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Physical location:

ML MSS.562, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. 89.06.19

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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Edward Ramsay, 1889-06-19. 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/1880-9/1889/89-06-19-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

19/6/89
Can you oblige me, dear Dr Ramsay, by letting me know, what is the genus- and species-name of the Australian Katipo-Spider, the one (like the N.Z. Katipo) so poisonous. The two perhaps do not even belong to the same genus. I do not even possess Koch's Australian Arachnidae.
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L. Koch & Keyserling ( 1871-83)?
Let me hope, that you will not be prevented from attending the Melbourne-Meeting of the Austral. Assoc. for the Advancement of science in Jan. 1890. By that time the railway will be ready to Bright,
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Vic.
so that in the excursion to the glaciers of Mt Hotham even Ladies can share. Can we be honored by a litterary contribution of yours?
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Ramsay did not present a paper at the meeting; see notes to M to E. Ramsay, 1 June 1889.
Regardfully
your
Ferd. von Mueller
No further information on Claudea bennettiana?
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M had been pressing Ramsay to collect specimens of this seaweed that included fruiting bodies since 1882; see M to E. Ramsay 22 September 1882 (in this edition as 89-09-22c).