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Physical location:

RB MSS M38, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 90.00.00h

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Preferred Citation:

William MacDonald to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1890 [90.00.00h]. 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/1890-6/1890/90-00-00h-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Ricinocarpus speciosus (MEL 2065803), collected by MacDonald at McLeay River, NSW in 1890, his specimen number 77. MS is the top part of a sheet, the bottom of which has been torn off. MacDonald sent specimens numbered 84-87 with W. MacDonald to M, 30 October 1890; the present item was probably sent not long before that. There are other specimens at MEL collected by MacDonald at the Macleay River in 1890 that are numbered 76 and 77, but the only specimen numbered 78 was collected in 1892. There are also specimens numbered 70 and 72-75, all likewise shown as collected in 1890.
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76
A pretty blue & yellowish flowering Small Shrub or herb
77
A very pretty white flowering small tree, seldom attaining the size of a tree probably
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78
A Common Scrubwood with imperfect flower of which I cannot describe the Color but you may possibly know it from the leaf?
I am my Dear Sir
Yours Sincerely
Wm MacDonald