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ML MSS.562, Letters to E. P. Ramsay 1862-91, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 85.11.18

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1885-11-18. 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/1880-9/1885/85-11-18-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

18/11/85.
The little herb, dear Mr Ramsay, covering "large patches on moist ground" is
Macgregoria racemigera

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. I know it only as yet from one place in N.S.W., near Caiwarro;
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Caiwarro homestead, on the Paroo River in Qld, some km north of the border with NSW?
probably your locality is a new one. The plant is most interesting, as connecting
Stackhousiaceae

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Phytolacceae

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Lineae

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Kindly let me know, whether you have seen it in various places, also whether the flowers are fragrant. I should like to have a small supply of fruiting specimens, if easily to be got. Th
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The?.
other plant, as you say, is a Dodonaea (D. viscosa L. var. attenuata.)
I will examine the vegetable growth on the spongiaceous organisma, so soon as I have a little leisure; but the R. Commission for new cultures,
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Royal Commission on Vegetable Products, Victoria, 1885-6.
the London Exhib;
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Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886.
and the Key" of the Vict. flora
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B86.04.05, B88.11.02.
give much additional work, to which the anxieties and aid-efforts about the Fly-River Expedition
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New Guinea exploring expedition.
will and does, add. I was against any River Expedition (this in confidence)
It is very kind of you, to have got me some of the Parrots;
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See M to E. Ramsay, 18 February 1886.
you must be very busy anyhow; but happily you are young and strong.
Perhaps Mr Masters
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George Masters.
could draw up in spare time the list of genera and note of number of species of the West Australian Fauna, for some fair
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small deleted.
remuneration. If so, he might communicate with the Rev. Mr Nicolai, B.Sc; M.A., Hon. Sec. of the Exhib. Commisioners, Perth, W.A.
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See M to E. Ramsay, 26 October 1885.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller.
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M's letter is followed in the file by an offprint of B86.02.01.