The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 26/4/90 ¶ ¶ Have been much pressed latterly, dear Prof. Tate, to give an account of the plants, lately brought by Sir Will. Macgregor from the Delta of the Fly-River ¶ for his report; ¶ thus my tar...

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Acacia cochlearis
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Erechthites lacerata
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Hibiscus microchlaenus
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Melhania incana
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Potamogeton natans
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Ralph Tate, 1890-04-26. 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/1890-6/1890/90-04-26-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

MS black-edged; M's brother-in-law George Doughty died on 26 March 1890.

26/4/90

Have been much pressed latterly, dear Prof. Tate, to give an account of the plants, lately brought by Sir Will. Macgregor from the Delta of the Fly-River

New Guinea.

for his report;

B90.06.04.

thus my tardiness in completing the revision of Mr Tietkens's plants.

B90.14.03, published jointly with R. Tate.

But as you are so conversant among the Central Austr. plants, you need really very little help from me, especially as I shall see a proofsheet of the treatise. I may have laid aside some of the plants as done , and they may have gone to the Museum, without being entered on the list. However as it is of little importance, that so imperfect a collection, of what occurs in the region, should be fully recorded, any omissions would not be of much account.

Allow me to say, that the real could not possibly be united with P. natans nor with any species allied to that widely spred

spread?

plant.

I have now from many more places, than those mentioned in the Flora Austral.,

Bentham (1863-78), vol. 2, p. 324.

but from nowhere beyond the coast-region. I feel sure, the central Austr plant is not the genuine species.

Your = . In the Linnaea 1852 I alluded already to the resemblance of Senec. odoratus.

B53.04.01, p. 417.

Regardfully

your

Ferd. von Mueller

Your one Hibiscus from Mt Sonder

NT.

supposed to lie near H. microchlaenus = Heyne.