The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 2/3/84. ¶ ¶ One of the sp. of Atriplex, just sent by you, dear Prof. Tate, is A. leptocarpum, typical; ¶ the other seems a mere form of it. The Ptilotus is = P. parvifolius. I have it also from Mt. ...

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Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, SA. 84.03.02a

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Atriplex leptocarpum
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Hibiscus Krichauffii
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Hydrocotyle callicarpa
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Ptilotus parvifolius
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Sarcostemma australe
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Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1884-03-02 [84.03.02a]. 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/1880-9/1884/84-03-02a-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

2/3/84.

One of the sp. of Atriplex, just sent by you, dear Prof. Tate, is A. leptocarpum, typical;

MS annotation by Tate: 'accepted'.

the other seems a mere form of it. The Ptilotus is = P. parvifolius. I have it also from Mt. Poole,

MS annotation by Tate: 'blundered here! misreading parvifolius parviflorus'.

collected by the Rev W. Webster. The Hydrocotyle seems a large form of H. callicarpa.

MS annotation by Tate: 'no fruit of Trachycarpa'.

Did you find near the Vict boundary on the Murray R.? In that case it could be recorded as Victorian, and would then be the first spec. of that almost tropical Genus in this colony.

Let me congratulate you on the happy event, which will place you a generation higher in your family-life.

Tate's daughter Beatrice married John H. Newman on 26 March 1885.

Your future son in law will make still many additional botanic discoveries and — I trust — the young Lady too — on a field so far inland; if minute annuals in the cool season are not overlooked, and if fruiting specimens are not passed.

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller.

Let me hope, that you recovered from the effect of the cold and the fever; you seem so robust, that illness cannot have a long hold upon you. My cough is alleviated but has not ceased, and the cool season is sure to give relapses

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MS annotation by Tate: 'certainly within 2 miles of Boundary '.

would also be new to Victoria, if it was found near our boundary. I never had a chance to explore the N.W. of Victoria well; it is such a long and costly journey to travel, though now the railroads offer some approach