I feel honored, dear Prof. Tate, by your kindly attaching my name to the new
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from Kangaroo Island.
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SA. Evidently collected in late November or early December1883 (see specimens K873417, AD97423315, MEL 60739)
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Muelleri was described in Tate (1885), pp. 70-1, reported as read 7 October 1884. The protologue, however, does not include Kangaroo Island as a locality, nor is it listed as occurring on Kangaroo Island in Tate's Census (Tate (1889a), p. 124).
My cough has hardly abated, so I shall probably try, what effect a stay on the seacoast will have upon it.
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At Drysdale, Vic; see M to G. Berry, 7 December 1883.
My stay in Melbourne will under these circumstances be very short, and as my illness is serious, I could not venture to enter critically on the Schoenum-species.
3
In M to R. Tate, 29 November 1883, M pointed out that careful comparisons were needed of the
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species.
There will be many additions to the Kang. Isl.
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Kangaroo Island, SA.
Flora yet, and under these circumstances, I would advise to let the Schoenums stand over for supplements.
5
Tate (1883) does contain reference to
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spp. in accounts of the vegetation and the list of species from Kangaroo Island (p. 169) includes five species, one being given as genus only.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.